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Category Archives: Microsoft
Caradigm: Microsoft & GE’s Joint Online Health Record Management Suite
Caradigm is Microsoft and GE’s suite of services for health services. Continue reading
MSFT Might Use NFC For HP’s ‘Touch to Share’ Like Tablet-Phone Love Making
A MSFT patent talks about web based-formats to transfer data over NFC. Might allow Windows 8 app developers quick and easy access to offer functionality. Continue reading
Selling More Windows Phones
Bring apps first or sell phones first? Continue reading
Shooting Themselves In The Foot
Some of Microsoft’s recent announcements make me wonder whether the company is shooting itself in the foot or looking out for its long term future. Continue reading
Microsoft May Be Tweaking Windows Phone Search, Here’s What It Should Be
Microsoft’s Windows Phone might be tweaking and updating search on the phone. As a user I believe there are two ways this can be designed and here’s what I believe Microsoft should be doing. Continue reading
Bold Decisions For The Future & Innovation
The killing of the Courier, a strategic risk with Windows 8, vision videos from the research labs are examples of bold decisions and objectives at Microsoft. Continue reading
Nokia’s Global Marketing Plans For Windows Phone
Details about Nokia’s advertising and marketing plans for Microsoft’s Windows Phone based devices show promise and look good. Continue reading
Steve Jobs: Microsoft’s Unforeseen Lawyer Against Android
Steve Jobs saying Android is stolen are strong words against the platform that absolve Microsoft og any wrong doing in signing IP licensing deals with OEMs. Continue reading
Microsoft India Holds The Worst Product Launch For Windows Phone
WIth no review units, no buzz in the press and the US video used to show features, Microsoft India disappoints yet again. Continue reading
Windows Phone & Kinect—Tale of Microsoft’s 2 Apple-like Attempts
Tracing Microsoft’s success with the Kinect and comparing it to Windows Phone 7, Sony PlayStation, Apple’s iPhone and Android. Continue reading
BUILD 2011
Photographs and BUILD 2011 coverage links. Continue reading
Windows 8 Boots Faster Than Windows Phone 7, Drops Boot Splash
Microsoft’s video shows Windows 8 booting faster than my Windows Phone 7. Continue reading
Explorer and Ribbon
A breakdown of Explorer in Windows 8 and how Ribbon enhances usability compared to Windows 7 and Finder. Continue reading
SkyDrive As A Photo Sharing Network
SkyDrive and WP7 together create a great experience for users to share photographs and access their data on the cloud. It can be made better. Continue reading
UX Inconsistencies In Windows Phone 7 Mango
Some UX shortcomings in Windows Phone 7 that are or maybe not fixed in the RTM build. Continue reading
[Video] Microsoft’s SkyDrive Starts Streaming Music On WP7
You can now stream your own music stored on SkyDrive to your WP7 devices. Continue reading
Unified Services: Microsoft vs Apple
At WPC 2011, Microsoft talked about their strategies and differences in ecosystem with Apple. Continue reading
[TB] NUI For PowerPoint
Two patent applications from Microsoft show the possible of PowerPoint on tablets and with kinect like gesture interaction. Continue reading
Windows Phone 7 and Social
Windows Phone 7 and Windows Live together provide more native social network integration than iOS and Android. Quick status and image sharing on multiple networks. WP7 makes it easy to stay in touch with friends. Continue reading
Facebook’s Video Calling and WP7
MSFT buys Skype. MSFT integrates Facebook chat in WP7. Facebook brings Skype to chat. This could be video calling in Mango and even Windows 8. Continue reading
If 2+2=4, Silverlight Is Important To Windows 8
More fuel to the speculation around Windows 8, Silverlight and WPF comes from dividing the XAML team across Windows, Windows Phone and the developer division. Continue reading
Azure Could Be Microsoft’s Paid SkyDrive Expansion Option
Microsoft’s announcement makes me think they are preparing for a paid SkyDrive expansion option using Windows Azure. This could mean uploading your own music on SkyDrive for streaming. Continue reading
Did Microsoft Dump Silverlight With Windows 8?
Steven Sinofsky might not have mentioned Sliverlight and talked about HTML5/JS but that was in my opinion a PR stunt to ensure Windows 8 got as much positive press as it could. Continue reading
“Chatter” A Unified Voice & IM App In Windows 8
Windows 8 will have a new communication service called Chatter according to some new findings by Windows enthusiasts. Continue reading