First screenshots of Windows Phone 8 leaked

Windows PhoneWith just one week to go until the Windows Phone Summit, to be held on June 20 in San Francisco, more details about the upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS, codenamed “Apollo”, are starting to leak out. Yesterday, we reported …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
June 13th, 2012 at 6:32 am

More Windows Phone 8 details leaked – Nokia 3D maps, Skype, Wallet, and more

Windows PhoneToday Apple announced their upcoming upgrade to their mobile operating system, iOS 6, during their annual WWDC event. With it comes several new features including 3D maps, turn by turn navigation, Facebook integration, Passbook, iCloud tabs, and more. However, whilst …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
June 12th, 2012 at 5:34 am

Exclusive: A sneak peek at Office Web Apps Preview, coming with Office 2013 (and a new logo!)

Office 2013 LogoMicrosoft first announced details of its upcoming Office productivity suite, codenamed “Office 15”, back in January this year when the software suite reached its Technical Preview stage. Since then, various screenshots and details about “Office 15” has been revealed, including …

By damaster in Featured News
June 11th, 2012 at 8:20 am

Exclusive: Even better screenshots of Metro-style Hotmail, or “Newmail”, leaked (now in English!)

HotmailYesterday we gave you a sneak peek of the new Hotmail, featuring an entirely new interface that is said to be “fast, fluid, and intuitive”, and of course the design has been changed to the all new Metro-style, consistent with …

By damaster in Featured News
June 8th, 2012 at 8:14 am

More screenshots of Metro-style Hotmail leaked

So yesterday we just posted the first screenshot leak of the Metro-style Hotmail, today more screenshots from the service has leaked. German website WinFuture.de managed to get hold of several clear screenshots of the new Metro-style Hotmail, clearly showing how …

By damaster in News
June 8th, 2012 at 6:10 am

Bing adds Encyclopedia Britannica answers

In a blog post on the Bing Search blog today, Bing announced a new partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica to bring Britannica Online answers directly within the Bing search results:

The answer provides a quick overview of the subject, a thumbnail

By Kip Kniskern in Bing
June 7th, 2012 at 10:29 am

Exclusive: Metro-style Hotmail UI revealed via new Microsoft account login screen

HotmailSo we’ve shown you exclusive screenshots of the new Microsoft account website, as well as the new Profile page, both in their Metro-style glory. This time we were able to discover a new Microsoft account login screen, which …

By damaster in News
June 7th, 2012 at 4:45 am

Paul Thurrott: Xbox Music will have SkyDrive integration

Xbox Music - Now PlayingMicrosoft recently just announced their Xbox Music service during E3 which will be coming to Xbox 360, Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8 devices. However, whilst this confirms the official killing of the Zune brand, it raises many questions as …

By damaster in Featured News
June 7th, 2012 at 3:41 am

A recap of all the recent news on Windows Phone 8

This past week had been an exciting week for all of us, starting from the release of Windows 8 Release Preview, to the unveiling of multitudes of new Windows 8 and Windows RT-based tablets, ultrabooks and convertibles at Computex

By damaster in Featured Mobile
June 6th, 2012 at 4:07 am

SmartGlass: How is this all going to work? (hint: HTML5, and the cloud)

cta_XboxE3_PageOne of the most intriguing announcements coming out of the Xbox press event here at E3 yesterday involves SmartGlass, Microsoft’s upcoming answer to a second screen technology for the living room, rivaling Apple’s Airplay and the Nintendo Wii U console.…

By Kip Kniskern in News
June 5th, 2012 at 3:49 pm