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First Windows Phone “Mango” hardware revealed – Acer W4

Microsoft unveiled last week at the Windows Phone VIP press conference that three new hardware manufacturers – Acer, Fujitsu, and ZTE, will be joining in to produce Windows Phones in the coming year. Today, the first new hardware device to …

Windows Live on Windows Phone “Mango”: The Past, Present, and Future

We’ve all heard about Microsoft’s "3-screens-and-the-cloud" strategy before, delivering cloud services to the "three-screens" – PCs, TV (via the Xbox 360), and of course your mobile phones. Windows Live really sits right in the centre of this strategy, …

My Phone might be coming back with the new web-based Windows Phone Marketplace?

Together with the recent wave of Windows Phone "Mango" news, Microsoft announced that the a Web-based version of Windows Phone Marketplace for apps and games will be coming as part of “Mango”, complementing the one in the Zune software and …

Windows Phone “Mango” supports music streaming from SkyDrive?

Earlier today we revealed that a new SkyDrive is coming which will bring Photos and Office documents together in a new HTML5-based user interface. In case you missed it, here’s a screenshot of it in action:

Windows Live SkyDrive Wave 5

With the new Windows …

Windows Phone “Mango” finally supports multiple calendars, calendar subscriptions, and to-do lists

Windows Live CalendarMicrosoft officially unveiled Windows Phone “Mango” this morning in New York City, and touted a few major features coming in the next major release of the mobile operating system. However, it was almost impossible to cover all of the over …

Official Microsoft PR release leaked ahead of Windows Phone “Mango” VIP Event

It’s less than an hour away from the Windows Phone "Mango" VIP Event, and Microsoft had spilled the beans on the via the Microsoft Romania Press Center (translated version). Update: The proper English version of the press release …

Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” to get Linked Inbox – a better version of unified inbox

More details are leaking about Microsoft’s next major update to its Windows Phone platform codenamed "Mango". Earlier today, a Twitter user @WindowsPhone8 tweeted the following:

[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/WindowsPhone8/status/70675300970795008″]

And soon after, Neowin posted a screenshot which shows off the new "Linked …

What to expect from the Windows Phone 7.5 VIP event?

It’s not long until Microsoft reveals to the world what’s under the hood in its upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 update, codenamed "Mango". On May 24th at 10am EDT, Microsoft will be holding a VIP Preview party in New York and …

First screenshot leaked for Windows Live SkyDrive Wave 5

With all the news on Windows Phone and Windows 8 recently, things had been quite quiet on the Windows Live front. But that doesn’t mean the Windows Live teams have been resting. Bits and pieces have surfaced from the recent …

Rumor: Microsoft and Baidu to reach a search deal in China

Bing and BaiduAccording to Business Insider, a Chinese press DoNews.com is reporting that Microsoft is closing in on a deal with Baidu, currently China’s largest search engine, as soon as this coming weekend. According to the site:

Microsoft is close to