IT'S OFFICIAL: We're Going Over The Cliff - House Announces No Vote Planned For Tonight

What You Need to Know Manage your Subscriptions | Unsubscribe view this email online Follow Us Follow Us   Business Insider Select December 31, 2012   Home Tech/Media Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life IT'S OFFICIAL: We're Going Over The Cliff - House Announces No Vote Planned For Tonight Latest updates on the final day before we hit the cliff.  Read » Share this story: DEAR AMERICA: Here Are Your New Tax Rates The latest on the "tax deal" that Congress has apparently reached. Read » Share this story: Congress Has Now Agreed To Raise Taxes On All Americans--Including The Middle Class Payroll taxes going up by 2%. Read » Share this story: Google Is Attacking Apple From The Inside Out – And It's Working Call it "the worm strategy." Read » Share this story: OBAMA SAYS DEAL IS NOT DONE, BUT IN SIGHT — TAKES SHOTS AT CONGRESS Stay tuned.    Read » The Two Sides Are Now Absurdly Close On A Fiscal Cliff Deal — Here's The Latest Offer It's a good deal for the country.    Read » Jack Dorsey Is Spending His Holidays On A Yacht In St Barts With A Model The Square founder was spotted with Lily Cole on Sunday.    Read » A D V E R T I S E M E N T See Also Neil Armstrong Lied About His 'One Small Step' Line A new documentary unearths the truth.    Read »   Here Are All The NFL Coaches Who Have Been Fired Today A half-dozen coaches get canned.   Read »   THE MARKET IS GOING BALLISTIC What a move.   Read »   The #1 Reason To Be Worried If We Don't Get A Fiscal Cliff Deal Today Momentum devolves into acrimony.   Read »   Share: Share: Share: Share: Share the latest business news with your network: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Share via email The email address for your subscription is: ipat39@gmail.com Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Business Insider RSS Feed   |   Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010

One Of The Biggest Stories To Watch In 2013

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		Home Tech Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Monday, December 31, 2012 One Of The Biggest Stories To Watch In 2013 For years, people have been predicting the death of Microsoft's Windows dominance. And in the last two years, it's finally happened. The rise of iOS and Android have made Microsoft's operating system significantly less important. Luckily for Microsoft, this hasn't meant the death of its business overall. Thanks to the strength of its Office franchise and its Servers and Tools business, Microsoft is still very healthy. But, there's no escaping that Windows is what drives the whole company. CEO Steve Ballmer calls Windows, "the heart and soul of Microsoft from Windows PCs to Windows Servers to Windows Phones and Windows Azure." And that heart is beating a little bit more weakly today than it was in say, 2005. This chart from Asymco earlier this year illustrates the decline of Microsoft's Windows monopoly as Apple has risen. There are other illustrations of the same thing here and here. Going into 2013, this will be one of the major stories to watch. Microsoft released Windows 8 in an attempt to reverse the decline of Windows' importance. It has touch elements which are meant to mitigate the rise of the iPad, and Android. But so far, it's off to a slow start. Can Microsoft reverse it in 2013? Or is this time different? Are we really, finally, seeing the end of Windows? Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter: @chartoftheday Read » Also On SAI Today: BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: The Top 2012 Mobile Infographics Instagram, The App That's Supposedly Bleeding Users, Is Now On Top Of The Facebook Charts Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Now Controls Nearly One-Fifth Of U.S. Mobile Display Ad Revenue CHART OF THE DAY: Tablets Were More Popular Than Smartphones As Christmas Presents CHART OF THE DAY: $1 Billion In Seed Funding Will Be Vaporized As 1,000 Startups Die Next Year Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: ipat39@gmail.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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