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Microsoft enables 2 step verification for all services accessible via “Microsoft account”

Microsoft-account-Two-factor-authentication_thumb.pngAs we told you last week, Microsoft is ready to enable 2 step verification for all of its services accessible via “Microsoft account”, as outlined in a new blog post on  the Official Microsoft Blog.

We gave you …

Outlook.com updates Android app

Another day, another updated app coming from Microsoft.  This could get exciting if it keeps up!  This time, it’s a newly updated Android app for Outlook.com, an app that Program Manager Steve Kafka admits “has been behind” in his …

Bing News App a Google Reader replacement? Not yet, but it’s a start

bing news app logoThis morning Bing released a set of updates to their Windows 8 apps, including a new feature in News that lets you set RSS content as news sources to create your own customized News app.

Of course we had …

Bing Apps for Windows 8 Refresh: “a significant set of updates”

bing apps updateThe folks in Redmond must be feeling relieved about getting their taxes done (today, April 15th, is the deadline for paying your federal income taxes here in the US), as not only has Skype for Windows Phone 8 updated, …

Skype for Windows Phone updated: version 2.5 available now

skype windows phone logoAnother Skype update (is this becoming a thing? regular updates from a Microsoft product?) for Windows Phone just hit the Windows Phone Store, this one coming hot on the heels of last month’s update, which brought back People …

Bing Image Search adds “Pin to Pinterest”

Pinterest_LogoAre you a Pinterest user?  Pinterest, “a tool for collecting and organizing things you love”, launched in March, 2010, and has grown to be the 3rd largest social networking site in the US (behind only Facebook and Twitter) according …

Are you a Microsoft enthusiast, or just Scroogled?

scroogledHere we go again, another day, and another negative ad campaign coming from Microsoft, this time attacking supposed privacy problems with Android phones.  Carrying on with the “Scroogled” theme, where Microsoft, apparently unable to make much of a …

All in with Xbox: Microsoft sells Mediaroom

Mediaroom-logoMicrosoft and Ericsson announced today that Microsoft is selling its Mediaroom IPTV platform to Ericsson, a deal to be completed in the second half of this year.  Mediaroom currently powers 22 million set-top boxes in 11 million households, and …

Are these the specs for the Nokia Catwalk?

nokia catwalk galleryWe first heard rumors of a couple of new, lighter Nokia devices back in January, and now, according to a set of tweets (noted by WMPowerUser) by Italian mobile phones guy @flapic (“Flavio”), we can now add …

Late and lame again: why the Outlook.com Calendar is too little, too late

calendar-iconYesterday Microsoft released their new updated version of an online calendar, offering a clean new interface and a basic set of features as part of Outlook.com. We called it a “nice little calendar”, and it is. What it is, …