Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is likely to buy the German Startup 6Wunderkinder
Microsoft Corporation, the tech giant has confirmed that the company wishes to acquire the German startup 6Wunderkinder GmBH- the maker of the popular Wunderlist to do list application reported analysts of Wall Street Journal on Monday. According to sources close to the company, Microsoft is willing to invest around $100-200 million in order to acquire the Berlin-based startup.
Recently, Microsoft products and services have been in the limelight since the company is trying best to fight back to redemption and improve its services. after the failure of Windows 8 the company is all set to pump up its operating system by launching Windows 10 and several other initiatives have also been taken that can help the company in making its position strong.
One of the things that Microsoft needs to work on at this time is its Windows mobile operating system thus through this acquisition the company wishes to expand its mobile application business. The company recently announced that it spent around $200 million to acquire Acompli- the email app in December. In February, the company reported of acquiring the calendar application maker Sunrise Atelier. So the company’s latest endeavors are not surprising at all but ensure that Microsoft is keen to explore new ways that can help them revive their business where mobile applications boast of numerous growth opportunities.
According to sources, all of these deals point out towards linking Microsoft tools. The aim is to link the productivity with the mobile app platform with the aim to boost user engagement.
The core investors in 6Wunderkinder, the German Startup include European Venture Capital Atomico, US-based VC Sequoia Capital and Earlybird Venture Capital. The most interest part is that the 6Wunderkinder’s application is found on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS igniting competition for Microsoft.
The previous month, 6Wunderkinder announced that the company is all set to join hands with Sunrise Atelier that will allow them to integrate their application’s to do list features to the application made by Sunrise. As a consequence, “users of the two apps were not only able to use their to-do lists as part of the calendar app made by Sunrise, but were also able to add the same Wunderlist to-do notes from the Sunrise app,” reports BidnessETC.
The individual who was reporting the issue to Wall Street Journal told the company that 6Wunderkinder’s team will continue to serve its clients through their offices based in Berlin but after the deal they will also be entitled to report to the Redmond-based headquarters of Microsoft.
The search engine giant is believed to stay strong on the stock in the future by analysts at investment back Merill Lynch.
According to the most recent Google news, it has been seen that the tech giant has been rated with a ‘buy’ on its shares along with a massive target on the shares resting at $650 by the analysts at Merill Lynch. This reiteration was carried out by the analysts after the significant I/O developer’s conference that was reportedly held on May 29 by the search engine giants.The firm has notably released a new version of the operating software that it was previously offering its users. The new OS which has been named as Android M is scheduled to be launched by the second half of 2015. Moreover, the tech giant software company was also seen to introduce new update features of Google Play and Google Photos. Along with that, the firm discussed the whole idea and carrying out of Internet of Things at the conference.Keeping all the recent activities of Google finance in mind, one would believe that the fact Merill Lynch analysts have granted such a rating to the stock of search engine giant firm is due to the innovations that are being brought on the surface by the firm but the analysts have announced that the recent updates on their analysis have nothing to do with what the tech giant carried out a week back. However, the Internet of Things platform seems to portray a positive near-term future for the firm because of which the analysts have emerged to be bullish about the company.It is also to be believed by the equity firm that since the past few quarters, Google has managed to improve on a massive scale on the Internet of Things platform which has become more and more dominant on the company’s bright future. The investment bank has analysts who are also taking Google Play in consideration and believe that this will take the firm to new successful heights that are very much needed at this time where competition is constantly on the rise. Google Play has been proving as it is a feature that makes the Android phones stand quite differently than the other phones of its kind.On the other hand, the fact that Google’s expenditures have been increasing at a very quick pace is helping the analysts believe that in the near future, this might help the company gain advantage over other companies that are not spending as much as it is on their expenditures. The tech giant has also released a date for the launch of the much awaited Nexus devices that the firm reportedly has been working on.
Apple tech support- Genius Bar is said to be the best so far.
ConsumerReports.org has come up with an industry analysis according to which Apple Inc.’s tech support is said to be one of top rated in the industry so far merely due to its Genius Bar. The research-based organization recently conducted surveys on the tech support regarding customer satisfaction after which it was deduced that Apple is the choice of consumers. The survey comprised of 3,200 computer owners.
Apple products owners basically need to have their appointment scheduled with the Genius Bar whenever they encounter any hardware issue or need support. This bar is actually found on the back end of all Apple store where a team of professionals are working towards providing support and resolving any issue that might arouse. Moreover, the company will provide support on one to one basis for its core products like Macs, iPhone and iPads. Apple services in terms of customer support are one of their top rated features.
The research also dealt with Windows customers on laptops and personal computers who were merely satisfied with the tech support, Microsoft is offering since a couple of years. According to Consumer Reports, “The help desks at Windows PC companies often didn’t live up to that name. For four of the six PC brands in the survey, tech support solved only half of the problems consumers brought to them. Even the best of them—Lenovo and Dell—came through just 61 percent of the time.”
Moreover, no other brand currently has physical stores across the globe that provides support there and then. Ironically, if a Windows user encounters any problem then they need to approach customer support via calling them. However, Windows and Apple users both have the option to get tech support via chats, emails etc.
The reason behind why Apple has maintained such an efficient system is fairly simple. Apple is not only a manufacturer but is also a retailer of its products and services. so the company actually knows its device and mechanism inside out. This makes it relatively easier for them to provide tech supports to customers.
Apart from this, AppleCare+ plans are given to those customers as well whose one-year free warranty has ended so that they can opt for help anytime. Most of the users have reported a positive experience when they approached the Genius Bar with their problems. Moreover, Apple users on several platforms have expressed their support and satisfaction with Apple tech support for its efficient service that tends to make clients satisfied.
