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What is SkyDrive waiting for?

dropboxToday the headlines are all about Dropbox, and how the fast-rising company turned down an offer from Steve Jobs, who called the file storage and sharing service “a feature, not a product”.  Precisely.

Dropbox has been getting a lot …

Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” devices – What to expect this holiday season?

Windows Phone 7.5So the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” OS is out of the door, planned to be made available to 98% of existing Windows Phone devices within the next month. But what about the hardware side? What are the new Windows Phone …

Nokia 800: First advertisement images leaked

With Nokia World 2011 getting closer and closer, more details about the much anticipated Nokia Windows Phones are starting to surface. Pocketnow.com today revealed the first images of a print advertisement for the new Nokia 800. Check them out …

More on the Bing back-end platform: Bing Cosmos and SCOPE

Last week we reported that Microsoft is currently rolling out the “Tiger” search indexing platform for Bing. Well there’s more to Microsoft’s investments in the Bing back-end platform than just indexing. According to Mary Jo Foley, there’s two …

Microsoft, Entertainment Partners to “Transform TV” with Xbox Live

As expected, Microsoft announced in a press release today that it is expanding partnerships with entertainment providers to bring new services to Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 this holiday season.

Nearly 40 TV and entertainment providers from more …

Giving Hotmail another look

WP_000000We’re down here in San Francisco, at the Robert Fountain Studio, with Chris Jones, the Corporate VP of Windows Live Engineering, to talk about Hotmail, where it’s been and where it’s going, and to get a first look at a …

Official Nokia Maps for Windows Phone app revealed, with screenshots

There’s been quite a few news about Nokia recently. First we have information about a Nokia “Sabre” Windows Phone device, and next we have Nokia “Ace”. Today Long Zheng from iStartedSomething noticed a private marketplace listing for the official …

Rumor: Nokia “Ace” Windows Phone coming with 4.3” screen, more specs leaked

Yesterday we just posted details about an upcoming Nokia Windows Phone codenamed Nokia Sabre, and today MyNokiaBlog received an anonymous tip about another Nokia Windows Phone device codenamed Nokia Ace. Specifications about Nokia Ace, as well as the previously …

New Xbox 360 dashboard update coming November 15?

Back at the E3 expo, Microsoft revealed the new Metro-styled Xbox 360 dashboard update, which includes a Kinect-based motion and voice-controlled experience as well as Bing search integration (and a whole lot more!). Said to be due in late …

Hey! News from Zune!! Music Pass coming to Canada, US changes

From Zune Insider comes some actual news about Zune, and “Zune Music” specifically:

We are excited to announce that Zune Music Marketplace and Zune Music Pass will roll out in Canada on October 3rd

First, Canadian music lovers will be …