June, 2013

Exclusive: SkyDrive.com to get web-based text file editing features

SkyDrive logoBack in May, we exclusively reported that SkyDrive.com will get a built-in Photosynth panorama viewer, likely to complement the panorama mode in the upcoming Windows 8.1’s Camera app. However, LiveSide has learnt that the SkyDrive team is planning a whole …

HTC One variant with Windows Phone 8 GDR3 reportedly coming this fall

HTCHTC had been with Windows Phone since the very beginning, but since the HTC 8X and 8S released last year, we haven’t heard much about what’s coming next from the handset manufacturer on the Windows Phone side. Besides the mid-tier …

Bing experiments with another “me too” feature: Bing Boards

This seems to be a prime week for imitators. Yesterday, Facebook announced that its Instagram was adding an Instagram Video feature, one so much like Twitter’s Vine that it prompted John Herrman of Buzzfeed to declare Facebook “out of ideas”

Huawei Ascend W2 shows up in Chinese advertisement

HuaweiIt was not long ago when we saw leaked renders of Huawei’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 device – the Huawei Ascend W2. This was followed by recent teases from Huawei’s Italian Facebook account, although we have yet to see the …

A first look at Office Web Apps real-time co-authoring, amongst other new features coming in next update

Ofc_Orng166_rgbBack in early May, the Office team announced that real-time co-authoring will be coming to Office Web Apps soon. As part of the announcement, the team also mentioned other enhancements are coming in the upcoming update as well, but …

Microsoft Changes Course on Xbox One DRM

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Following substantial backlash from would be consumers, as well as a targeted attack from Sony at E3 last week, Microsoft has announced that they are removing many of the controversial DRM requirements for the Xbox One. According to Microsoft’s Wire …

Nokia to webcast its July 11th event

Nokia announced last week that it was holding a press event in New York City on July 11th (11am EDT, GMT -5), and today they’re further teasing the event, and announcing that it will be webcast live via the Nokia

Nokia Lumia 925 officially launched China

Nokia Lumia 925, the latest Lumia flagship, will go on sale early next month in China. At today’s Lumia 925 event in Beijing, China, Nokia officially launched the device for China market with two operators China Mobile and China Unicom. …

How do you manage your mail?

MailYesterday, Microsoft announced that they will be doing away with “linked accounts”, the method of being able to switch from one account to another in Outlook.com without having to re-enter your login credentials.  In reading through the comments on …

Microsoft discontinues linked account feature in Microsoft account

Microsoft accountWe saw this coming when back in April we exclusively reported that the new two-factor authentication feature in Microsoft account does not support linked accounts, but Microsoft has made it official – that “linked accounts” feature is no more on …