Microsoft on Wednesday began sending out invitations to the press for the company’s Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh launch event in China. According to Liveside, the event will be held in Beijing on March 21st. While the invitation...
Read MoreNokia introduces its fourth and most affordable Lumia smartphone, the Lumia 610 running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS. The new headset is boosted by a Qualcomm SnapDragon 800MHz processor with 256MB of RAM. It comes with 8GB...
Read MoreMicrosoft officially took the wraps off of its new social network for students on Thursday. The service is called So.cl and was developed by Microsoft Research’s FUSE Labs division. It’s currently in “experimental” stages and is...
Read MoreMicrosoft has bought video discovery service Videosurf to “evolve search and discovery of entertainment content” on Xbox 360. The press release sent out by Microsoft this morning in the US confirms the company will be integrated...
Read MoreSteve Jobs thoughts on Microsoft from his official biography reveal that he felt Google and Microsoft were similar. Speaking to Walter Isaacson in a series of over 40 interviews, Jobs said “Microsoft and Google have a lot in...
Read MoreSkype joins Microsoft under a new division headed by Skype CEO Tony Bates. British born Bates assumes a new title as president of the Skye division. Microsoft’s finalization follows U.S. and EU regulatory approval. “Skype is a...
Read MoreMicrosoft has officially confirmed the death of its Zune player devices. The software giant removed references to the Zune HD from its Zune site on Monday and later claimed that the removal was “a mistake.” It appears that the...
Read MoreMicrosoft revealed on Wednesday that the company plans to issue its Windows Phone 7.5 update to existing devices in the next two weeks. Squashing rumours and speculation, Microsoft’s general manager of customer experience...
Read MoreThe Fujitsu IS12T device will be available in Japan in just a few hours time. The IS12T is the first Windows Phone device to be made available in Japan and the first to run Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”. The waterproof phone...
Read MoreKindel joined Microsoft in 1990 and worked in a support role initially. He went on to work on Internet Explorer 3, Windows NT 4, Windows ME and Windows Phone 7. Kindel announced his departure in an email to colleagues on Monday...
Read MoreMicrosoft is preparing to release Avatar Kinect next week. Avatar Kinect will be released as part of the company’s Xbox Kinect Fun Labs product. Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie revealed on Monday...
Read MoreMicrosoft announced two new key Hotmail security features on Thursday. The software giant is introducing a “My friend’s been hacked!” feature alongside banning commonly used and weak passwords. The hacking alert system will...
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