Blogger Review: 2/28/13

BLOGGER REVIEW OF SLASHGEAR: http://www.slashgear.com/

SlashGear is a professional technology blog that is devoted to bringing the most recent and innovative forms of personal technology to light. This blog provides information about the plans of big corporations who will impact our daily lives with their new inventions and merger acquisitions. It covers the latest cutting edge technology and trends in our current digital age. SlashGear provides reviews of technological products and services. However, they also allow the public to make commentary in order to provide a sense of community where individuals can express their dissatisfaction or satisfaction regarding products/services from certain companies. SlashGear is run and operated by R3 Media LLC, and a crew of nine members who keep the blog running and alive (http://www.slashgear.com/about/)

http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-could-make-2-5b-by-releasing-office-on-ipad-27271748/

This blog post from SlashGear discusses a potential big tme billion dollar deal between Microsoft and Apple, two of the biggest competitors and providers of operating system services and software applications. The deal at hand was to have Microsoft release its software on the iPad, a $2.5 billion deal as stated by analyst Adam Holt from Morgan Stanley. However, Microsoft turned down this deal, but with good reason. This deal did not include the commission (revenue, profit) that Apple would be making after purchasing the software and selling it in the Office Apps in its App Store (http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-could-make-2-5b-by-releasing-office-on-ipad-27271748/). In other words, after releasing the software Microsoft would not be recieving any kind of percentage of the revenue that Apple would be recieving after releasing their own software. Also, releasing this software to the iPad would take the essence out of the Microsoft Surface tablets. The iPad would just become the Apple version of the Microsoft Surface tablets, and make better sales.

Overall the bloggers have an amazing style. They kept the information brief and understandable so that the message was relayed, along with graphics and images in between so that it is just not text. I also noticed some advertisements for other products. Followers of the blog provide useful input on what they read from the articles or what they might have heard that relate to it. This is definitely a type of format that I should follow. Adding images and graphics always makes the page more alive, entertaining, and more readers would be attracted to it and remain interested.