Microsoft releases Photosynth for Windows Phone 8 after rewriting for Lens

photosynth-logoWe first heard of Photosynth for Windows Phone (7.x) wayyy back in May of 2011, and it took a year for the app, which was already available on iOS, to make it to the Windows Phone Marketplace.  Then, …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
March 1st, 2013 at 11:40 am

Bing Maps adds high resolution, ocean floor imagery

bing maps satellite orthoBing Maps continues to improve their aerial imagery, announcing today new date provided by TerraColor to present seamless satellite imagery for zoomed out views, new bathymetric (ocean floor) data from Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and  new high resolution satellite imagery …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
February 28th, 2013 at 11:34 am

Windows Phone 7.8 delayed: from beta tester to guinea pig?

guinea-pig-5Microsoft officially launched Windows Phone 7.8, the upgrade to Windows Phone 7.5 devices that adds new Live Tile functionality and a few fixes and improvements, last month.  The update, as is common with many Microsoft releases, is using a …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
February 27th, 2013 at 12:41 pm

IE 10 for Windows 7 released

ie-10-logoSome four months after the release of Windows 8 and its browser, IE 10, Microsoft today has made IE 10 for Windows 7 available for download.  In two blog posts, one on the IE blog and another on the Windows …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 26th, 2013 at 10:38 am

Nokia at MWC: expanded lineup, more to come

four phonesAt MWC in Barcelona today (well 11:30 pm Sunday here in Seattle), Nokia CEO Stephen Elop took the stage to introduce a new range of Asha and Lumia phones, bringing the price point for Nokia phones downward while promising more …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Mobile
February 25th, 2013 at 12:58 am

Office Web Apps on SkyDrive updated with new features

Ofc_Orng166_rgbMicrosoft released the final Office Web Apps to the latest version in line with Office 2013 back in October last year, but that doesn’t mean the work stops there. On the official Office blog today, Microsoft detailed the latest …

By damaster in News
February 24th, 2013 at 5:36 am

Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 device renders leaks, Nokia “Laser” passes FCC, and Nokia tablet spotted in the wild

NokiaWith less than 3 days to go until Mobile World Congress 2013, details about upcoming Nokia Windows Phone devices are making headlines all over the internet. We previously reported that the Nokia Lumia 520 (codenamed “Flame”) and Lumia 720 (codenamed …

By damaster in Mobile
February 22nd, 2013 at 9:40 pm

Upcoming events: MWC next week, and Xbox in April?

prod_xboxinfo_heroYesterday, Sony previewed their next generation gaming system, the PS4, in New York City, showing off some impressive new graphics and gaming announcements while never actually showing off the PS4 console.  Now today rumors are surfacing that Microsoft’s Xbox, planning …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:57 am

That thing about Calendar

Windows_Live_Calendar_logoMicrosoft took the Preview tag off of Outlook.com this week, and told us to “stay tuned” for an update to Calendar, the long overdue “modern” update to one of the last remnants we have of the Windows Live look.  While …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
February 21st, 2013 at 10:29 am

Outlook.com out of Preview; fires up new marketing campaign

outlookcomIn a post on the Outlook.com blog tonight, Microsoft announced that Outlook.com, which launched last July, has shed its Preview classification and is ready to face the world, complete with a new marketing campaign and a new tagline “email …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 18th, 2013 at 9:10 pm
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