Details of Nokia’s upcoming Lumia range of phones are hot in the news lately. Back in January, rumors of a new device codenamed Nokia “Catwalk” was reported to be in the works. The rumor claimed that the device will come …
Images of Nokia “Catwalk” leaked, reveals first Lumia with aluminum body
Microsoft enables 2 step verification for all services accessible via “Microsoft account”
As we told you last week, Microsoft is ready to enable 2 step verification for all of its services accessible via “Microsoft account”, as outlined in a new blog post on the Official Microsoft Blog.
We gave you …
Outlook.com updates Android app
Another day, another updated app coming from Microsoft. This could get exciting if it keeps up! This time, it’s a newly updated Android app for Outlook.com, an app that Program Manager Steve Kafka admits “has been behind” in his …
Bing News App a Google Reader replacement? Not yet, but it’s a start
This morning Bing released a set of updates to their Windows 8 apps, including a new feature in News that lets you set RSS content as news sources to create your own customized News app.
Of course we had …
Bing Apps for Windows 8 Refresh: “a significant set of updates”
The folks in Redmond must be feeling relieved about getting their taxes done (today, April 15th, is the deadline for paying your federal income taxes here in the US), as not only has Skype for Windows Phone 8 updated, …
Skype for Windows Phone updated: version 2.5 available now
Another Skype update (is this becoming a thing? regular updates from a Microsoft product?) for Windows Phone just hit the Windows Phone Store, this one coming hot on the heels of last month’s update, which brought back People …
Bing Image Search adds “Pin to Pinterest”
Are you a Pinterest user? Pinterest, “a tool for collecting and organizing things you love”, launched in March, 2010, and has grown to be the 3rd largest social networking site in the US (behind only Facebook and Twitter) according …
Are you a Microsoft enthusiast, or just Scroogled?
Here we go again, another day, and another negative ad campaign coming from Microsoft, this time attacking supposed privacy problems with Android phones. Carrying on with the “Scroogled” theme, where Microsoft, apparently unable to make much of a …
Exclusive: Microsoft account to get two-factor authentication soon
Last month we exclusively reported one of the new security features coming to Microsoft account – enhanced account aliases, aimed to replace the account renaming feature currently in place. Whilst Microsoft has recently silently switched back on the account renaming …
All in with Xbox: Microsoft sells Mediaroom
Microsoft and Ericsson announced today that Microsoft is selling its Mediaroom IPTV platform to Ericsson, a deal to be completed in the second half of this year. Mediaroom currently powers 22 million set-top boxes in 11 million households, and …
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