Power of Data Visualization

Organizational charts for tech companies.

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Sure Google has 66% of the search market.  But what defines a monopoly, at least as far as the government is concerned, is shifting and interpretive set of criteria. Search isn’t steel, or oil. Monopolizing ‘finding stuff on the net’ can have a huge far reaching impact, as it operates as a gateway to information.

So is Google a monopoly? Have a look at a this infographic.

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Showing the acquisitions and investments of Microsoft, done as a tube map with each coloured line representing a different industry for each acquisition or investment.  Where the stations meet is where the two industries overlap.  The key at the bottom displays information about the location on the map of the station (company) the year of acquisition or investment.

Created by breaking the companies down by industry and then building out the map from where companies operating within the same industries crossed over.

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This is a cool infographic timeline, showing the Darwinian Evolution of Microsoft Windows from version 1.0 in 1985 up through the current Windows 7 in 2009.

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Sarcastic Gamer takes a look at the future.

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Microsoft's unprecedented run of burning money online continued last quarter, as the company had an operating loss of $696 million.

via www.focus.com