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Today on New Scientist: 25 June 2012

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Psst, Apple ? watch out for Microsoft

It?s been two years since?Apple?(Nasdaq:?AAPL) overtook?Microsoft?(Nasdaq:?MSFT) to become the planet?s most valuable technology company in terms of?market capitalisation.

It will probably remain that way for some time, but now isn?t the time to sell Mr. Softy short. A new projection by tech watcher IDC is pretty ominous. The firm?s forecast is for Microsoft?s mobile operating system to overtake the iPhone in?market share?by 2016. Yes,?that?Microsoft. Yes,?that?Apple iOS.

Whoa ? Megan Landry alert
Microsoft seems like a comparative small fry at the moment.

The smartphone race appears to have?just two sprinters?on the track.?Google?(Nasdaq:?GOOG) is leading the way with its open-source Android operating system. Apple is there at a distant but comfortable second, with iOS cornering the high-end market.

But the other platforms are usually dismissed in passing.?Research In Motion?(Nasdaq:?RIMM) is fading as it prepares BBM 10 as a potential saviour of its floundering BlackBerry business. Microsoft is even further behind than BlackBerry ? but IDC doesn?t see it staying that way for long.

Let?s take a look at the firm?s market-share projections between now and 2016.

Mobile OS	2012	2016
Android	61.0%	52.9%
Windows	5.2%	19.2%
iOS	20.5%	19.0%
BlackBerry	6.0%	5.9%
Others	7.2%	3.0%

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

You probably didn?t see that coming. Can Windows Phone really eat into both Google and Apple?s share?

Absolutely. The reason your TV has been flooded with ads for?Nokia?s (NYSE:?NOK) Lumia 900 smartphone is that cash-rich Microsoft isn?t afraid to throw money around to get noticed. Microsoft?reportedly agreed to pay Nokia billions?to get the Finnish handset maker to abandon the struggling Symbian platform and promote Microsoft?s updated mobile operating system.

Microsoft can afford to do that. Why go for a buyback when you can buy your way back? A struggling RIM can?t keep up with that approach, so it?s been resorting to layoffs and rolling the dice on BBM 10.

Apple?s still on top
Apple fans will argue that market share is irrelevant. It doesn?t matter that there may be three times as many Android smartphones shipping as iPhones this year. Because it?s an open-source platform, it?s not cashing in the way that Apple is on its own proprietary device, the thinking goes. The wireless-carrier subsidies on Android devices go to Samsung, Motorola, and the other handset manufacturers that have hopped on the popular operating system. Apple, on the other hand, receives the juicy iPhone subsidies. And if things go well, Nokia may?make more money?on Windows Phone than Microsoft itself.

The challenge for Apple is that losing market share can be a problem. Developers will want to make apps that support the more popular operating systems, and Microsoft has even made things easier for coders by giving them more generous terms than they get through Apple?s App Store.

Then again, developers know they?re getting plenty of bang for the iOS buck, since an App Store application will also work on iPad tablets and iPod digital-media players that don?t factor into IDC?s smartphone forecast.

Pie for supper
The good news for Apple is that it won?t be making less money if its market share shrinks from 20.5% to 19% in four years as IDC expects. The pie itself is getting bigger. IDC sees the smartphone market growing at a 12.7% compounded annual?growth rate?between now and 2016. No, iPhone sales won?t climb as quickly, hence the market-share decline, but its?annual growth rate?would still be a reasonable 10.9%.

The only shocker in the growth-rate data, then, is that the forecast calls for RIM to grow the shipment of its BlackBerry OS devices at an annualised rate of 12.1%. Does anyone really believe RIM will be growing faster than Apple in the future?

I didn?t think so.

Either way, Microsoft needs to be respected here. The one-two punch of Windows 8 and the reinvigorated mobile operating system will make the world?s largest software company a bigger player in tablets and smartphones in the future. Apple can continue to grow and reward its shareholders in this environment, but it can?t take its eyes off the rearview mirror, because Mr. Softy is closing in.

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India breeze past Lebanon

Manandeep Singh led from the front to guide India to a 5-2 win over Lebanon in the AFC U-22 Championship in Muscat on Saturday.

Tears! They don?t always wet your eyes. Often they wet your heart. Your heart cries but your eyes stay dry. It?s a pain which you one can share with none, the pain of losing someone dear. After losing his grandfather three days back, striker Manandeep Singh, whenever in solitude, has howled. In public, his pain made him stronger as an individual.

He refused to go back to his hometown Hissar for the rituals. Instead, he chose Muscat, the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, to be precise.

India opened their campaign by defeating Lebanon 5-2 in the opening match of the AFC U-22 Championship at the picturesque stadium. Manandeep paid the perfect tribute to his grandfather heading in a scorching header off a Lalrindika cross in the 16th minute to put India in the lead while Alwyn George slotted it past an advancing rival goalkeeper, Nazih Hassan, in the 39th minute.

He added one more in the 55th minute while Jeje Lalpekhlua scored his first goal in the 71st minute and completyed the rout in the 90th minute.

For Lebanon, substitute Omar Kurdi pulled one back in the 48th minute while Abdul Fattah scored another in the 69th minute.?

If that was all about the sacrifice, here?s something about the history. It was on this day that All India Football Federation was founded in Shimla in 1937. Even as former India Captain and legendary footballer, Chuni Goswami, unfurled the flag at Delhi?s Football House, which marked the start of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of AIFF, a new chapter unfolded on the green turf, that too against a team as technically equipped and physically strong as Lebanon.

The style was too possessive. The boys stayed as protective of the ball as if it was their girlfriend. They roamed around it all over, sometimes at a leisurely place, the next moment with a sudden run. Lebanon chased.

In the first half, India were more prepared; more organised. The practice sessions in Delhi and Dubai helped the team to acclimatise fast. Muscat, despite being more hot, was more homely for them than Lebanon.

Changing over, Lebanon reduced the margin almost immediately ? Omar Kurdi sneaking in between the two stoppers ? Souvik Ghosh and Deepak Devrani to slot it home. Suddenly it seemed, India were losing the plot and Arthur Papas, not much pleased in the momentum being lost, wanted to draft in Jeje Lalpeklua.

But even before Jeje replaced Manandeep, Alwyn George made it 3-1. Receiving it midway into the rival half, Alwyn snaked past three and placed it in the corner for his second goal of the match.

Abdul Fattah did tap in off a melee in the 70th minute for Lebanon but the very next minute Jeje announced his rival scoring the right corner of the inner box.

With no option left, Lebanon went all out. India stayed content in slowing down the pace for the rest of the match. Lebanon did try to press hard but it came too late. On the contrary, Dika hit the post which should have been India?s fifth goal.

Instead, Jeje made it 5-2 off a counter in the 90th minute.

It was a new resurgent India coached by 32-year Arthur Papas who played with more intent for a deserving victory.

In the dressing room, Manandeep couldn?t hold himself back. His heart was too wet by then and tears overflowed into his eyes. His teammates consoled him. Tears of pain? Or Tears of Joy?

?I wanted to pay my respect to my Grandfather. He loved me like anything,? Manandeep said. Alwyn came over put his arm around his shoulder and the duo walked towards the team bus. The rest followed.

Sacrifice; History; Future! All in one match!

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Mobile Miscellany: week of June 18th, 2012

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, we learned of the first market outside of China for ZTE's new Grand X smartphone, and received news that both the Sony Xperia U and Xperia P will arrive in Australia. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of June 18th, 2012.

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