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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