Hope you had an enjoyable holiday season, as we did, and are ready to launch into what may be Microsoft’s most pivotal, and by far its riskiest year. So much is at stake, and everything is hinging on the launch …
Filling in our 2012 Microsoft calendar
Facebook launches Messenger for Windows
Facebook today launched its own stand-alone Windows 7 only client for Facebook chat, Facebook Messenger for Windows (download link). After a bit of a flurry where the link was leaked and posted, apparently first by the Israeli blog …
Is the Windows Phone story “starting to come together”?
Microsoft and Windows Phone have taken center stage this week, admittedly during one of the slowest tech news weeks of the year, as quite a discussion broke out about the fate of Windows Phone.
It started with a post by …
So, just what IS the problem with Windows Phone?
Charlie Kindel (who left Microsoft earlier this year after 21 years, most recently as a Windows Phone General Manager), posted today on an “impedance mismatch” between carriers and device manufacturers, and Windows Phone, where those carriers and OEMs …
Happy Holidays from LiveSide!
Posting will be light for the next week, as we enjoy the holidays (and the fact that Redmond is a ghost town), work on some new years wishlists, and get ready for what may be the most crucial year for …
Can Microsoft and Nokia win in indoor location services?
We’re just beginning to see a new generation of services appear that will take advantage of the rapid consumer move to smartphone technology, rare only a few years ago, and still in its early stages. GPS positioning services can provide …
SkyDrive simple, app-centric sharing (more complex than you think!)
Last month SkyDrive made some basic changes to the way sharing is accomplished: allowing single files within a folder to be shared, allowing sharing to non-Live ID email addresses, and allowing more flexibility in organizing files and folders on SkyDrive.…
Microsoft’s last CES keynote will be a wrap up, “no significant news” says Engadget
Engadget reached out to Microsoft for reaction to the news this morning that this year’s CES would be its last, and received some interesting feedback from the company. Although there has been speculation that Microsoft would deliver a Windows …
Microsoft pulls out of CES for 2013
Ending a long run of CES keynotes, and confirming one of Mary Jo Foley’s “wild rumors”, Microsoft, through an Official Microsoft Blog post by Frank Shaw, announced today that this year’s keynote (and booth presence) will be its last. …
Is Windows Phone moving to the Windows org?
Today, in a blog post she called “As the Microsoft Windows Phone org churns”, while noting the transfer of Windows Phone GM Matt Bencke to Xbox Live, Mary Jo Foley coined a new phrase, only half jokingly aligning …
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