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- The Mountain Lion Experience by Chris
- WWDC 2012: The Train Keeps on Rollin' by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 3 (The Verdict) by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 2 (The Experience) by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 1 (The Motive) by Tarun
- A Month With Metro for Xbox 360 by Chris
- 2012 by Tarun
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Podcasts
- Weekly Download #38: Google I/O, Podcasts.app, Mansfield
- Weekly Download #37: WWDC, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8
- Weekly Download #36: Nokia's Abysmal Quarter, More on Instagram, Sony, Nest, Apple & Gaming, Patents
- Weekly Download #35: RIM, IE, iPad, Lumia and Windows Phone 7.5
- Weekly Download #34: Windows Phone, Google, RIM
- Weekly Download #33: the New iPad, Apple TV, Draw Something, Mike Daisey
- Weekly Download #32: Apple "New iPad" Press Conference Event
- Weekly Download #31: iPad 3, Google Goggles, T-Mobile, Facebook, iFactory, Chomp, Microsoft, Nokia, Siri
- Weekly Download #30: Mountain Lion, iPads, Browser Cookies, Nook, Playbooks, Blackberry
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Tag Archives: microsoft
Link: Microsoft’s Vision of the Future →
It’s about what you pictured and have seen in movies: all touch screen displays, various features that provide useless functionality (a business card that changes state as you flip it?), a lack of understanding what a button is, the device … Continue reading
Link: Touch Everywhere →
From Microsoft, a new technology that allows people to use any surface (including one’s hands) for touch input.
Link: Gone, But Not Forgotten →
The Zune has been killed by Microsoft, but will still be supported if you have any problems with the device. Today, Apple will kill the iPod classic. In a few years, the nano will go away too. The future of … Continue reading
Link: Neglecting the Little People →
Tom Warren for WinRumors: Microsoft’s Kinect sensor would digitally measure the proportions of an individual’s body and estimate their age based on the overall figures. The patent describes the ability to scan head width to shoulder width, and torso length … Continue reading
Link: Windows 8 Developer Preview Announced →
Microsoft announced it is launching its new Windows 8 Operating System to developers this week. Windows 8, much like OS X Lion, is integrating features of its mobile OS with its desktop OS.
Link: Video Games Continue to Decline →
As we discussed last week in the podcast, video games continue to be on the decline. It looks like August did nothing but confirm that for all of us. The video game market is down 23% from where it … Continue reading
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Link: Windows 8 Boot Time Demo →
This is impressive, but it isn’t a bloated, final-release version either. The computer in the video is a Core i7 with an SSD (via the YT comments), so the thought is that this would “rival” MacBook Air boot times. How fast … Continue reading
Link: Windows Phone Hits New Milestone →
BGR reports that the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 30,000 applications available in it. This may seem like a decent number of apps, but comparatively, the Marketplace still lags behind… By comparison, Apple’s iTunes App Store is populated … Continue reading
Link: Should Bing Stay? →
In two years, Microsoft’s Bing has doubled its share of the U.S. search market, from 7.2 percent to 14.4 percent. If you add Yahoo’s Bing-powered portal, it’s 27 percent. So why are loud voices clamoring for Microsoft to give up … Continue reading
Link: What is Microsoft’s “single ecosystem”? →
As the article points out, you can’t expect unification simply out of having a consistent UI. The underlying operating system and chip architecture are a couple of other things to think about. Apple has just now developed a consistent UI … Continue reading
Weekly Download #4: Microsoft & Tablets, Netflix, Google Earnings, Spotify
Microsoft is trying to play catchup, Netflix is taking a turn in a different direction, and Google is sitting pretty with the Q2 earnings call. All this and a little (large) plug about a service that we both haven’t used … Continue reading
Building an Ecosystem
Microsoft is crafting Windows 8 to be the first OS that unifies their mobile and PC platforms. For Apple, this concept is old hat. So, what does it take to create an ecosystem and is Microsoft ready to handle the challenge? Continue reading
Link: What Else Is New? →
Of course, Microsoft is chasing Apple, which has more than 320 stores, including 86 abroad. Microsoft actually was once ahead of Apple on the retail front, opening its first retail store in 1999 at the Metreon shopping center in San … Continue reading
Link: Office 365 →
While Microsoft Office 365 has been around for a little while now, today it officially left beta status and is going mainstream. Office 365, offering several strong online applications (Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Online), is clearly a worthy competitor to … Continue reading
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