The long-rumored Nokia X—the Android-powered, Windows-styled smartphone that many believed would be squashed by corporate parent Microsoft—was unveiled today at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. And not just the Nokia X, but the Nokia…
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The Nokia X (code-named Normandy) is finally coming, and there are some more leaked images that seem to prove it. A post on BGR today offers up images first found on Chinese tech forum Coolxap, and they give us a close-up glimpse of the phone’s Windows…
Further encouraging the idea that the Xbox One is as much a media consumption device as it is a game-playing one, Microsoft has unveiled the first of potentially many accessories to come for the system: a remote. The Xbox One Media Remote was unveiled…
After months of hemming, hawing, and finally waiting, Microsoft has at long last launched their new cloud storage service, OneDrive, which replaces the now defunct SkyDrive service following a lengthy legal battle with BSkyB. The new service has all…
A report on the Verge today suggests that Microsoft may be considering bringing Android apps to its Windows powered devices. If true, it would seem that the company is coming to grips with the reality of its Windows Phone division. Embracing the mentality…
If you’ve always been a fan of Nokia but not of Windows Phone, chances are you’ve been clamoring for the Finnish hardware manufacturer to release a smartphone based off of Android like the rest of the industry has taken to doing. Imagine – a Nokia…
Xbox is a very successful Microsoft brand, and it’s no surprise the company wants to stretch it as far as possible. “Xbox Reader,” though? According to The Verge, Microsoft may be looking to bring a full-fledged e-book, magazine and comic book…
Been under a rock this past week? We’re here to get you up to speed. Watch our Wrap-up video or scroll down to read about the biggest stories from the past week in tech. Microsoft Names Satya Nadella as its New CEO Microsoft has led a very public…
Xbox One owners — your console is set to improve in the coming month. According to a post from Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer, Marc Whitten, two system updates are on the way for Microsoft’s shiny new console; one on February 11, and the other…
The monthly OS market share reports from NetMarketShare offer a helpful insight the rising and falling fortunes of the various operating systems that connect users to the digital world, and the report documenting the month of January provides some interesting…
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg West Editor-At-Large Cory Johnson discusses reports that Microsoft will promote enterprise and cloud chief Satya Nadella to CEO on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube…
Both Microsoft and Sony have trotted out the titles they’ll be offering through their respective subscription services for the month of February. Microsoft’s Xbox Live program, “Games with Gold,” will post two free Xbox 360 downloads over the…
This morning, a huge list of supposed details regarding Microsoft’s strategy with the Xbox One in 2014 hit the web, and gamers across the Internet have been looking to separate fact from fiction. Among the juicier tidbits include the company’s plan…
The long search for a new CEO—begun when current Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer announced his impending retirement back in August—may soon be coming to an end. A post on Re/code today cites “numerous sources close to Microsoft” as confirming that…
If you’re Microsoft and you’ve just come off a painful, losing court battle that has resulted in a total branding and marketing change for one of your most advertised products, I would assume that the last thing you’ll want to do is pick a new…
It’s been a long six months since Microsoft lost the right to use the name “SkyDrive” after losing a bitter court battle with UK broadcast company BSkyB, and many have been left wondering since then what’s to become of Microsoft’s consumer…
The Windows 8.1 Update 1 news keeps coming, and things seem to definitely be improving in the Windows department now that Steven Sinofsky is out. According to Microsoft scene group Wzor, who also leaked news that Windows 8.1 Update 1 would give users…
In the wake of today’s great news for Microsoft’s bank account (and stock market performance), it seems only fitting that we’d also get news about an update to its current operating system, Windows 8.1. A post on ZDNet cites an unnamed but supposedly…
After CES wrapped this month, tech sites and bloggers started talking about how the lack of Windows-focused products signified the beginning of the end for Microsoft and its flagship operating system—though, I disagreed. Today, the company released…
Yesterday, Google announced its latest crazy project that could change our world for the better: smart contact lenses. According to a post on the company’s official blog, Google is hard at work on a set of contact lenses built specifically to help…