2012

SkyDrive’s new logo confirmed

Earlier this week we sighted what we believed to be a new SkyDrive logo appearing on the Microsoft Surface website, where the direction of the cloud has changed, as well as the removal of the yellow swirl/ribbon. This swirl during …

HTC’s Windows Phone 8 launch devices line-up revealed

HTCDuring the Windows Phone Summit held on Wednesday, Microsoft revealed the list of OEMs who will be release the first Windows Phone 8 devices during launch sometime this Fall. Amongst these OEMs is HTC, who had been a long-time partner …

Bing Image Search gets a new look (reminds us of SkyDrive)

Microsoft released the new Bing last month, giving the search engine a fresher and cleaner look, however many of its search verticals such as Bing Image Search only received the new header, but not an actual update. Today over at …

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, …