Today, Microsoft announced in a press release and the release of a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Microsoft employees, that Ballmer will retire from Microsoft as soon as a new CEO can be found, sometime within the next twelve …
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Microsoft account aliases – simplified
Back in 2011, Microsoft began the process of simplifying the way you log in to Microsoft services, changing the old multiple account Sign In screen for Hotmail and other services to a single sign in, and has been promoting …
Nokia “Bandit”, a 6-inch phablet with 1080p screen, coming later this year
Back in April this year, Financial Times reported that Nokia plans to introduce a “phablet” to its Lumia range, likely to be coming by the end of the year. Earlier last month, an alleged image of a display panel of …
Nokia “Vanquish”, a Windows RT 8.1 tablet, to launch in September
Rumors of Nokia launching a Windows-based tablet had been surfacing ever since Nokia partnered with Microsoft back in 2011. However, it seems like the real deal is finally close to us, as rumors and leaks had been coming out recently …
What a mess! Google and Microsoft fight over a Windows Phone YouTube app
Last week, after what has become a long sordid ordeal in trying to get a working YouTube app for Windows Phone, Microsoft tried again, releasing an updated app that it felt addressed Google’s concerns. Apparently not, as today, Google has …
Skype on Windows 8.1 – bye bye “messaging”, hello Skype
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, …
Microsoft, Skype, (but not YouTube), and the “One Experience” vision
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 Lumia 1020 officially launched in China, priced at $980
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 …
Microsoft: Looking for speed in all the wrong places?
Today Microsoft officially announced that it will make Windows 8.1 available as a free update to all Windows 8 users beginning on October 18th (in New Zealand, that is, it will actually be available on the 17th in …
Outlook.com, SkyDrive service disruption
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 – …
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