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Next generation “touch-first” Windows Live apps in the works

We’ve seen Microsoft’s next generation operating system Windows 8 a few months ago, featuring a brand new “immersive” interface that makes it really intuitive to use on touch-based devices such as tablets. As mentioned during D9, they designed Windows 8 …

Microsoft talks more about Twitter integration on Windows Phone “Mango”

We reported a few weeks ago that Microsoft had been testing Twitter integration on Windows Phone “Mango” and Windows Live internally. Today, the Windows Phone team posted several new videos on their YouTube account, with various program managers talking …

ITC ruling against HTC’s Android may push OEMs to adopt Windows Phone; Huawei now interested

Apple vs HTCThe U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently ruled against HTC that it had infringed two patents belonging to Apple Inc., according to reports from AllThingsD.com. At least one of the patent, 5,946,647, appears to be related to Google’s …

Games for Windows Marketplace now on Xbox.com; wild rumors on Xbox and Windows 8 integration, and more

Two weeks ago we reported that Games for Windows Marketplace is slated to be migrated to Xbox.com, potentially being the first step for the convergence of Xbox LIVE across the Xbox 360, Windows Phone, and the Windows PC. Today, …

Microsoft FUSE Labs releases CompanyCrowd – a social content aggregator for businesses

Microsoft FUSE Labs just released a brand new project – called the “CompanyCrowd”. This new research project is aimed at businesses or individuals which helps them easily aggregate social and media content from around the internet about a particular company …

First images of ZTE Windows Phone “Mango” devices revealed

Details of new Windows Phone “Mango” devices keeps coming out. We first had information about the new Fujitsu Windows Phone yesterday, and today images of potential ZTE Windows Phone devices have been revealed.

Dr. Luo Zhong Sheng, General Manager of …

Toshiba-Fujitsu’s first Windows Phone “Mango” device coming to Japan in August

Fujitsu Windows PhoneA few days ago we just reported several rumored details about Fujitsu’s new Windows Phone “Mango” device, said to be based on their REGZA line of smartphones. Today, the Japanese news agency NIKKEI reported that the first Windows Phone …

New Fujitsu water-resistant Windows Phone to be based on their REGZA Phone?

Microsoft revealed for the first time several new Windows Phone “Mango” devices coming this Fall during their Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. These devices came from Samsung (rumored to be the SGH-i937), Acer (the Acer W4), as well as …

Microsoft hints that Windows Phone 7.5 Mango will be released by September

Ever since Microsoft first talked about Mango back in Mobile World Congress earlier in February this year, Microsoft had been saying that the update will be available for release by “Fall 2011”. There had been speculations that it will be …

Bing Maps AJAX 7.0 control updated with new features

Bing Maps AJAX 7 Control iSDKIt is that time of the year again when Bing brings us a slew of new updates to their decision engine. Besides the new Bing Maps update announced a few days ago, the Bing team announced on their blog today …