Recap of what we know about Windows Phone “Tango”

Windows Phone TangoWe’ve all heard about what is coming for Windows Phone 8, codenamed “Apollo”, and how it will be designed to target higher-end devices with multi-core processors, new screen resolutions (4 in total), NFC, and more. But what about “Tango”, the relatively minor release that is said to come before “Apollo”? We’ll provide a recap of what we already … Read more »

So what is happening with Zune and Windows 8 Consumer Preview?

So what is happening with Zune and Windows 8 Consumer Preview?

This morning Steven Sinofsky, President of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft, revealed in his blog post the first official screenshots from Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which gave us a glimpse of ... Read more »
Massive Windows on ARM post includes video peeks at Office 15, “Live” Metro apps

Massive Windows on ARM post includes video peeks at Office 15, “Live” Metro apps

Today in an 8,000+ word epic on Windows on ARM, Steven Sinofsky finally lifted the curtains on some of what we can expect from Windows 8 running on ARM architectures, which he says will ... Read more »
Google reportedly readies GDrive, again (and again, and again)

Google reportedly readies GDrive, again (and again, and again)

A report from the Wall St. Journal today has Google readying a launch for its version of Dropbox/SkyDrive/iCloud (although they don’t even mention SkyDrive), called Drive.  The new service, which the WSJ says may ... Read more »
Windows 8 leaps into the future with Feb 29 Consumer Preview launch

Windows 8 leaps into the future with Feb 29 Consumer Preview launch

Microsoft has sent out invitations today to a special leap year day Consumer Preview Launch in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, and since we’ve been promised a “late February” availability for the not-a-beta, we’re ... Read more »
LG Miracle – First Windows Phone with NFC support?

LG Miracle – First Windows Phone with NFC support?

It had been a while since LG had released another Windows Phone device, with the last one being the LG Jil Sander, commonly said to be an upgrade of the LG Optimus 7. However, ... Read more »
OneNote for Android released: features SkyDrive integration

OneNote for Android released: features SkyDrive integration

Microsoft continues to fill out its cross platform application offerings, adding OneNote Mobile for Android (2.3 or higher) to the list of iPhone, iPad, and Android apps already available from a number of Microsoft ... Read more »
Is Bing cranking up new social features?

Is Bing cranking up new social features?

Much has been made recently both about Google’s somewhat forced entry into social search as it tries to compete with Facebook, and with Bing’s much friendlier relationship with not only Facebook, but Twitter.  Last ... Read more »
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 – and the future of syncing and sharing

Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 – and the future of syncing and sharing

If you had been following LiveSide, you might’ve heard about the recent news about Windows Phone 8 from an allegedly leaked video featuring Joe Belfiore, Microsoft Senior Vice President for Windows Phone, speaking about ... Read more »
Windows 8 has a special Bing homepage, Consumer Preview name all but confirmed

Windows 8 has a special Bing homepage, Consumer Preview name all but confirmed

Today a special Bing page was spotted (My Digital Life via Twitter) that is designed for users of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The homepage features a HTML video of a betta fish swimming ... Read more »