Thursday, December 11, 2014

  • Microsoft Releases Half A Dozen MSN Apps For iOS And Android, Offering News, Sports, Weather And More

     Continuing its efforts to become more of a mobile ecosystem player, Microsoft today has released a suite of MSN-branded mobile applications that run on iOS, Android and Amazon devices. The free apps, previously created under the awkward Bing label, were originally built for Windows 8 and Windows…

  • Microsoft Is Giving Away a Ton of Free Music You Might Actually Want

    Like free things? Microsoft is giving away 100 albums until December 15, in MP3 form. You just to download Microsoft's Music Deals app (on a Windows machine running 8.1), and the albums are yours for the taking. Read more...

  • Microsoft offers up more apps for iOS, Android users

    With the changeover to Satya Nadella as CEO, Microsoft is shifting (pivoting, if you watch 'Silicon Valley') their structure. Instead of a stodgy PC OS maker, Microsoft is embracing mobile as best they can. After missing the boat with their failed OS attempts ahead of the new-look Windows…

  • Microsoft Buys HockeyApp To Add Developer Tools To Its Mobile Effort

     Apple has Test Flight, Twitter has Crashlytics, and now Microsoft has HockeyApp. The Windows Phone maker has made an acquisition to continue building out its mobile business, this time focusing on developers. HockeyApp is a suite of tools that includes live crash reports, user feedback tools, a…

  • Microsoft is giving away 100 free albums as MP3s, including one from U2

    Microsoft's Music Deals app launched in October and it has been a rather impressive way of obtaining music ever since. 101 albums were priced at $1.99 or less initially, and  Taylor Swift's new 1989 release debuted for just $0.99 in a brief promotional period. Now Microsoft is literally giving…

  • Microsoft buys app beta testing startup HockeyApp, plans Visual Studio integration

    Today, Microsoft announced that it has acquired HockeyApp, a startup that lets developers beta test their apps on iOS, Android, and Windows. This deal follow's Apple's February acquisition of Burstly, the parent company of HockeyApp competitor TestFlight. Microsoft says it plans…

  • Leaked pics may reveal the high-end Windows Phone we've been waiting for all year

    What has Microsoft been doing with Windows Phone all year? It's a question we've been asking ourselves again and again as we've watched the likes of Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola and even OnePlus release one great Android phone after another while the best Microsoft has come up with this year is…

  • Microsoft brings more exclusive Windows Phone apps to iOS and Android

    Microsoft's Android and iOS focus is continuing today with the release of a number of MSN apps. MSN News, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Sports, and Weather are all making their way to iOS and Android today, with the Weather iOS app coming soon. Microsoft is also releasing each app on…

  • More Nokia McLaren smartphone images leak

    Early this month some leaked images hit the web that claimed to be of the Nokia Lumia RM-1052 prototype, which is thought to be the McLaren. Early rumors of the device suggested that it would focus on photography and might have some sort of 3D touch interface. A few images of that device turned up…

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