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Does Windows Phone need to fear BlackBerry 10?

This week I read some articles about the upcoming RIM OS, BlackBerry 10. The new OS is created from scratch, and is touch-only without a hardware keyboard. (more…) Check out more : Windows Phone Apps |...

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Students analyzed Windows Phone with real data

wharton-students-with-microsoft-executives Recently, a marketing class at the Wharton School in Pennsylvania has told some Microsoft executives how to make Windows Phone more relevant in today´s...

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Carriers don´t like Skype; Nokia and Microsoft offering to work on solutions

Stephen Elop - CEO Nokia Recently some reported about the fact that Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia said that carriers hate Skype. There is no doubt that VOIP-services like Skype are a thorn in the eye of...

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Microsoft is very interested to be part of a possible „Facebook Phone“

windows-facebook-phone Microsoft and Facebook are working together since 2007, when Microsoft invested in a 1.6 percent stake of Facebook. Currently the main part of their partnership is around Bing....

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Impressive numbers for Smoked by Windows Phone!

smoked-by-windows-phone-win-numbers Today Ben Rudolph from Microsoft reveals the numbers of Smoked by Windows Phone. He introduced this cool and refreshing campaign at CES in January this year. (more…)...

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[Developers] AppCampus is now accepting app submissions

appcampus-submission A few weeks ago we reported about the AppCampus from Microsoft and Nokia. Of course I registered for the AppCampus newsletter. Today I received a message that they are now...

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Official Photosynth app is now a v1 – release coming soon?

PhotoSynth-for-WP A lot of us are waiting for the official app of Microsoft Photosynth. The Photosynth website (www.photosynth.net)is already open to the public. You can stitch photos and create real...

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Design and Differentiation: Interview with Nokia’s VP by TechRadar

Kevin Shields - Executive Vice President, Nokia TechRadar have posted an insightful article on the design principles used in the Lumia line of phones, informed by an interview with Kevin Shields,...

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Microsoft – The Marketing Guru

After all the major marketing hype and promotions surrounding the release of the Windows Phone 8 OS, we have reason to believe that the marketing gurus at Redmond really need a nice long vacation....

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Windows Phone 7.8 Update – The Aftermath!

The Windows Phone 7.8 update has been out for about a month now and I wanted to get some feedback from those of you who have installed it on their Gen 1 or 2 devices? I installed 7.8 in the beginning...

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Cortana celebrates World Emoji Day with Emoji out of a fairy tale

by Josh Robert Nay Who doesn’t like waking up to a little smile to start the day? Or in this case, quite a few smiles courtesy of Bing and Cortana. The digital assistant is showing off a classic fairy...

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“Hi, I’m Cortana, and I’m coming soon to even more countries with Windows 10”

by Josh Robert Nay We’ve been enjoying Microsoft’s sassy digital assistant here in the U.S. for awhile now, with the UK and China also able to utilize the software to its fullest and residents in...

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Google Drive plugin now available to Office users on Windows, save documents...

by Josh Robert Nay This week saw the release of the Google Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office, allowing users who would rather utilize Google’s cloud service rather than their OneDrive to be able to...

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Video: Check out the new Xbox and PC gaming features in Windows 10

by Josh Robert Nay If you’re still on the fence about whether or not Windows 10 is right for you, Microsoft may be able to help you there, thanks to a new video the company posted that highlights some...

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Arabic, Catalan, Danish, and more languages now supported in Microsoft’s...

by Josh Robert Nay Language barriers can not only be a nuisance, but they can also prevent important messages from getting across. Luckily there are a lot of translation apps for Windows that help...

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Microsoft: Windows 10 promotes the pen to a “first class input method”

by Josh Robert Nay The use of a pen has been a natural way to write for centuries, but now Microsoft is seeking to promote the pen to what it calls a “first class input method.” And it seeks to do so...

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Rise of the Tomb Raider game coming to PC in “early 2016”

by Josh Robert Nay Attention all Lara Croft fans out there, particularly if you’re a PC gamer.  In a confirmation that will probably not surprise you, upcoming game Rise of the Tomb Raider will be...

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Microsoft OneDrive for Windows 10 Mobile gains new Settings icon, wording...

by Josh Robert Nay Let’s face it, life is so much easier when you have access to all of your photos, music, and documents on all of your devices. No matter where you are, you can pull up your grocery...

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“Hey Cortana” on Windows 10 is awesome, but can also be irritating at times

by Josh Robert Nay One of my favorite features of Windows 10 is “Hey Cortana,” which (if you’re not already aware) allows you to simply say “Hey, Cortana” and have her do stuff. Well, as it turns out,...

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Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition now available for download in beta

by Josh Robert Nay At Minecon 2015, Mojang revealed Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition, which, as we explained before, is essentially Minecraft Pocket Edition – but for Windows 10, which is optimized for...

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