July, 2013

Microsoft teases next Windows Phone updates, enterprise feature pack, coming in 2014

Windows Phone BlueEver since its launch back in October last year, we’ve seen news about Windows Phone 8’s minor updates – called GDR releases (we expected there will be 3 of them) – but we haven’t heard much about the next major …

Everything you need to know about the Nokia Lumia 1020 leaked before press event

NokiaWe’re less than 12 hours away from Nokia’s “Zoom. Reinvented.” press event, to be held in New York City tomorrow (July 11th) at 11am EDT. Whilst we’ve seen photos and press images of the device before, and we knew …

Nokia Lumia 1020 branding confirmed via Joe Belfiore’s Flickr photos

NokiaNokia’s upcoming flagship device, codenamed “EOS”, with a 41 megapixel PureView camera is due to be announced in a few days during Nokia’s “Zoom. Reinvented” event. Various photos of the actual device, as well as press renders, had …

Exclusive: SkyDrive.com to support folder filters in new “All photos” view

SkyDrive logoBack in May, Microsoft introduced a new “All photos” view to SkyDrive.com, allowing users to quickly view a timeline of all their photos across folders. What’s great about the “All photos” view is that it is organised into groups by …

SkyDrive.com now supports panorama viewing – you can try it out now!

SkyDrive logoBack in May, we exclusively reported that SkyDrive.com will get a built-in Photosynth panorama viewer. Back then we suspected that the feature is meant to complement the release of the new Windows 8.1 Camera app, which supports the capture of …

Nokia “Eros” and “Mars” revealed in O2 Germany roadmap?

NokiaWe’re only one week away from Nokia’s “Zoom. Reinvented” event, to be held on July 11th in New York City, when the company is expected to announce the Nokia Lumia 1020 (codenamed “EOS”) with a 41 megapixel PureView camera. …

Press render of Nokia Lumia 1020 “EOS” leaked

NokiaWe’ve seen plenty of photos of prototypes of Nokia’s upcoming flagship – the Nokia Lumia 1020, codenamed “EOS” – thanks to leaks around the internet. But today Twitter user @evleaks, who had been responsible for the leaks of …

Microsoft Reorg: A new focus on Mergers and Acquisitions?

reorgEver since word leaked out last month that Steve Ballmer was planning a major reorganization of Microsoft, the reorg has been a hot topic of conversation.   Would Ballmer organize the company into two camps, one for Devices, and one for …

Bill Gates to keynote MS Research Faculty Summit

Bill Gates retired as CEO as Microsoft in 2008, and hasn’t had much to say about the company since then, at least publicly, preferring to concentrate on his foundation and his many and varied philanthropical interests.  Now today, however, The …

Windows 8.1 Smart Search, powered by Bing, powered by ads

When Windows 8.1 shipped last week in preview form, it came with a new search experience called Smart Search, which searches not only your Windows 8.1 machine, but the web as well via Bing. Smart Search is featured prominently on …