by Eira Hayward on 04/03/2025 at 14:57
Microsoft is shutting down its Skype service in May, 14 years after it paid $8.5 billion for the once pioneering video calling company. Skype users will be migrated to Teams. The service had 36 million users in 2023, when Microsoft last reported user numbers, compared with 300 million users at its peak. It’s a decision Read more » The post When a product doesn’t fit: Skype’s decline inside Microsoft appeared first on Mind the Product.
by Robert Schlaff on 04/03/2025 at 14:00
Discover how a struggling product manager transformed into ‘Super SQL Man’ by using AI-powered LLMs to conquer SQL queries, streamline data analysis, and unlock powerful business insights—no expert coding required! Read more » The post Are you struggling with SQL? AI can give you analytics superpowers appeared first on Mind the Product.
by Eira Hayward on 02/03/2025 at 10:00
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2023 ProductTank Oslo talk, in which product consultant and coach Janet Bumpas explains the key aspect of a product hero: building a product that customers love. Janey says customers don’t want more features. She cites an internal Microsoft study where teams found their ideas had improved metrics they meant Read more » The post Sunday Rewind: How to find out what your customers want by Janet Bumpas appeared first on Mind the Product.
by Ronke Majekodumni on 28/02/2025 at 13:59
Diversity and inclusion in product management drive innovation, foster creativity, and enhance customer trust, leading to more impactful and competitive products. Read more » The post Embracing diversity is product management appeared first on Mind the Product.
by Eira Hayward on 28/02/2025 at 09:00
As has rapidly become the norm, there’s been another flurry of developments in the AI space this week. Here’s a look at what’s been going on. Anthropic’s Claude in the Google Cloud Anthropic’s hybrid reasoning model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, is now available on Vertex AI, the machine learning platform in Google Cloud that lets users Read more » The post Claude in the Google Cloud while OpenAI tops 400m users: AI news roundup appeared first on Mind the Product.