Kinect for Windows 1.5 is now Live
Today Microsoft released Kinect for Windows 1.5, an update to the Kinect for Windows platform that contains a set of new tools and upgrades that should spur developer interest and…
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Microsoft Keeps Quiet in Reports it Overtakes Apple in China
Microsoft is keeping quiet on reports suggesting that brisk sales of Windows Phone 7-based devices in China have propelled its overall market share up to seven percent, taking it past rival…
Google Chrome Leapfrogs Internet Explorer as the Web's Top Browser
Google Chrome has been long expected to leapfrog Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) to take its position as the Web’s most used browser and, according to data from Statcounter, the momentous change of…
Meet the Gents who Built So.cl
So.cl has been around for some time now, but it only recently ripped off its mask, and barred its teeth to the world. Microsoft is spinning the social app as…
Microsoft's So.cl - It's a Trap!
During the hush of the weekend after Facebook’s IPO bonanza, and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding, Microsoft unleashed its entry into the social vertical. The site, called So.cl, is positioned as a…
New Windows 8 UI Tweaks
If you have been following Windows 8 for any amount of time, you must have run across the Building Windows 8 Blog, the official organ of the Windows team. It…
Windows 8 RT Tablets' Pricing Woes
According to Digitimes, original equipment manufacturers are having a hard time meeting price targets for tablets that will run Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 RT operating system, which is coded for…
This Week at Microsoft
Welcome to innovation Friday, in which I change up the structure of this weekly roundup, simply because if I write it the same way again I will certainly go insane….
Microsoft Hits on Privacy Over NUads concerns
Sometimes the coolest new tech comes with the largest potential risks. Such was the case with the much ballyhooed Kinect ‘NUads’ that hit the wires this week. The idea is…
Windows Phone Snags 7% of the Chinese Market
We’ve seen precious little from Microsoft in terms of sales and market share figures for its Windows Phone platform lately, and so when the company speaks, we listen. A recent…
Bing's Paid API Now Live
On the heels of its massive redesign, which caused a sizable stir in the tech vertical, Bing has today announced that its paid search API is now live on the…
Get in on the New Bing
Last week Bing announced a massive product redesign, dramatically changing its interface, and promising a slew of new features that would help it drive growth and differentiate from Google. Today, the new…
Microsoft Enters Location-Based Advertising
I’m not sure that this is breaking news, but it’s the first that we have heard, or seen of it, so consider this post a PSA at minimum. Location-based information…
Windows Phone Sells 12 Million Units?
Over a year ago, TNW noted a correlation between the number of active Windows Phone Facebook users and the number of Windows Phone handsets that had been sold. After some…
Windows 8 Upgrade: $15
Microsoft, in a bid to keep Windows 7 PC sales strong through to the end of the operating system’s lifecycle, has a plan: offer people a dead cheap Windows 8 upgrade…
