Alex Wilhelm

Alex Wilhelm is a Chicago-based writer. You should follow Alex on Twitter, and on Facebook. You can reach Alex via email at alex@thenextweb.com

Stories by Alex Wilhelm

2012-05-24_16h17_37

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,…

2012-05-24_14h20_44

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…

2012-05-24_14h43_04

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…

2012-05-24_12h38_52

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…

2012-05-24_12h09_26

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…

2012-05-24_11h16_50

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…

2012-05-24_10h15_49

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…

2012-05-24_09h36_33

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…

2012-05-23_15h40_07

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…

2012-05-23_15h24_03

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…

2012-05-23_14h08_34

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…

2012-05-23_12h40_09

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…

2012-05-23_11h02_51

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,…

2012-05-23_10h28_32

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,…

2012-05-23_09h48_23

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…