With the news this morning that Skype will be included with Windows 8.1, we wanted to know we were getting our story straight, and so put in a question or two to our friendly Microsoft spokesperson. If you remember, …

Today in a blog post on the Windows Experience blog, Microsoft Apps & Services General Manager Ryan Gavin gives us the first glimpse at Microsoft’s marketing direction for its One Experience vision that Steve Ballmer laid out back in …

Nokia held the Lumia 1020 launch event in Nanjing, China today. The Nokia 41MP PureView flagship device is now officially launched in China market via Suning online and retail stores and carrier China Unicom exclusively. Unsurprisingly, the pricing for Lumia …

Are you having problems accessing Outlook.com, SkyDrive? You’re not alone, as Status.live.com is reporting “technical difficulties” for services “such as Hotmail, Messenger, and SkyDrive”:

The problems (which we don’t seem to be having here) were reported at 9:01am (PDT – …

Over the past few months, we correctly predicted some of the new features that came as part of the recent major SkyDrive.com update. However, we mentioned that there are also a few more features that are yet to come, …

When Outlook.com was first launched just a little over a year ago, we introduced you to a new feature that allows you to save your messaging history in the cloud. The feature automatically saved a copy of your instant messaging …

In June, Microsoft announced that it was expanding its Microsoft Store concept to include 1,500 to 2,200 square foot “stores” inside Best Buys, promising to be “will be the premier destination for consumers to see, try, compare and purchase a …

Microsoft cuts the price of Surface Pro tablets by $100 in some markets, following $150 Surface RT discount last month. In the US, the 64GB model’s price is reduced from $899 to $799, while 128GB’s is also reduced by $100, …

Earlier today Microsoft announced it would not pursue an appeal of a decision by the High Court of England and Wales that “SkyDrive” infringed on trademarks held by BSkyB. The two companies released a joint press release on the subject, …

As reported by Tom Warren at The Verge, Microsoft has decided after all not to appeal a decision stemming from a lawsuit restricting Microsoft from using the “SkyDrive” name anywhere in the European Union.  Microsoft had planned an appeal, …