As with previous releases it looks as Microsoft will once again be offering an upgrade offer for those purchasing a Windows 7 computer in the months leading up to the release of Windows 8. And the rumored cost for that upgrade is just $14.99.
Web searches are used for everything from looking up the latest nuclear reactor designs to recipes for dinner. According to Microsoft, people turn to internet searches in order to get things done. Whatever you use search engines for, the algorithms used, keep changing as do the way the results are shown. Microsoft has recently changed Bing with a few features that it feels will improve your experience.
Microsoft has released statistics related to its Smoked By Windows Phone campaign, and they make for impressive reading.
LG has no love or faith in Microsoft’s mobile operating system, with the company having no plans for new Windows Phone hardware in the near future. But things can change quickly in this business.
About two weeks ago Microsoft purchased over 800 of AOL’s patents for between $1.06 and $1.1 Billion. Microsoft just finalized a deal with Facebook to sell them 650 of the AOL patents. In addition to the patents Facebook is buying, it will also be licensing several of Microsoft’s own patents all for about $550 million. Microsoft retains a license to use the technology contained in the patents.
Microsoft is busy expanding Windows Store to include more countries and more markets. All in advance of the impending release of Windows 8.
Microsoft imagined the iPhone in 1991, a full 16 years before it became a reality. Well, they didn’t actually, but it makes for a nice fairytale.
Well AOL has found a way to improve its cash flow. It is selling 800 of its patents and will lease others to Microsoft for a whopping $1.06 billion. While this may give some life to AOL, it also depletes AOL’s worth.
AT&T is giving the Windows Phone 7 handset a big advertising push to try to get this phone into the hands of customers. The Lumia 900 is considered a flagship phone for both the carrier and Nokia even though it is listed for only $99. The hope is that it will draw users from the iPhone and Android phones. But will this phone actually do that?
Internet Explorer is not dead after all. In fact, there’s more than a little life left in the old Microsoft dog yet.
Windows 8 is now around six months away from release. Probably. Which means we can start to think about how well it will work on the devices it powers.
Microsoft is banning Mac and iPad purchases using company funds, according to a leaked internal email. A necessity in these days when Apple is proving a threat? Or an overreaction that the company should be ashamed of?
Microsoft is eyeing an October launch for Windows 8, with both Intel- and ARM-powered devices running on the operating system available from day one.
If Microsoft is correct, the push to switch to cloud computing will create 14 million jobs by 2015. That would be worldwide job growth with seven million of those jobs in China and India. North America will account for less than a half million of those new jobs.
Touchscreens may be the future, but that doesn’t mean they don’t suck at the present time. Thankfully Microsoft is on the case.
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