What comes around, goes around.
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
All Of This Has Happened Before And Will Happen Again.
Microsoft has just announced a new look and somewhat of a new direction for MSN, and a bit of a rebranding for some of …
Bye Bye Bing Image Widget
In late August, Bing introduced a beta of the Bing Image Widget, a way for websites to embed Bing Image search results in their web pages. You would set up a search query and some size parameters, and Bing would return images directly to your site. Apparently …
On the Threshold of Windows 9: Preview said to arrive late September
“Threshold” is the code name of the next version of Windows, and according to a report today by Mary Jo Foley, it’s coming soon. Mary Jo reports that according to her multiple sources, the new OS will enter a public Technology Preview in late September, with a …
Continue your conversation with Bing
A few years ago when Microsoft rebranded Live Search to Bing, it promised to move beyond the “10 blue lines” that described Google search at the time. In the years since that, search has indeed moved well beyond those 10 blue lines, first with the introduction of Siri …
Windows Phone Cyan / Dev Preview update, an easier way
Just now I wrote about the hoops I jumped through to get a fully working and fully updated Windows Phone, which is now running Nokia’s Cyan update and the Windows Phone 8.1.1 update. In short, there has been an issue with updating directly from Windows Phone 8.1 …
Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 now available
Last week in China, Joe Belfiore announced that Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 would be available to “developers” soon, and indeed today, it’s here. The update includes significant updates to IE 11 for Windows Phone, a new take on “Live Folders”, additions to SMS and VPN …
Cortana expands, Windows Phone plays “catch up”
Late last night (Pacific Daylight time – mid-Wednesday morning in China), Microsoft announced the expansion of Cortana to two new markets in beta, China and the UK, as well as the alpha release of the personal digital assistant for Windows Phone in India, Australia, and Canada. In addition, …
The Microsoft built Windows Phone era is about to begin – can it save Windows Phone?
This has been an interesting year so far for Windows Phone. In some ways, it’s been quite disappointing, as Microsoft’s mobile ecosystem has failed to gain ground in the marketplace (enough so that Microsoft executives are now talking about “making the market” for Windows Phone), and no new …
One OS or three, Windows still doesn’t add up
Microsoft released its 4th quarter earnings yesterday, and despite a big hit from the Nokia acquisition, the news was generally good. Microsoft’s cloud services (Azure, Office 365, and the like) are starting to take off, traditional server side businesses (SQL Server, Hyper-V, etc.) continue to do well, …
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- Microsoft shares more details about XO19 fan event in London on November 14th-17th August 19, 2019
- Alienware and Dell announce new PC gaming hardware and designs August 19, 2019
- PUBG is getting crossplay support between Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in October August 19, 2019
- Age of Empires: DE launches on Steam with cross play support, Age of Empires II DE also coming on November 14 August 19, 2019
- New Xbox Game Pass additions include Devil May Cry V and Age of Empires Definitive Edition August 19, 2019
- Paint and WordPad both appear as removable optional features in latest Windows 10 Insider build August 19, 2019
- Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition is coming to the Nintendo Switch this September August 19, 2019
- Microsoft Azure gains optimized Java workload support with jClarity purchase August 19, 2019
- Console streaming from Xbox One to mobile devices gets revealed in leaked screenshots August 19, 2019
- Minecraft is getting a new rendering engine and Ray Traycing support on Windows 10 August 19, 2019
Confessions of a Microsoft enthusiast: the best in class problem
By Kip Kniskern in Commentary
August 28th, 2014 at 12:03 pm