December 1, 2011
Carrier IQ has caused quite a stir on the mobile front recently, since it was uncovered that most smart-phones like Android and iPhone run the hidden software. Carrier IQ was designed to collect data from users on their handhelds so carriers can better understand how phones are being used, but to many felt like the software was […]
Tags: Android, Carrier IQ, CarrierIQ, CIQ, iPhone, Joe Belfiore, Microsoft, Windows PhoneNews
December 1, 2011
Microsoft’s Windows Phone update to version 7740 from a few weeks ago is making its rounds around the world again. It seems this time around, more devices and carriers are receiving the update. 7740 tackles two main issues, fixes an issue with new voice mail notifications not appearing for customers and also fixes an email […]
Tags: 7740, Lumia 800, Mango, Microsoft, Microsoft Exchange, Nokia, Rogers, Samsung Focus, Samsung Omnia 7, T-Mobile UK, update, visual voicemail, Windows PhoneNews
November 29, 2011
Skydrive has recieved a HUGE update today as it now includes a more powerful file management system, HTML5, new sharing options and much much more. New Powerful File Management & Sharing Sharing Share via email. Enter any name from your address book, including contacts from LinkedIn, Facebook and Gmail. (If you want to import the […]
Tags: HTMLs, Microsoft, Sharing, Skydrive, updateNews
November 29, 2011
With Lync’s impending arrival to the Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft has announced an update to Office 365. Not only does this update include new features but it introduces Office 365 to 22 additional markets. New Markets: Argentina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Iceland, Indonesia, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South […]
Tags: business, Documents, Excel, lync, Microsoft, Microsoft® Lync, Office 365, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, Word, work, WP7News
November 28, 2011
The Kinect by Microsoft is already a sophisticated piece of hardware that translates your body’s movements into actual gameplay. It even understands you when you speak during a few Kinect enabled games and when searching with Bing on the Xbox’s new dashboard which is coming soon. Now, Eurogameris reporting that Microsoft’s next Kinect (Kinect 2) […]
Tags: Consoles, Kinect, Kinect 2, Microsoft, xbox, Xbox 360News
November 28, 2011
Sales figures have become hard to come by, even when your trying to track down sales figures from products that have the most market-share. Take Google for instance, they boast about how many Android devices have been activated but not how many sold. Which could be anything from updating your device to flashing new ROMS. […]
Tags: Facebook, FB, HTC, Microsoft, Nokia, Sales, samsung, Windows Phone, WP7News
November 25, 2011
Microsoft didn’t make creating your own ringtones the easiest thing in the world. It isn’t the hardest thing in the world either though. Microsoft created a metro styled cartoon recently to details how to create a custom ringtone. If you want a more detailed look into making a ringtone, you can check out our step […]
Tags: Cartoon, Custom ringtones, Metro, Microsoft, Windows PhoneNews
November 23, 2011
Say it Ain’t So Joe!? It has been only about 2 months since Joe Marini was a Windows Phone manager at Microsoft and was under fire when he tweeted about the Nokia 800, a future unofficial device at the time. The rumor was that he left the company before Microsoft could fire him. He is […]
Tags: Google, joe marini, Microsoft, Twitter, Windows PhoneNews
November 23, 2011
Seems like Microsoft has signed a nondisclosure agreement with Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the matter. Which makes Microsoft officially a potential bidder for Yahoo. Why purchase Yahoo? Seems to be that Microsoft is interested in keeping the relationship between the two as far as Bing is concerned. Another factor that is being […]
Tags: acquisition, Bing, Microsoft, NDA, Skype, Yahoo!News
November 23, 2011
Microsoft took a chance with Windows Phone when they first launched it only a year ago. Starting completely from scratch, not even Windows Mobile apps were allowed into their new app store which they dubbed the Marketplace. Fast forward a year later and Windows Phone is already at 40,000 apps which is a record for […]
Tags: Apps, Charts, developers, distimo, Marketplace, Microsoft, stats, Windows PhoneNews