October, 2011

LG releases first Windows “Fashion Phone” – Jil Sander E906

We’ve seen quite a few new Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” devices being announced over the past couple of months, from new comers like Fujitsu, Acer and ZTE, to the old-time big players HTC and Samsung. However, besides …

New Xbox TV partners to run Kinect enabled ads

kinect-nuads-062111Yesterday Microsoft unveiled an impressive lineup of new content coming to Xbox Live: networks like SyFy, MSNBC, the Today Show, TMZ, and more.  What yesterday’s announcement didn’t say is that along with all this new content, Microsoft is planning …

Bing “Tiger” platform to bring faster and more relevant search results

While we’re embracing the new features added to Bing recently such as adaptive search, action buttons, or even the new HTML5 video homepage, a group of Microsoft engineers are working tirelessly behind-the-scenes to make sure Bing operates …

Two more Nokia Windows Phones: “Lumia” and “Sun”

Following last week’s reports about three upcoming Nokia Windows Phones – the Nokia “Sabre”, “Sea Ray”, and “Ace”, today two more Nokia Windows Phones had been discovered. The first one came from French website MonWindowsPhone (via WPCentral) which …

The “insanely awesome” but not quite available Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone

6558_phone_oneScreen_thumb_7FBDF462Lots of news around Xbox today, including news coming from a blog post on the Windows Phone blog that along with Xbox, Kinect, Bing, and a host of new entertainment providers, Windows Phone is joining the party with a …

Microsoft, Entertainment Partners to “Transform TV” with Xbox Live

As expected, Microsoft announced in a press release today that it is expanding partnerships with entertainment providers to bring new services to Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 this holiday season.

Nearly 40 TV and entertainment providers from more …

Microsoft to announce Xbox LIVE TV today

Last Friday we heard reports from Bloomberg that Microsoft could be announcing details about their upcoming Xbox LIVE TV service sometime this week. Today an article on AllThingsD further confirms this, claiming that we could be hearing details about this …

Zune now not dead, situation officially bizarre

What is wrong with these people?  Yesterday, after a comedy of errors and false starts, a Zune.net notice went up announcing that “we will no longer be producing Zune players”.  Finally, we thought (and blogged), this charade of “will there

Hotmail “featured” in iOS5 Mail

Today is one of those days where it’s probably better to just go out and play.  Apple announced its new lineup of iOS updates and devices, and pretty much everything else has ground to a halt (including, for a time, …

Windows Phone “Tango” coming in early 2012?

With the Windows Phone “Mango” update just released to 50% of existing customers, news are already coming out for the next update codenamed “Tango”. The latest news came from Thailand’s Bangkok Post (via WMPU), where one of its …