June, 2012

More details, and speculation, on Microsoft Surface

about1As usual, Monday’s press event to unveil the Microsoft Surface family of tablets for Windows 8 provoked as many questions as it provided answers, but at least some details have started to filter out in the days following the event.  …

Windows Phone Summit marks launch of long-awaited Audible app!

An app for Windows Phone that people had longed for was the Audible app. Many people, including Paul Thurrott, had been working with a beta version of the application and a supposed release date in April had come and gone.…

Windows Phone 8 – What they didn’t reveal at the Summit

Microsoft finally unveiled Windows Phone 8 at the Windows Phone Summit held on Wednesday, giving us a sneak peek at some of the platform changes, new Start menu, new business and developer features, as well as the announcement of Windows …

With takedown notice, Microsoft verifies that the “Xbox 720” document was real

imageLast Saturday we told you about a story picked up by The Verge about an early stage planning document for “Xbox 720”, which included specs for a new Xbox, a $299 price tag, details about Kinect 2, and a Microsoft …

Nokia Maps, and the whole Nokia Location platform, including Nokia Drive, coming to all of Windows Phone 8 (not just Nokia)

GlobeIn a blog post today, Nokia expounded a bit on the announcement this morning that Nokia Maps will be coming to Windows Phone 8, announcing that Nokia Drive (the Nokia Location Services powered turn by turn navigation system) …

Windows Phone Summit: the quick summary

WP SummitToday in a 2 hour keynote, Microsoft spoke for the first time about Windows Phone 8, the next generation of Windows Phone Operating system, and revealed a number of platform improvements coming to new devices “this fall”.  While no specific …

Windows Phone 7.8 (not 8) coming to some existing phones

One of the big questions for current Windows Phone questions has been whether or not current Windows Phones will be able to gain the benefits of the new operating system.  The Verge came up with a definitive answer today, …

Windows Phone Summit set to begin

WP SummitIn early May, Microsoft sent out invitations to a “Developer Summit”, to be held in San Francisco on June 20-21.  Since then, the name has been changed to the “Windows Phone Summit”, and Microsoft is widely expected to begin talking …

SkyDrive, and Windows Store, gets a new logo?

During yesterday’s press event for Microsoft Surface, for those who watched the keynote might’ve noticed something – that some of the icons on Windows 8’s Metro style Start menu looked somewhat different from what you’ve been seeing in the …

Windows Live Essentials 2011 QFE3 update now compulsory for all (except XP users)

Windows Live EssentialsMicrosoft released the Windows Live Essentials 2011 QFE3 update back in March this year, bumping the version number up to 15.4.3555.0308. The update fixes several critical bugs and errors for various programs in the suite (for more details, click here