During the hush of the weekend after Facebook’s IPO bonanza, and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding, Microsoft unleashed its entry into the social vertical. The site, called So.cl, is positioned as a...
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If you have been following Windows 8 for any amount of time, you must have run across the Building Windows 8 Blog, the official organ of the Windows team. It...
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According to Digitimes, original equipment manufacturers are having a hard time meeting price targets for tablets that will run Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 RT operating system, which is coded for...
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Welcome to innovation Friday, in which I change up the structure of this weekly roundup, simply because if I write it the same way again I will certainly go insane....
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Sometimes the coolest new tech comes with the largest potential risks. Such was the case with the much ballyhooed Kinect ‘NUads’ that hit the wires this week. The idea is...
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We’ve seen precious little from Microsoft in terms of sales and market share figures for its Windows Phone platform lately, and so when the company speaks, we listen. A recent...
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On the heels of its massive redesign, which caused a sizable stir in the tech vertical, Bing has today announced that its paid search API is now live on the...
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Last week Bing announced a massive product redesign, dramatically changing its interface, and promising a slew of new features that would help it drive growth and differentiate from Google. Today, the new...
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I’m not sure that this is breaking news, but it’s the first that we have heard, or seen of it, so consider this post a PSA at minimum. Location-based information...
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Over a year ago, TNW noted a correlation between the number of active Windows Phone Facebook users and the number of Windows Phone handsets that had been sold. After some...
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Microsoft, in a bid to keep Windows 7 PC sales strong through to the end of the operating system’s lifecycle, has a plan: offer people a dead cheap Windows 8Â upgrade...
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The big rush down the price ladder continues for Windows Phone handsets, with Samsung now entering the fray. Say hello to the Omnia M, which will cost a mere €294.99 ($380)...
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One of the best parts of the weekend is that the news generally calms, and a new sort of story emerges: the fun note. Today, Microsoft Research and some crazy...
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Earlier today we ran a story – as did many, many other publications – about Apple’s iPhone 4S-only service Siri recommending people to buy the Nokia Lumia 900 when asking...
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The inimitable WPCentral publication has done something quite interesting. Snagging a Windows Phone Tango build, meant for Telcel in Mexico, they put it through the paces to determine what we...
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In an odd twist, the more up to date a user’s version of Internet Explorer is that they run, the more likely that they are to click on an advertisement. The ratio...
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Local original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in India are not to receive Windows Phone’s business, according to a recent report in The Hindu Business Line. The head of Microsoft India, its chairman Bhaskar...
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Welcome to Friday, gents and ladies. It’s that lovely day of the week when the mind turns to martinis and other such delights. I hope you have worked sufficiently during...
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is now the leading non-PC digital viewing device, a recent report shows. Produced by the video technology company FreeWheel, it focuses on consumer interaction with online video across...
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Today at an event in San Francisco, Microsoft’s Bing launched a massive redesign of its services, bringing in a grip of partners to form a new threat to Google’s crown...
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Our very own Alex Wilhelm is in San Francisco today for Microsoft’s Bing event and will be bringing you all of the hot news so we can see if the...
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File this in the ‘not that surprising, but neat’ category: Box is building a Windows 8 Metro app. Yes, yes, please collect your jaw. The application, news of which first...
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Microsoft has a blog post out today that lays out a grip of statistics about its ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ promotion, in which handset owners of rival smartphone brands are...
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Under a week ago, TNW brought you the rough sketch of what we could expect in May’s Patch Tuesday event. Every month, before the date, Microsoft puts out a pre-release...
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According to StatCounter’s collected browser usage data, Internet Explorer 9 is an anomaly among its franchise brethren: IE9 is more popular on weekends than on weeknights. For some time, the rule was simple:...
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Microsoft has become the latest technology company to commit to reducing its environmental footprint, today announcing that it wants to make its data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office...
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The latest flash point between the technology giants is that of cloud storage for consumers, with Google, Apple, and Microsoft all crowding into a space that has long been dominated...
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Samsung has unveiled the successor to its immensely popular Focus Windows Phone handset, today launching the 4G-enabled Focus 2, hitting AT&T on May 20. The Samsung Focus 2 will position...
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You can’t make this sort of thing up. Microsoft, in a bid to boost the image and profile of its Windows Phone brand, is sponsoring a horse in the upcoming...
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Friday has arrived in all its glory and splendor, meaning that while it’s almost martini-o-clock, you still have some work to do. As always, this post is a short compendium...
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Microsoft is pulling out all the stops when it comes to changing the market perception about its company and its operating system, Windows. With Windows 8 looking to be the...
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Windows 8 is going to be quite similar to Windows Phone, and in a good way. Today Microsoft announced sweeping changes to its cloud services, rendering the Live brand moot,...
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At this point Microsoft’s board could be called a horde, it’s so large. That’s not necessarily a bad thing: having more smart people is usually better than having fewer. Today...
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The month is fresh, which means that Microsoft has a raft of upcoming fixes and patches coming out next Tuesday for its software products. Patch Tuesday is an institution, and...
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And you thought that Microsoft would take break from moving its divisions around. Ha. The company has announced that its advertising teams are undergoing a very telling change: “Today [...]...
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Sometimes the biggest news isn’t shouted, but is instead intimated, as it is a pivot from former strategies. So far as I can tell, Windows Live as a brand is...
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That sound you just heard was the collective contentment from every developer who has built an application for Windows Phone. Today, Microsoft announced that some 22 new countries have been...
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Microsoft is to launch a new research center in New York which will push its research in a new direction and complement its existing teams with a series of specialist...
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In what could be a major game-changer for the industry, Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to launch a $99 Xbox console package, including a Kinect sensor, on a monthly subscription....
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Recognising that it needs to seed devices to developers to spur app development for its Windows Phone devices, Nokia has declared that it has already given out 17,000 smartphones to...
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