June, 2013

WebGL for IE11 will enable Bing Maps 3D

webgl-logoAmong the number of announcements Microsoft made at last week’s Build, two stand out not only for their significance, but for their relationship.  For the first time, Microsoft is including the open-source graphics rendering javascript API known as WebGL, …

The death of Google Reader (we move on)

blogs-we-likeWell, nothing like waiting til the last minute. Tomorrow (July 1st), Google will shut down Google Reader, which as you may know we’ve been using to aggregate our list of feeds for “Blogs We Like“. While a …

Sneak peek at all new Windows 8.1 Mail, Calendar and People apps

Windows Mail, Calendar and People apps will get revamped and updated in Windows 8.1, though Microsoft doesn’t push out these new version apps in preview stage. During a last day Build 2013 session, Windows Mail app lead PM demoed

Windows 8.1 Mail app demoed at Build

It’s the last day of Build, but the sessions are going strong, and today in a session on “Stories from building the new Windows Mail app”, Windows Mail app Lead PM Jeremy Epling demoed the new version of the Mail …

Build Day One: Windows 8.1, IE, SkyDrive, and the post Sinofsky era

By now, you’re probably all caught up on the headline news coming out of Build today, and hopefully you’ve downloaded the Windows 8.1 bits (if not, they’re available at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview).  If you were watching the live stream, we hear …

Sprint announces two new Windows Phone 8 devices – HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo

SprintIt was announced at the beginning of the year at CES 2013 that Windows Phone 8 is coming to Sprint, US’s third largest carrier, by “summer” of this year. Today, the company has officially announced two brand new Windows Phone …

Report: Web-based version of Xbox Music to launch next week

Xbox Music logoWhen Microsoft took off the wraps of its new Xbox Music service back in October last year, the service was only available on Microsoft devices such as Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and the Xbox 360. However, there were always …

Huawei Ascend W2 unveiled at Mobile Asia Expo, full specifications available

HuaweiWe’ve heard plenty of rumors and leaks about Huawei’s second Windows Phone 8 device – the Huawei Ascend W2, but the device was never officially revealed. The device appeared on China Mobile’s advertisement a short while ago, but the specifications …

Bing goes to school

Microsoft continues to try to inch ahead in its battle to catch market leader Google.  This time it’s the “Bing For Schools” program, announced today in a Bing Search blog post and accepting requests to bring Bing For Schools to …

The buildup to Build

buildOn Wednesday, we’ll be in San Francisco for Microsoft’s Build developer’s conference, hoping to learn a lot more about Windows 8.1 (including getting our hands on some bits), Windows Phone, Xbox, and more.  For Microsoft, Build is shaping up …