Windows 8: Tami Reller goes on tour

t_rellerA bunch of news sites popped up today posting interviews with Windows Chief Marketing Officer and CFO Tami Reller, one of the two women who took Steven Sinofsky’s place to run Windows at Microsoft.  While Reller didn’t release much in …

By Kip Kniskern in News
February 4th, 2013 at 10:56 am

Bing Apps for Office: extending Office 365 Premium

Earlier this week, Microsoft released Office 365 Home Premium, a $99/yr subscription service offering an updated Office suite along with extended SkyDrive storage (an extra 20GB, a $10/yr value).  Now today in a blog post on the Bing Search blog, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 31st, 2013 at 10:45 am

Google backs off on pulling Google Sync for Windows Phone

According to a post on The Verge, Google Sync, which Google announced last month would be no longer available for new Windows Phones beginning January 30th (today), is backing off on that pronouncement and has extended EAS (Exchange Active …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 30th, 2013 at 11:15 am

Windows Phone 7.8 rollout begins

Today on a blog post over at Nokia Conversations, Nokia has announced that Windows Phone 7.8 is ready for rollout and will be available for all Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 devices.

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Windows Phone 7.8 brings Windows Phone 8’s three …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Mobile
January 30th, 2013 at 10:34 am

Does Microsoft have a future? (Part 1: Adam Hartung’s post on Forbes)

windows-8-logoAbout a week ago, analyst Adam Hartung, writing in Forbes, wrote in “Microsoft Still Can’t Find Its Future. Is It Too Late for the Company?” (if you want a glimpse at Hartung’s answer to his own question,  the …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
January 29th, 2013 at 11:18 am

Nokia “Laser”, a Lumia 920 variant, coming soon to Verizon Wireless

NokiaAs we are getting closer to Mobile World Congress, scheduled to be held in Barcelona during 25-28 February, 2013, news and rumors about Nokia’s upcoming line of devices are starting to trickle out. A few days ago we just learnt …

By damaster in Mobile
January 24th, 2013 at 3:42 pm

New Durango Info Leaked? Not So Fast

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Earlier today, a self-proclaimed Microsoft employee alleged having access to detailed information about the upcoming new Xbox hardware.  An email was sent out to major gaming outlets, which contained specs on both the new console, and a rumored companion tablet …

By Chris Poirier in News
January 23rd, 2013 at 12:41 pm

SkyDrive adds Live Tiles notifications

20724Looks like the folks at Microsoft might be learning how to write apps for their own operating system, finally.  Today, in a post on the Inside SkyDrive blog, Mike Torres announced that the SkyDrive apps for Windows 8 and …

By Kip Kniskern in News
January 23rd, 2013 at 11:05 am