August, 2013

First photo of the 6-inch Nokia Lumia 1520 “Bandit” leaked

NokiaFinancial Times first reported back in April that Nokia plans to introduce a “phablet” to its Lumia range, and only a few weeks ago The Verge confirmed that the device is codenamed “Bandit” and will come with a 6-inch display. …

SkyDrive.com gets text extraction feature using Bing-powered OCR

SkyDrive logoThe SkyDrive team has been on a roll recently. Only one month ago the team gave us a major update of their service, bringing us a new Shared view, text editor, new sharing capabilities, and more. Today the SkyDrive team …

SkyDrive renaming and Windows 8.1 “delay” – are they related?

Microsoft has stepped in it once again with the official announcement yesterday that although Windows 8.1 has “RTM”ed (which up until now has always meant “Released to Manufacturing”, ie: the bits were done and Microsoft would start printing disks/CDs/DVDs, but …

More details surface on Nokia “Sirius” – a 10.1″ Windows RT tablet to be unveiled next month

Nokia-Tablet-for-Verizon_thumb.jpgLast week various rumors surfaced regarding Nokia’s upcoming tablet, all of which seems to point to the fact that the device will be unveiled sometime in September next month. Today The Verge and WinSupersite further reported some of the additional …

Yahoo! almost traded its search business for MSN.com

Business Insider posted what has to be their longest form post, ever, this morning, an “unauthorized Marissa Mayer biography”, the story of how she came to become Yahoo!’s CEO. It’s an excellent read, and an excellent job of reporting …

Steve Ballmer to retire – a necessary move?

Today, Microsoft announced in a press release and the release of a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Microsoft employees, that Ballmer will retire from Microsoft as soon as a new CEO can be found, sometime within the next twelve …

Microsoft account aliases – simplified

Back in 2011, Microsoft began the process of simplifying the way you log in to Microsoft services, changing the old multiple account Sign In screen for Hotmail and other services to a single sign in, and has been promoting …

Nokia “Bandit”, a 6-inch phablet with 1080p screen, coming later this year

NokiaBack in April this year, Financial Times reported that Nokia plans to introduce a “phablet” to its Lumia range, likely to be coming by the end of the year. Earlier last month, an alleged image of a display panel of …

Nokia “Vanquish”, a Windows RT 8.1 tablet, to launch in September

NokiaRumors of Nokia launching a Windows-based tablet had been surfacing ever since Nokia partnered with Microsoft back in 2011. However, it seems like the real deal is finally close to us, as rumors and leaks had been coming out recently …

What a mess! Google and Microsoft fight over a Windows Phone YouTube app

Last week, after what has become a long sordid ordeal in trying to get a working YouTube app for Windows Phone, Microsoft tried again, releasing an updated app that it felt addressed Google’s concerns. Apparently not, as today, Google has …