2011

Microsoft to (possibly) bankroll, but not buy, Yahoo, says WSJ

silverlakeIn an update to yesterday’s post reporting possible interest by Microsoft in a Yahoo acquisition, the Wall Street Journal today reports that rather than an outright purchase of the troubled company, Microsoft is in “advanced discussions” to act as

Tip: How to get “Forward” and “Find On Page” back in IE9 Mobile on Windows Phone 7.5?

Find on page and ForwardSo Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” has almost rolled out to all existing users, and more devices are on the way. While the improvements Microsoft made to Internet Explorer 9 Mobile on the Windows Phone are great (such as hardware …

Another photo of Nokia “Sabre” prototype device leaked, resembles the Nokia 603

NokiaThe leaks of Nokia Windows Phone devices just keeps coming. Following the leak of a photo of an alleged Nokia “Sabre” prototype device yesterday, another image of the same device has leaked. This time the image came from WPCentral, …

Photo of Nokia “Sabre” Windows Phone prototype leaked

NokiaLooks like the leaks of Nokia Windows Phone just keeps coming. With the recent leak of the Nokia 800 “Sea Ray” press images earlier today, Pocketnow.com got hold of another image of a Nokia Windows Phone device. According to the …

Microsoft to buy Yahoo!, again?

Yahoo!It’s no secret, after CEO Carol Bartz was fired a few weeks ago, that Yahoo! is actively exploring its options, up to and including putting itself up for sale.  At AsiaD, Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang explained:

“The intent going

Andy Lees at AsiaD: New phones, new OEMs, new market (China), NFC and LTE, and more

prod_HTCTitanATT_webAll Things D is hosting AsiaD from Hong Kong, and Windows Phone President Andy Lees just got off the stage a bit ago, after revealing quite a bit about the future of Windows Phones.

Of course you wouldn’t know it …

Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” now available to all, firmware updates coming next week

It has only been three weeks since Microsoft first released their Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” to existing devices globally, and it’s probably one of the smoothest roll-out given its complexity and scale. Originally only made available to 10% of users …

Nokia 800 “Sea Ray” press images leaked, comes with new apps and font

It is less than a week away from Nokia World, to be held on October 26 in London, and more details about the upcoming Nokia Windows Phones are leaking to the web. Just last week we saw a leak of

Windows Phone Marketplace expands to developers in China and India, plus other changes

One week ago Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 7.5 in India, bringing three devices – the HTC Radar, Samsung Omnia W, and Acer Allegro to the market by the end of November. Together with the launch, Microsoft also …

Bing Translator to be integrated with eBay, Trip Advisor and more

Microsoft TranslatorA few weeks ago we told you about a new Facebook inline translation service powered by Bing Translator. Well it turns out there will be more websites joining the ranks of Facebook to integrate Bing Translator on their websites. …