by Simon Hill, 5 months ago

2012 has been a great year for mobile tech. Competition in the smartphone market has reached fever pitch and the battle for your tablet affections has really sparked into life. Android has increased its lead…

by Chris Smith, 5 months ago

Only a few days ago we showed you a new Microsoft Twitter marketing campaign called #DroidRage, and now we’re going to tell you how it all sort of backfired for Redmond. The Windows maker tried…

by Chris Smith, 5 months ago

In addition to Apple, which has been battling Android device makers in courts for a couple of years, Microsoft also went after the same companies with patent infringement claims. And while the Redmond-based company entered…

by Chris Smith, 5 months ago

A few years ago Nokia decided to go with Microsoft (exclusively) and ignore Google, when realizing that its aging Symbian OS will not be resurrected in time to adapt to the smartphone revolution started by…

by Robert Nelson, 5 months ago

Microsoft launched the Xbox SmartGlass app back in late-October and while the app brought quite a bit in terms of feature and function, there was at least one thing lacking. Well, probably more than one,…

by Gary Sims, 5 months ago

Sometimes I don’t know if to laugh or cry. Microsoft has been responsible in so many ways for shaping the way we work and play, but at the moment it really is struggling to find…

by Kristofer Wouk, 5 months ago

While anti-Google ads from Microsoft are nothing new, their latest salvo fired against the company seems less like an advertisement for a search engine, and more like a political attack ad. “Scroogled,” a portmanteau of “Google”…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 5 months ago

Who says the PC is dead? While it’s “long live the tablet” for many users around the world, the PC still continues to be a strong platform. Microsoft reports that 40 million Windows 8 licenses…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 5 months ago

Microsoft’s Outlook.com team has just announced a few updates to its webmail service. On top of this, the email service now has a dedicated app for Android. Will Microsoft be successful in luring Gmail users…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 5 months ago

There’s a lot of Apple hate going on in the comments section of our website (sometimes justified, sometimes not as much), but if there’s one thing fanboys, Android enthusiasts and neutral tech lovers can’t deny…

by Gary Sims, 5 months ago

There are some things you can rely on, like your bread always landing butter side down if you drop it, and there are some things you can’t, like being able to get a taxi actually when you…

by David Gonzales, 5 months ago

Have you ever wondered just how much support you’re going to get out of Microsoft if you purchased one of their Windows RT-powered Surface tablets? These devices were first launched not more than a full…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 5 months ago

Microsoft has surely challenged existing platforms in the tablet market with its launch of Surface. But while Surface has yet to put a dent on the iPad’s market share, along with that of the various…

by Andrew Grush, 5 months ago

Skype for Android gets a pretty big makeover today with the introduction of version 3.0. Not only does Skype add a new tablet optimized UI, there is also improved sound quality, Microsoft Account support and…

by Robert Nelson, 6 months ago

Microsoft has recently announced some updates and improvements for SkyDrive. And in addition to rolling out some changes both on the desktop and mobile side, Microsoft is also touting the success of the service. In…