Tag Archives: Apps
Facebook, Windows Phone, and the App Hub model: a new Facebook App beta moves away from “Metro”
Apr 30, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Today, Microsoft announced a new beta app for Windows Phone, apparently developed jointly with Facebook: the Facebook for Windows Phone Beta… Read more
Bing ships updated Weather app for Windows 8
Apr 28, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Two weeks ago, Bing released a “significant” set of updates to its Windows 8 suite of apps (News, Maps, Finance, Sports, and Travel), and promised… Read more
Outlook.com updates Android app
Apr 16, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Another day, another updated app coming from Microsoft. This could get exciting if it keeps up! This time, it’s a newly updated Android app… Read more
Bing News App a Google Reader replacement? Not yet, but it’s a start
Apr 15, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
This morning Bing released a set of updates to their Windows 8 apps, including a new feature in News that lets you set RSS content as news sources to… Read more
Bing Apps for Windows 8 Refresh: “a significant set of updates”
Apr 15, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
The folks in Redmond must be feeling relieved about getting their taxes done (today, April 15th, is the deadline for paying your federal income… Read more
Skype for Windows Phone updated: version 2.5 available now
Apr 15, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Another Skype update (is this becoming a thing? regular updates from a Microsoft product?) for Windows Phone just hit the Windows Phone Store,… Read more
Xbox Music and Video Apps updated, too
Mar 26, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Yesterday brought us updates to some of the core apps for Windows 8, refreshing Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging, and today, there are more… Read more
Windows 8 Core Apps available now
Mar 25, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
As we reported, the core app updates for Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging are available a little earlier than tomorrow, that is, they’re… Read more
Windows 8 core app updates on the way
Mar 25, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
Today, Microsoft announced that by tomorrow (and maybe even tonight if you’re lucky), Windows 8 users will be offered updates for three of the… Read more
Windows 8 core app updates on the way
Mar 7, 2013 by Kip Kniskern
After years of developing and evolving what became known as Windows Live, Microsoft turned a corner with the release of Windows 8, dropping the… Read more
