Barnes & Noble has announced a ”strategic partnership” on e-reading with Microsoft today. The partnership is focused on spinning off the Nook business into a separate B&N subsidiary. No name has been decided for the new subsidiary but Microsoft will be investing $300 million for a 17.6 percent stake in the venture. As a by-product of the investment [...]
Microsoft has hinted at a desktop app for Skydrive for sometime now. Now it seems that time is finally upon us. A preview copy of SkyDrive for Windows (Windows 7, 8, and Vista) is now availalbe for download in 106 different languages. Microsoft has also taken the cover off a preview copy of app for Mac OS [...]
When AT&T stores ran out of Lumia 900s last week it was hard to tell if it was due to popularity or AT&T wanting to play it safe and wait till Nokia rolled out the patch for connectivity issues. But according to Nokia spokeswoman Karen Lachtanski the phones are really sold out due to popular demand. She [...]
A trusted source close to Microsoft confided some very disappointing information to The Verge. According to the source current Windows Phone devices running Mango will not be able to upgrade to Apollo when it is released. Microsft replied to the report with the vague statement, ”We have stated publicly that all apps in our Marketplace today will run on the [...]
Fresh details are beginning to emerge about the Windows 8 ultrabook hybrid that Intel showed off at its Developer Forum. Intel is now referring to the device as the Cove Point (instead of the Letexo). The Cove Point has an Ivy Bridge processor, 12.5-inch display, two USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI port. Intel is still mute on when we could see [...]
Microsoft has announced the names for all the versions of its upcoming Windows 8 OS. The most interest is Microsoft’s name for the version running on ARM processors. The version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM will be called Windows RT. It will join its older brothers Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows [...]
Apple has gained a lot of attention recently with its new iPad’s beautiful retina display. But it seems that Microsoft is not going to sit and let Apple out do them. In a post on the Windows 8 Blog this week Microsoft made it clear that their OEM’s would also be shipping devices with larger than [...]
Microsoft may be testing running Window Phone apps on the Windows 8 operating system. I’m a WP7 tracks all the different versions and code names of Windows Phone devices. According to their records about 1% of users are running Windows 8 desktop software. The build numbers are 8283 and 8288 which is newer than the [...]
(mockup of possible Windows 8 tablet device) Nokia has long hinted at possibly entering the tablet market. Up until now all that has been holding them back is a need for a good tablet OS. But now with Windows 8 in their arsenal, sources say they are prepping a tablet. DigiTimes is reporting that Nokia [...]
Microsoft has officially released its new logo for Windows 8. The new logo is meant to convey the more flat design language of metro. It is completely lackin the chrome that is present in the Windows Vista and Windows 7 logos. Microsoft’s design team had the following to say about the redesign, “It was important [...]
What appears to be Microsoft Office for iPad has now been spotted in the wild. The app looks like it has metro styling and includes Excel, Word, and PowerPoint icons as well as the ability to create new documents. Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit has been working on Office for iPad for sometime now. We first [...]
(picture is of Metro Internet Explorer) Microsoft has drastically redesigned Internet Explorer for Windows 8 in the Metro style. But a large percentage of people access the internet with alternative browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. So luckily Mozilla has announced their intent using the Metro styling of Windows 8 also. They will [...]
The countdown to Microsoft’s Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ is really starting to reach its climax. Although no date has been set the hype is starting to really build. But now things are getting even more interesting. Leaked images of the ‘Consumer Preview’ by PCBeta shows that the start menu button has been removed entirely. The Super [...]
Microsoft’s newest generation of its Office platform (code name Office 15) has just been released for technical preview. A small number of third-party customers were given the code by Microsoft to test and provide feedback. The public beta is set to be availalble later this year during the summer. Microsoft’s CVP of development, PJ Hough, [...]
Nokia’s Q4 quarterly report was released today. Although the numbers are somewhat bleak there is also some good news. They finished off the year with 10 billion ($13.1 billion) in net sales, which is 11% higher than Q3, yet still lower than 2010. So the genereal take away is that Nokia did not have a great [...]
Nokia released their Q4 earnings report today. And aside from all the numbers and stats (which are summarized here) they had a another exciting tidbit to share. The Finish phone manufacturer revealed that they “sold well over 1 million Lumia devices to date.” This number is expected to grow even more with the start of a massive marketing [...]
According to BGR and their “trusted source” AT&T will be selling the Lumia 900 at the low price of $99.99 on contract. Clearly Nokia plans on offering its high end device cheaper then other high end competitors. Although many would argue that the internal specs of Windows Phone also lag behind is competitors. Yet the [...]
Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop announced something very interesting last week at CES to Pocket-lint. Elop said that Nokia branding will begin to be used for Bing Maps. This branding will show up on all devices, even Blackberrys. This makes a lot of sense considering that Bing Maps gets most of its 3D data from Nokia’s [...]
All of you Nokia fans out there just can’t wait to get your hands on some of the new Nokia hardware. Unfortunately you still have to wait. But in the meantime you can enjoy these new commercials currently being aired on TV. This is the beginning of Nokia’s planned media blitz called “rolling thunder”. The [...]
Microsoft’s CES keynote was alot of fun last night. Balmer was really excited. He was even joined by Ryan Seacrest as well as a Tweet Choir. But right around the end Balmer shouted out that on February 1st Kinect will be coming to Windows. And that was it. He didn’t say anymore. Luckily since then [...]
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