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Skype coming soon to Windows Phone (or is it?) – updated

logo_skype_webIn another bit of what Microsoft calls “momentum”, and we think of as “non-news”, a flurry of posts reported yesterday that according to a video interview posted by “Rob from the Microsoft Social Media Marketing team”, a Skype app for …

Can a Google+ backlash help Bing?

Google -LogoThere’s been a bit of a tempest in a teapot brewing this week as Google introduced what it’s calling “Search Plus Your World”.  The feature, which in some respects is similar to the way Bing uses Facebook interactions to show …

Microsoft restructuring its marketing efforts

News is out today that Microsoft is apparently planning a restructuring of its marketing operations, according to an article in Bloomberg News.  While the move may cut “hundreds” of jobs, it is apparently aimed primarily at restructuring the “CMG”, …

In a year full of promise (and risk), Microsoft starts it off with a thud

tweetchoirThis was Microsoft’s last CES keynote, after a 14 year run of opening the consumer electronics event, and the new year, in January in Las Vegas.  In a year that promises Windows 8, renewed hope for Windows Phone with …

The Nokia Lumia 900 press event video from CES

Nokia has just posted the 23 minute video of today’s press event from earlier today at CES.  If you want to relive all the details (it wasn’t webcast live), or if you’re just a big Stephen Elop fan, here it …

Watch Steve Ballmer’s last keynote live from CES

This time we’re not in Las Vegas, and not live blogging, but we’ll still be watching the CES keynote and you can too:

(the press conference is over, but you can watch the video on Microsoft News Center)

If …

Nokia announces 900 for AT&T, available “in the coming months”

At a press event at CES in Las Vegas today, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop took the stage to announce the Nokia 900, the widely anticipated first “re-entry” for Nokia into the US smartphone market.  The new phone, available “in the …

Can we get real about phone updates?

cardsYesterday Eric Hautala posted on the Windows Phone blog about the latest Windows Phone update, dubbed 8107, which, according to the Windows Phone website, addresses the disappearing keyboard issue, a Gmail sync issue, the location permissions issue, and a …

Xbox Live mobile gaming: coming to Android and iOS soon?

android-xboxIn early December, Microsoft released an Xbox Live app for iOS, along with an Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone, and now, according to a recent job posting on Microsoft Careers, they’re planning on bringing more Xbox Live …

Good news for Nokia and Windows Phone in the new year: will they sell 80 million phones in 2012?

nokia-logoThe beginning of a new year is always a hopeful time, and two reports coming out this week are buoying the hopes (and the stock prices) of Nokia and Microsoft.  First up, a report from Reuters that a Nokia handset …