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SkyDrive.com updated with new HTML5 features and share options

SkyDrive logoMicrosoft announced on their official Inside SkyDrive blog the latest update to their SkyDrive.com website. This update brings SkyDrive.com in line with Outlook.com to version 17.0 (Wave 6), and brings several new features to users. According to the official team …

CES 2013 Recap – Samsung ATIV Odyssey, Huawei Ascend W1 announced, Sprint to get Windows Phone 8 this summer

CESThe annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2012 just started today in Las Vegas, and despite Microsoft’s lack of presence, three Windows Phone-related announcements were made at the show. All three announcements had been long-rumored and expected, including the the official …

Xbox LIVE account region migration to become more streamlined, currently in testing

Xbox LIVEMicrosoft account has been the identity service for all your Microsoft products and services – Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE, Xbox Music, SkyDrive, Outlook.com, and even Office. However, one of the biggest complaints about Microsoft account is the inability …

Specification for Verizon’s Samsung ATIV Odyssey leaked

Samsung ATIV OdysseyDuring the Windows Phone 8 launch event back in October last year, Steve Ballmer revealed an upcoming Samsung Windows Phone 8 device – the Samsung ATIV Odyssey. The device was said to be coming to Verizon Wireless by December 2012, …

Exclusive: A first look at the “Agave” apps for Office 2013

Agave apps for OfficeBack in March this year, we reported that Microsoft was readying a Office web extensions platform called “Agaves”, which allows developers to create an area within Office applications that lets webpages interact with documents and augment content with extra features.…

SkyDrive desktop app gets minor update; new logo officially unveiled

SkyDrive logoFollowing the appearance of the SkyDrive desktop app on the Windows Store yesterday, the SkyDrive team has announced on the official blog that they have released a minor update to the SkyDrive desktop app for Windows, now carrying a …

Nokia’s RDA tool shows Lumia 910 and 1001 – upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices?

NokiaIt’s not the first time we’ve heard about rumors of Nokia’s upcoming Lumia range of Windows Phone devices, particularly with Windows Phone 8 fast approaching. However, the latest round of details seemed to come from within Nokia itself. Dutch website …

Exclusive: New Office 2013 application icons revealed (updated)

Office 2013 LogoJust a month ago, LiveSide brought you the new Office 2013 logo (shown on the right), which brings the logo in line with other Microsoft logos such as Windows and Visual Studio, giving it a slight metro-style touch. However, with …

Exclusive: Microsoft Word 2013 to support built-in PDF editing

Office 2013 LogoThose who had been using Microsoft Word for their daily word processing tasks knows that ever since Office 2010 the software included the ability to save Word documents as PDF format (and an official plug-in is available for Office 2007 …

Bing Venue Maps goes global, now available in over 30 countries

Bing Maps logoSo it appears that the 165 terabytes of imagery data added to Bing Maps wasn’t the only update made to the mapping service. The Verge reported today that Microsoft has rolled out another update to Bing Maps which expanded the …