2012

Nokia does the right thing, Wall St. not impressed

Nokia got a lot of good press in the past couple of days as it moved quickly to get on top of an issue with data connectivity on the newly released Lumia 900, but Wall Street wasn’t reading the tech …

Metro-styled Windows Live web services coming soon, with screenshots

One of the most popular suggestions we’ve heard from our readers on how to improve Windows Live is to overhaul its web service’s user interface, and bring it more in-line with the Metro UI used in Windows Phone, Windows 8 …

Hotmail Calendar updated to Wave 5 M3, signs of upgrade for other Windows Live services soon?

Windows LiveStarting with Windows Live Wave 5, Microsoft had moved away from the large “wave” updates that happens every one-and-a-half years and moved towards a tighter update schedule that brings “a little bit of innovation” every few months. But when …

Nokia brings NFC support to Lumia 610 on Orange

Nokia Lumia 610 NFCIn conjunction with European operator Orange, Nokia announced a version of the Lumia 610 Windows Phone with Near Field Communication (NFC) support. The device, set to launch in the third quarter of 2012, will become one of the first Windows …

A different Bing for everyone?

We’ve been getting a number of tips in the past few weeks about new features and new looks showing up on Bing, including the “tile interface” Bing home page (thanks, John):

new bing

.. and a new, more Metro-y search results page …

SkyDrive discontinues email publishing feature

SkyDrive

Back in the days, even before SkyDrive, there was a feature on Windows Live called “email publishing” which allowed users to publish photos directly to their Windows Live Spaces (remember that?) via email. When SkyDrive launched (along with Windows Live …

Microsoft details Windows Live Essentials 2011 QFE3 update changes

Windows Live EssentialsMicrosoft released an update for Windows Live Essentials 2011 two weeks ago, bumping the version number to 15.4.3555.0308. However, as we mentioned in a follow-up post, the Windows Live team did not mention what was changed in this updated …

Microsoft releases Bing Desktop beta, now available for download

BingMicrosoft quietly released an application called Bing Desktop beta today via the Microsoft Download Center today. At only 1.4 MB in size, this is what the application does, according to the download description:

Bing Desktop delivers the beauty of the

LG Windows Phone revealed via FCC, to run on Sprint?

500px-LG_Logo_svgOver at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website today, a new unannounced Windows Phone labelled “LS831” from LG just passed certification. The FCC entry revealed many details about the new device, and even had photos of the actual device …

Brand new Nokia Windows Phone revealed via design patent in the US (and we’ve seen it before!)

German blog NokiaPort.de recently noticed that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had granted a design patent filed by Nokia Corporation on March 13, 2012 (D655,698). The filing includes a new smartphone design from the Finnish company, a phone …