Surface Pro 2 details revealed: new adjustable kickstand and specification improvements

Surface logoIt has been over a year since Microsoft made the surprise announcement of their original Surface tablets, marking the first step for the company into a “devices and services” company. The Surface Pro, which runs the full Windows 8 Pro …

By damaster in News
September 4th, 2013 at 9:46 pm

Microsoft launches new Bing Video search experience

Whilst Microsoft’s Bing team have made minor tweaks and pilot tests here and there to their Bing Video search service, this search vertical hasn’t received any significant update since 2012. However, today the Bing team announced that they have …

By damaster in Bing
September 4th, 2013 at 7:35 pm

Where is our “Xbox for the rest of us”?

Microsoft made it official today: the Xbox One will be available (limited by regions, at least to start) starting on November 22nd, just in time for the post Thanksgiving (here in the US) holiday shopping free-for-all that is Black Friday:…

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 4th, 2013 at 10:52 am

Some key points in the Microsoft – Nokia deal

Sure, let’s spend the last moments of Labor Day digging through press releases, Yay! Late Monday, Microsoft announced that it is purchasing Nokia’s Devices and Services business for some $7.17 Billion (US), in a deal expected to close in the …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 2nd, 2013 at 10:33 pm

Microsoft to purchase Nokia Devices and Services business (breaking)

Well, that was fast (unless you’ve been expecting it all along, that is). In the past week, Microsoft as announced the retirement of its longtime CEO, accepted activist investors onto its Board of Directors, and just now announced that it …

By Kip Kniskern in News
September 2nd, 2013 at 8:56 pm

First photo of the 6-inch Nokia Lumia 1520 “Bandit” leaked

NokiaFinancial Times first reported back in April that Nokia plans to introduce a “phablet” to its Lumia range, and only a few weeks ago The Verge confirmed that the device is codenamed “Bandit” and will come with a 6-inch display. …

By damaster in Mobile
August 28th, 2013 at 6:33 pm

SkyDrive.com gets text extraction feature using Bing-powered OCR

SkyDrive logoThe SkyDrive team has been on a roll recently. Only one month ago the team gave us a major update of their service, bringing us a new Shared view, text editor, new sharing capabilities, and more. Today the SkyDrive team …

By damaster in Featured News
August 28th, 2013 at 6:10 pm

SkyDrive renaming and Windows 8.1 “delay” – are they related?

Microsoft has stepped in it once again with the official announcement yesterday that although Windows 8.1 has “RTM”ed (which up until now has always meant “Released to Manufacturing”, ie: the bits were done and Microsoft would start printing disks/CDs/DVDs, but …

By Kip Kniskern in News
August 28th, 2013 at 9:39 am

More details surface on Nokia “Sirius” – a 10.1″ Windows RT tablet to be unveiled next month

Nokia-Tablet-for-Verizon_thumb.jpgLast week various rumors surfaced regarding Nokia’s upcoming tablet, all of which seems to point to the fact that the device will be unveiled sometime in September next month. Today The Verge and WinSupersite further reported some of the additional …

By damaster in Mobile
August 26th, 2013 at 7:15 pm

Yahoo! almost traded its search business for MSN.com

Business Insider posted what has to be their longest form post, ever, this morning, an “unauthorized Marissa Mayer biography”, the story of how she came to become Yahoo!’s CEO. It’s an excellent read, and an excellent job of reporting …

By Kip Kniskern in News
August 24th, 2013 at 11:37 am
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