February, 2012

Windows 8 Consumer Preview keynote posted

Earlier today (February 29th), Steven Sinofsky, Julie Larson-Greene and others took the stage at the Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch event in Barcelona, in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress.  The event wasn’t webcast live, and although the download went …

Bing apps for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview

If you’re not in a hotel meeting room, you’re probably downloading or have already downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.  If so, you can play with three new Bing apps: Finance, Weather, and Maps.  The Bing team has posted

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, apps now available

At a non-webcast press event at MWC in Barcelona today, Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Greene took the stage to unveil the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.  The new operating system, with its Metro style interface and “fast and fluid” design, is …

Microsoft and Nokia announce new Unified Map Design

When Microsoft and Nokia signed their strategic partnership last year it was noted that the companies planned to work together not only on Windows Phones but also their mapping technology, today an aspect of that partnership has been announced with …

Bing has a new results page design, rolling out to more people

Today we were tipped off by @ParasValecha about a new design for Bing. Microsoft has been testing a few different designs for the search engine over the past few months and a few readers of Liveside have had access to …

Windows Phone “Tango” details revealed, coming in April to all devices

Windows Phone TangoWhilst there was no mention of the codename “Tango” at Mobile World Congress, details about the upcoming update to Windows Phone 7.5 has been hinted in the various official blog posts from Microsoft and Nokia. Instead of having you to …

MWC 2012: Nokia Reading, Nokia Transport, Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive 2.0/3.0 demoed

NokiaEver since Nokia and Microsoft’s partnership, Nokia had been developing exclusive value-adding apps and services to their Windows Phones. Back when the first Nokia Windows Phone devices launched in Nokia World 2011 last year, the company also announced four new …

ZTE Orbit revealed at Mobile World Congress [Update]

ZTE Orbit Hands-onAlong with all the Nokia news at Mobile World Congress, ZTE is also set to join the Windows Phone news coming out of the event. As reported earlier, ZTE is set to reveal their second Windows Phone device, …

The big news (and impressive showing) from Nokia at MWC

Nokia just concluded its press conference in Barcelona at MWC with the unveiling of 5 new phones (only one of them a Windows Phone), new software experiences, and a pretty amazing new imaging technology called “PureView”.  Also announced were …

Skype for Windows Phone beta now available for download!

PrintJust as Stephen Elop took the stage at Mobile World Congress 2012, Microsoft has released the beta version of the long-awaited Skype for Windows Phone app. According to the official Skype blog:

With Skype for Windows Phone Beta you