Microsoft: We're Not Selling 500M Windows 8 machines in 2013
Did you catch that story the other day, that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that Microsoft was going to have a Windows 8 install base of 500 million, or so,…
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Bing Taps Nokia for Mapping Upgrades
In a move that is certain to raise eyebrows and acquisition rumors (again), Bing today announced that Nokia will power the Traffic feature of its Maps product. Also, Nokia geocoding…
Bad Ads, Big Returns
The higher-quality the ad, the better its impact? Maybe not, in today’s saturated market. In April, the Plenty of Fish Ad Blog put out a post that quickly made waves among…
Meet Dell's Windows 8 Tablet
The fine folks over at NeoWin managed to secure a slide detailing the specifications for Dells’ forthcoming Windows 8 tablet. Of course, Dell may issue several other models, but this…
Meet Google's New NFC Payment Card, Beba
Google, in a bid to boost its presence in the payments market, has launched Beba in Kenya, a pre-paid card enabled with Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow people to pay their…
MIT Can Tell if Your Smile is Fake
Lie no more, my friends, as new technology can tell if that grin on your face is more grimace than pure delight. Even more, the patterns that the algorithm has…
Facebook for Windows Phone Goes 2.5
Today Microsoft made available a new version of the Facebook for Windows Phone application, bringing with it a slew of new features. It can be downloaded here. In February of…
First Look: Microsoft Accounts
According to a set of four screenshots received and published by NeoWin, the great Microsoft Account rebranding that will overcome the aging, and flailing, Live brand may be little more than a…
Pandora Reports Earnings
Today Pandora reported its first quarter earnings of its fiscal 2013 year, with revenues of $80.8 million, and a GAAP net loss per share of $0.12. Compared to the same quarter…
Facebook Posts Gain
Facebook ($FB) managed to scrape together a day’s gain in normal hours NASDAQ trading today, up some 3.23%. The company ended the day worth under $70 billion, a market slide…
Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup Finalists
It’s always pleasant to see major corporations working to engage youths and students, spurring them to learn more, try new things, and of course, excel. Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, a global…
SpaceX's Success: $4 Billion Backlog
Now that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has proven that private enterprise can fling rockets into space, and potentially dock with the International Space Station, what will the company do next? As…
Tech Dollars Flow to Both Candidates
According to a fascinating report in Politico, the money game that is Silicon Valley is in high gear. No, I don’t mean the tactic of investing in high-growth, early-stage companies,…
Office Coming to iOS, Android This November - Report
According to a story on Boy Genius Report (BGR), Microsoft is preparing to release versions of its popular Office productivity suite for both iOS and Android tablets this November. Its data,…
Confirmed: MSFT top of Data Sorting Castle
Just the other day, TNW reported that Microsoft had laid claim to a new record in the MinuteSort test, a competition in which a system is used to sort as…
