This September, rather than face an uphill court battle with Britain’s BSkyB, Microsoft relented and agreed to change the name of its up and coming cloud storage services known as SkyDrive. If you’ve been following LiveSide over the past 7 …
SkyDrive is about to get a name change: could it be NewDrive?
On Xbox One day, are you feeling better about Microsoft?
Last night, my friend PicturePan2 (he’s here for this week’s MVP Summit, where we’ve been all week) and I headed back to Bellevue to witness the Xbox One Launch at the Bellevue Square Microsoft Store. Bellevue wasn’t one of the …
Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition clears first hurdle: Nokia shareholders approve sale
It’s a big day for shareholder’s meetings today, with Nokia holding one earlier today and the Microsoft shareholder’s meeting, including a vote on whether or not Steve Ballmer will remain on the board, later today.
For Nokia, the big vote, …
November 22nd: A big day gets a bit bigger with the release of Nokia 2520
November 22nd is, of course, Xbox One day, and Microsoft is planning events around the globe for the release of its first entirely new gaming console since the Xbox 360 was launched 8 years ago almost to the day. …
Why Kevin Turner as the new Microsoft CEO just might make some sense
A rumor came out of China’s WPDang last night (no better place for a reliable CEO rumor than a Chinese Windows Phone enthusiasts’ site, right?) than Microsoft’s Board of Directors has made a final decision on the company’s next CEO. …
Microsoft moves forward, with or without a new CEO
Microsoft continues to make moves to shape its “One Microsoft” strategy, today announcing that it is dropping its unpopular “stack ranking” employee review process. The move, outlined in an email to employees from HR chief Lisa Brummel this morning and …
Xbox One to integrate SkyDrive
In less than two weeks, on November 22nd, Xbox One launches, and Microsoft is filling in the details of what will be available on the new generation console. Today, in a post on the Inside SkyDrive blog, Program …
Nokia Lumia 526, a Lumia 525 variant, passes Chinese certification
Nokia Lumia 525, codename “Glee”, has passed Chinese certification TENAA early this week. But soon after that, another unannounced Nokia Lumia phone passed TENAA certification. It is Lumia 526, likely a Lumia 525 variant, for China Mobile “TD-SCDMA…
Should Microsoft sell Bing and Xbox?
Lots of noise this week about what Microsoft should do with the direction of the company, including some persistent calls for the company to get out from under some of its money losing propositions, including Bing and Xbox.
Today, a …
Microsoft to take operating rights for Skype from TOM Online in China this month
In mainland China , Skype has been operated by a joint venture with TOM Online for about 9 years. Now, TOM-Skype announces Microsoft will take operating rights for Skype in China on November 24th. It is definitely a good news …
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