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Microsoft Details Its Approach To Privacy In The Cloud

May 15, 2012   Zach Walton

Privacy is the big ticket item this year. Everybody is absolutely paranoid about their personal data being siphoned off into some big tech company like Google or Facebook. Microsoft is also the target of privacy doomsayers, but they hope to…

Microsoft pokes it head into location-based ads with Windows Phone’s Local Scout

May 15, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

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 is increasingly useful, and used, making the process of monetizing…

Windows Phone may have crossed the 12 million unit mark

May 15, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

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 calculation, we discerned that there was a ratio of 6.756 handsets…

First Intel-Powered Windows 8 Tablets: Coming in November [REPORT]

May 14, 2012   Peter Pachal

The first wave of Windows 8 tablets are getting a boost from Intel — and consumers should be able to buy them in November, a new report suggests.
A slew of Windows 8 tablets will debut in the fall…

Upcoming Microsoft deal: Buy a Windows 7 PC, upgrade to Windows 8 for a mere $15

May 14, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

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 , thus making the option of waiting for the upcoming…

Microsoft Research + Kinect + 3D = MirageTable

May 14, 2012   Alex Wilhelm
Microsoft Research + Kinect + 3D = MirageTable

One of the best parts of the weekend is that the news generally calms, and a new sort of story emerges: the fun note. Today, Microsoft Research and some crazy lab tech fused with off the self hardware is our…

Pepsi Digital Exec: Google ‘Messed Up’ With Google+, Instagram Is ‘Phenomenal’

May 12, 2012   Brian Anthony Hernandez

Was Instagram worth $1 billion? Will Google+ ever compete or beat Facebook?
Shiv Singh, global head of digital for PepsiCo Beverages and author of Social Media Marketing for Dummies, shared his thoughts on those trendy questions and more during…

Guess what happens when you ask the Nokia Lumia what the best smartphone ever is

May 11, 2012   Robin Wauters

Earlier today we ran a story – as did many, many other publications – about Apple’s iPhone 4S-only service Siri recommending people to buy the Nokia Lumia 900 when asking what the ‘best smartphone ever’ is. OMG, right?
Siri…

Feature check: What to expect in Windows Phone Tango

May 11, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

The inimitable WPCentral publication has done something quite interesting. Snagging a Windows Phone Tango build, meant for Telcel in Mexico, they put it through the paces to determine what we can expect when the update finally lands.
Now, before we…

Interestingly, the more up to date a user’s version of Internet Explorer is, the higher their CTR

May 11, 2012   Alex Wilhelm

In an odd twist, the more up to date a user’s version of Internet Explorer is that they run, the more likely that they are to click on an advertisement. The ratio is nearly linear, with each new version of the popular…

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