More details on Windows 8 Release Preview bundled apps revealed

After we uncovered the first screenshots of the updated Mail and Photos apps in the upcoming Windows 8 Release Preview, more details has leaked regarding the changes and improvements coming to the bundled apps ... Read more »

Exclusive: First screenshot of metro-styled Microsoft account website revealed

Back about a month ago, we gave you a first sneak peek at the upcoming Windows Live web services (or whatever Microsoft calls it now) makeover. Since then, Microsoft had been hard at work ... Read more »

The new Bing is live (well, 2/3 of it)

If you’re in the US (or can fool your browser into thinking you are), the new Bing, with its double dose of sidebars, is available now, either by opting in to the banner that ... Read more »

Facebook Chat on Windows Phone now supports offline messages

Ever since the release of Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”, part of the new built-in Messaging experience is the integration of Facebook Chat which works seamlessly along with other instant messaging solutions like Messenger and ... Read more »

Microsoft to launch Internet Explorer for Xbox 360 with Kinect capabilities

With E3 this year fast approaching in less than a month’s time, Microsoft promised to “change living room entertainment forever” and will detail the upcoming Xbox 360 and Kinect capabilities during their E3 Media ... Read more »

Bing announces new social search

Bing has scheduled a live webcast for 10 am PDT today, just a few minutes from now, to introduce “The New Bing”, which includes a new sidebar to interact with your friends to be ... Read more »

Windows Phone Developer Summit: Will we see Windows Phone 8 in June?

Back around one year ago at MIX 2011, Microsoft officially unveiled the developer features of the then-new Windows Phone “Mango” platform. With Microsoft’s cancellation of the MIX conference this year, there seems to be ... Read more »

So what about Windows Live Writer?

Yesterday’s Windows 8 blog post on the “reimagining” of Windows Live, or, if you prefer, the “ditching” or “killing” of Windows Live, (as it was referred to in numerous tech blogs commenting on the ... Read more »

Microsoft says goodbye to “Windows Live”: Building Windows 8 blog

In a post on the Building Windows 8 blog this morning, Corporate Vice President Chris Jones laid out the thinking behind what he calls “Windows Live, reimagined”, which perhaps most significantly, includes the zinger ... Read more »

Microsoft buys a foothold in the ebooks game with Barnes and Noble partnership

The big news today is that Microsoft and Barnes and Noble have announced a new partnership where B&N will spin off its Nook E-Reader and its educational books business into a new, as yet ... Read more »