Skype news: Messenger shutting down, new Video Messages, and lots of growth

skypeThis week, Skype updated its client for Mac and Windows, and if you’re using Skype on a Mac, or iOS or Android, you’ll be able to make use of a new, beta, feature, Video Messaging.  News of the video …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 15th, 2013 at 10:39 am

KPN Netherlands advertisement revealed mystery Nokia Lumia device

NokiaAs we’re inching closer towards Mobile World Congress 2013, speculations and rumors about what coming from the Nokia and Windows Phone camp had been constantly surfacing. The sharp-eyed guys over at MyNokiaBlog.com today noticed a mysterious Nokia Lumia device shown …

By damaster in Mobile
February 15th, 2013 at 5:56 am

Xbox news from Dive into Media: 76 million devices, ready to release original programming “hopefully within the year”

microsoftdmedia-2013At the Dive Into Media conference produced by the Wall Street Journal’s All Things D this afternoon, Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), and Nancy Tellem, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s LA Studios, took …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 11th, 2013 at 5:55 pm

On selling out Surface Pro

Microsoft_Surface_ProToday, the Microsoft Surface Pro went on sale for the first time, and depending on what you read, it’s already “sold out”.  The 128GB version is currently “out of stock” at microsoftstore.com (the 64GB model doesn’t have the same “out …

By Kip Kniskern in Opinion
February 9th, 2013 at 4:32 pm

Spotify arrives for Windows Phone 8

Spotify-LogoEven though when Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 8 and its new app model they said that “your (Windows Phone 7.x) app should just continue to work, without any changes”, that wasn’t apparently quite true, as we speculated back in September

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
February 8th, 2013 at 12:30 pm

Bing unveils State of the Union interactive experience

bing electionsLast November, Bing unveiled Bing.com/Elections, an interactive experience that attracted almost 32 million people on Election Day, rivaling network news viewership.  Now, expanding on that experience, Microsoft is readying a new interactive experience for President Barack Obama’s State of …

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
February 8th, 2013 at 10:22 am

SkyDrive now supports Office documents sharing without Microsoft account

SkyDrive logoOver at the Inside SkyDrive blog today, Microsoft announced that SkyDrive has reached an important milestone – that over one billion Office documents are now stored on SkyDrive by its users. As part of this post, Sarah Filman, Lead Program …

By damaster in Featured News
February 8th, 2013 at 7:49 am

Yet another Nokia Windows Phone revealed via design patent ahead of Mobile World Congress 2013

NokiaNokia has a tendency of patenting their mobile phone designs before they were officially revealed. Last year we saw the design patent for the Nokia Lumia 920 (or Nokia “Phi” as it was called back then) just before it was …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
February 7th, 2013 at 6:23 pm

Nokia Lumia 520 and 720 passes Indonesian certification

NokiaAs we’re getting closer to Mobile World Congress 2013, details on what’s about to come for Nokia and Windows Phone are trickling out. Previously we’ve reported that the Finnish manufacturer is planning on releasing several high-end Windows Phone 8 devices …

By damaster in Mobile
February 7th, 2013 at 6:55 am

Report: Durango to Require an Internet Connection, Uses Blu-Ray

XboxLogoAs with all Durango news prior to Microsoft’s official announcement, take this with the appropriate level of salt, but Edge Online has reported several new details regarding the new Xbox.  Citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the new hardware,  Edge …

By Chris Poirier in News
February 6th, 2013 at 11:02 am