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Windows Phone 8 Laden Samsung Galaxy SIII in October?

April 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, this is one of those rumors which you want to be true, just because this one has the potential of being a game changer in the smartphone market. As per WP-Life, the Samsung Galaxy SIII which is expected to…

Skydrive Gets A Desktop App, Competes With Dropbox

April 24, 2012 0 Annkur

Microsoft’s Skydrive has been around since long and it seems they are now changing gears to compete in the buzzing league. On the mobile front my interaction with Skydrive was the most when it was integrated into Windows Phone 7…

Apps

Microsoft and Nokia Announces App Development Program – AppCampus

March 28, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In a bid to create a friendly ‘app’mosphere for the Mobile Windows platform, Microsoft and Nokia have teamed up for an app development program termed as AppCampus. The AppCampus program has been set up to help the creation of innovative…

Apple

Metro Style Chrome App for Windows 8 Coming Soon, Confirms Google

March 15, 2012 0 Tassavur

Now Google has also confirmed to Mashable that they are working on bringing a new Metro Style version of Chrome for Windows 8. The announcement comes after Mozilla confirmed Metro-style Firefox browser for Windows 8 OS which would be released…

Nokia Paints Jet Airways Plane with Lumia Colors

January 10, 2012 0 Rahul S

It is no secret that Nokia has spent tons of money on promoting its Windows Phone devices worldwide. Closer home, we have seen concerts being held all over India, Lumia branded vehicles roaming the streets of our cities and TV…

Now Motorola is Found Guilty of Infringing Microsoft Patent By ITC

December 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was just yesterday that we heard the news of HTC being in trouble for infringing on an Apple patent. Well now just 24 hours later the International Trade Commission have passed another ruling which states that Motorola indeed infringes…

Barnes & Nobles Faceoff With Microsoft over Patents Issue

November 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

In case you are a hardware manufacturer with the Android OS in it, you will soon be contacted by Microsoft. It seems Microsoft for quite some time has been pursuing a model of generating revenue via licensing fees from Android…

Nokia Debuts the Lumia 800, Lumia 710 in India

November 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just weeks after they made their international debuts, Nokia has decided to launch its Windows Phone powered devices from the Lumia range the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 here in India. At a launch event held at Delhi yesterday,…

Huawei on Microsoft’s Patent Licensing Radar

November 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

After Huawei adopted Google’s Android its market share has been increasing slowly but steadily. And guess what? Even Huawei is added to the list of prominent manufacturers on the Android based platform which includes the like of Samsung and HTC to…

Camera No Longer Mandatory Requirement on Windows Phone 7

November 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

When they announced Windows Phone 7 initially, Microsoft had laid down quite a few mandatory requirements for a phone to be “compatible” with the OS. These included at least a 480*800 pixel display, a capacitive touch screen, the thee hardware…

Nokia Announces the Lumia 800, Lumia 710 Windows Phone 7 Handsets

October 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

At the much awaited Nokia World which kicked off yesterday Nokia announced two new Windows Phone powered handsets – as expected. The devices were claimed to be the “first real Windows Phone” handsets by Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO.

Leaked / Spyshots

Windows Phone 7 Mango Laden Nokia 710 Coming Soon?

October 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it is almost certain that Nokia would be unveiling its first Windows Phone based devices at the upcoming Nokia World event next week, here comes a new hitherto unheard of model which could make its entry into Nokia’s WP7…

iPhone 4S a Missed Opportunity: Microsoft

October 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a recent interview by Andy Lees, President of the Windows Phone division at Microsoft has opined that he sees the iPhone 4S as a missed opportunity by Apple. No he didn’t actually say it, he just replied in affirmative…

Zombie Microsoft Zune is Back From the Dead!

October 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well this one might come as a surprise to a lot of you; but apparently Zune Support team has categorically denied that Microsoft is discontinuing the hardware via a tweet. It also claimed that no official release was ever issued…

Microsoft Accidentally Reveals Names of Upcoming Windows Phone 7 Handsets

October 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what seems to be an inadvertent error by the folks looking after the Microsoft Canada website, the company has revealed the names of forthcoming Windows Phone powered handsets from various manufacturers on this page.

Patent Settlement: Samsung To Pay Microsoft For Every Android Sold!

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

One of the largest makers of Android phones and tablets, Samsung has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft, thus paying up a royalty for every Android device it sells. The cross licensing allows Samsung to continue doing business…

eReaders & Tablets

Windows 8 Start Menu, Taskbar (Design) Leaked

September 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

While we are gearing up for the Microsoft Build event scheduled to happen later this week at California where juicier details pertaining to Microsoft’s Windows 8 are expected to be announced, eagle eyed folks over at Toms Hardware has posted…

Windows 8 to Support Windows Phone 7 Apps?

September 8, 2011 0 Rahul S

Now, this sure is a fascinating bit of news we have here. If we are to believe nVidia’s CEO Jen Hsun Huang, Microsoft’s soon to be released Windows 8 Operating System is likely to feature native support for running Windows…

Caught In The Act: Microsoft Sued For Collecting Location Data Without Consent

September 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

The head honchos at Apple might be surely jeering at this one. Microsoft, which had, not long ago claimed the moral high ground claiming to not collect any location data without explicit user consent has been ironically sued by one…

Fujitsu Launches First Windows Phone 7.5 Mobile in Japan

August 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Windows Mango phone has officially made its entry in Japan with Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications launching the Windows Phone IS12T which was announced last month. Fujitsu is the first company to launch Windows Phone 7.5 in Japan which would be…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Microsoft Smartly Poaching webOS Devs Over To Windows Platform

August 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

It was only last Friday that Mr. Brandon Watson of Windows Phone had reached out to webOS developers via a tweet, stating that Microsoft will be more than happy to have them on board and work with them.

Microsoft is the Real Winner of the Google Motorola Deal!

August 19, 2011 0 Tassavur

Google is about to complete its $12.50 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the handset manufacturing arm of Motorola. For now the acquisition is being projected as a move to fend off the patent wars and interestingly being appreciated by manufacturers…

Apple

Will Apple Be The Largest PC Manufacturer?

August 9, 2011 0 Tassavur

With the iPad tablet’s entry into the computers market, Apple’s share in the PC market just spiraled upwards. Now with the new Mac OS X Lion priced at just $30 and the Thunderbolt equipped Macbook Air, Apple would only increase…

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Nokia Sea Ray Comes With Twitter Integration In WP7 Mango (Video)

July 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Microsoft and Nokia’s partnership seems pretty promising by each passing day as one, or the other news about their handset or OS is being leaked. A leaked video of the Nokia Sea Ray phone from their Chinese or Hong Kong…

Is Microsoft Entering The Social Networking Space With Tulalip? (Rumor)

July 16, 2011 1 Tassavur

So it seems the success of Google+ (read social networking industry) is too tempting to resist for Microsoft as well who, it seems via a slip up to be working on a social networking project called Tulalip which was seen…

Microsoft Might Drop Windows By 2015 (Rumor)

July 14, 2011 0 Tassavur

Shocking! Isn’t it? But this rumor by This is my next might just be true as Andy Lees said that Redmond would have a single ecosystem for PC, tablet, smartphones and even TV during Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference.

First Impression: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Update (Beta)

July 9, 2011 3 Annkur

With some help, I managed to get a beta build of Windows Phone 7 Mango update running on my LG Optimus 7. Mango is said to be a significant update and the next wave of Windows Phones are expected to…

Gaming

Finally, Quadrocopters Controlled By Hand Motion via Kinect

July 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Seems like the Kinect SDK released by Microsoft are finally realizing its potential. The Flying Machine Arena researchers have finally managed to get the Quadrocopters work on Kinect controlled motion sensors after playing with them for a while. These four…

Microsoft Outs Kinect For Windows SDK

June 17, 2011 1 Annkur

Kinect for Xbox is one of our favorite technologies in recent times and with over 10 million units sold, our excitement about how this technology would shape our future has only increased. Today Microsoft has taken the Kinect’s magic a step further by announcing…

eReaders & Tablets

Will Microsoft Build Its Own Tablet? (Rumor)

June 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has given multiple hints on Windows 8 this year. Earlier at CES they announced that Windows 8 would work on both x86 and ARM architectures and recently they demoed the touch oriented UI of Win8. While the debate on…

Microsoft To Launch Office 365 in June: Steve Ballmer

June 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

Microsoft’s could based service Office 365 was earlier thought to be coming “later this year” if we were to believe the higher ups at Microsoft. What we all however didn’t know was when actually the launch would take place. However,…

Windows 8 Demoed At D9, Impressive, Far From Flawed

June 2, 2011 2 Annkur

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green gave an early preview of Windows 8 at the D9 conference. Win 8 was labeled by Ballmer as their riskiest bet in Oct 2010. While I had played down the ‘riskiest’ remark last year, it…

Kinect Controls For Powerpoint (PC) Demoed At Ballmer’s Lecture [Video]

May 26, 2011 0 Annkur

You sure have seen the kind of crazy concepts presented to define the future of our interaction with computer systems, but something that looks future tech and yet available for us today is the Kinect for Xbox 360. In the…

Why Microsoft Buying Nokia Makes Sense, And Why It Doesn’t!

May 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Now before I even begin, we know that this is a rumor and it sure sounds like a wild one. Just months after announcing a deal where Nokia would use Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, it looks odd…

VOIP: Microsoft acquires Skype for more than $7 billion? Update: Official

May 10, 2011 0 Jassi

This is undoubtedly most aggressive move by Microsoft in the world of communication, information and entertainment. Microsoft is eyeing a deal to acquire Skype for more than $7 billion. As Facebook and Google were rumored to be negotiating to acquire…

Windows Phone 7 to get notifications via an App

April 17, 2011 0 c0rex

Facebook has updated its official Windows Phone 7 with no visible features. Apparently, the only visible change was that the Refresh setting has been replaced with Cache Expiration which is set at 10 minutes. The Facebook App for WP7 has…

Apps

Kinect Inspired Motion Gaming / Interaction On Smartphones?

March 24, 2011 0 Annkur

Motion gaming is catching up in the gaming world and Microsoft took the technology to a new level with the Kinect for Xbox 360 last year. While speculations of motion sensing coming to Windows PCs are rife, we have a…

Strategy Analytics Paints Rosy Future For Nokia, Samsung

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Research firm Strategy Analytics in their latest report has said that the next few years would turn out to be good ones for phone makers Samsung and Nokia. The report states that Samsung would cement its position as the worlds second largest…

Microsoft Sells 10 Million Kinect Sensors; Creates Guinness Record

March 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

2010 saw the advent of some really cool gadgets that not only looked good, but also sold like hot cakes. The most popular amongst these were from Apple who bought the iPhone 4 and the iPad – both of which…

Microsoft Wants To Kill Internet Explorer 6

March 6, 2011 0 Rahul S

This might sound weird but the fact is, Microsoft has set up a website http://ie6countdown.com as part of a campaign to urge people to stop using its aged, 10 year old browser, Internet Explorer 6. With Microsoft having moved on…