This is actually a solid business idea, extending what Google does with email to Snail mail. Just think about how much this could improve targeted mail (junk mail) by sharing keywords in your mail with advertisers. All that would be needed is technology to scan through paper envelopes.

I know the medical profession has been using tablets long before the iPad came about, this is clearly because mobility is the greater advantage in many situations. In this situation the iPad becomes a mobile web browser or a thin-client to 'cloud' services.

Still, the PC is far better for typing with, printing with, and simply doing anything productive with. And even iPad consumers tend to switch to their desktop to buy things online, because the keyboard, mouse and screen experience is better. This is true for Linux, OSX and windows.

Declining would imply that sales were less than before. Last quarter sales were actually flat year on year.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/153837-microsoft-reports-weak-windows-8-sales-in-q1-2013-says-it-will-respond-to-customer-feedback

Lol yes, i thought of that after, i guess that would be accounted in the business division, amazingly i also forgot the MS office (productivity) which should also be accounted in the business division

That's the legend, but lets not forget the reality that Microsoft didn't have luck entering the myriad of markets occupied by Adobe, Oracle remains highly successfully in its business. I'm sure there are plenty of other companies who are successfully competing with Microsoft!

Splitting Microsoft along business/consumer lines:

MicrosoftBusiness:
*WindowsDesktop (Profitable)
*WindowsServer (Profitable)
*WindowsServerApplications (Profitable)
*WindowsCloud (Profitable)
*WindowsMouseAndKeyboardWhatnots (Profitable)

MicorsoftConsumer:
*Bing (Lossy)
*Xbox (BreakEvens)
*WindowsPhone (Lossy)
*WindowsTablets (Lossy)

I predict that MicrosoftConsumer would quickly cease trading in the wake of this split, leaving only Microsoft standing.

But isn't HtML5 already balkanized with vendor prefixes and the video tag.

These changes prepare the way for this http://www.neowin.net/news/vlc-for-windows-8-funding-exceeds-kickstarter-goal

Google are a huge threat! Oglviy migrated all its users to "GMail", the employees really hate it vs proper exchange, outlook, office stack. But when a few massive companies like Oglviy migrate Google will improve to the point where they become more solid contenders.

AJAX was created for Outlook web access (~1998): *http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2005/06/21/406646.aspx *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook_Web_App#Technology Outlook web access was later copied by Google tocreate Gmail (~2004). *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail Media bias caused Gmail and Google to be regarded as an innovator when infact the whole Ajax became recommended by the w3c in 2006 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)#History

You the perfect example of error, you talk about microsoft implementing HTML5 perfectly while ignoring the fact that chrome, firefox, safari have implemented broken draft specification's of HTML5. It turns out that sites are breaking in IE because they are non-standard, but the same sites are "working" in other browsers. http://wmpoweruser.com/twitter-fix-mobile-twitter-css-bug-for-windows-phone/

Name what has been embraced, extended and extinguished ?

Apple gets a free pass on most things because Apple made computing accessible to a type of audience: they write, they blog and go to confrences and talk about IT

Where exactly was Trayvon Martin shot, was it actually on Zimmerman's property? From my reading Zimmerman had been stalking Trayvon for a period before shooting him how does this law apply if you shoot someone not actually on "your" property?