Tag: Microsoft
Google and Microsoft work on Youtube app for Windows Phone together
There has been a lot of heat between Microsoft and Google over the Youtube app for Windows Phone, Microsoft without permission built their own Youtube app for their platform but did not allow any ads. The app also had the ability to let the users download the videos right from the app a feature that [...]
Microsoft preparing 25 million more Xbox 360 sales with huge announcment at E3
The Xbox 360 still sells over one million Xbox 360 units per quarter and Microsoft believes in the next five years it will continue selling 1.25 million per quarter, despite the launch of the Xbox One. Microsoft plans to do this with a “huge” announcement at E3 to keep gamers interested in the older Xbox [...]
Microsoft doubling down on Xbox One games with $1 billion investment
Microsoft will be developing a lot of in house content for the Xbox One and Phil Harrison, a VP for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, said they would be spending $1 billion on content. At the event Microsoft announced the Xbox One will be getting 15 exclusive games and 8 will be new “franchises”, meaning the games will [...]
Xbox will allow secondhand game sales, but will charge new buyers
After the Xbox Event, Microsoft decided to reveal some other features and allow journalists access to the Xbox Kinect and controller. One sad feature coming to the Xbox One is the fact users will be able to sell games, but the buyer will have to pay again for the privilege. This is an odd topic and [...]
Quantum Break by Remedy Studios revealed at Xbox Event
Remedy Studios, who were in charge of the Alan Wake series, have revealed Quantum Break, set to come exclusively to Xbox One. Microsoft touted Remedy for having incredibly deep set stories that are vital for the Xbox. The trailer has left many Remedy fans confused, the live action parts show some Beyond: Two Souls type [...]
Xbox One revealed: All In One gaming system
Microsoft has finally unveiled the new console and they have named it the Xbox One. The console will be an ‘All In One’ entertainment system, offering games, movies, TV, music and apps. Xbox One will be Microsoft crowning achievement this year, with Windows 8 in the dumps and Office 365 not blasting through the sales. [...]
Google asks Microsoft to remove YouTube app from Windows store [UPDATED]
We have seen Microsoft publicly attack Google with their Scroogled campaign and we knew that Google would fight back some day. Looks like the day has finally arrived as Google recently sent a cease and desist letter to Microsoft asking the company to remove the YouTube app launched last week from their app store. The [...]
Microsoft Lashes Out that Upgrades Don’t Mean Admission of Windows 8 Failure
When news came out that Microsoft is making changes to its new operating system, critics considered the move as an admission of Windows 8 failure according to TechRadar. Critics mocked the company and said that bringing the some features back from its predecessor would be a clear indication of the ultimate failure of the OS. [...]
Apple Will Not Allow Windows 8 Devices To Get iTunes Says Microsoft
Apple will not allow Windows 8 devices to get iTunes says a Microsoft executive in his interview with CNN Money. According to CNET, the Windows 8 operating system has no trouble running various iTunes apps. But Microsoft told their customers not to expect any iTunes app anytime soon because Apple will unlikely permit it. Well, [...]
Microsoft Admits Zero-Day Bug In IE8 That Targets US Nuke Researchers
Security experts suspect that Chinese hackers are taking advantage of a zero-day flaw that exists in Internet Explorer 8 to target United States nuclear researchers. The previously unknown vulnerability which exists in Microsoft’s most popular browser has been used in active exploit against the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Energy. The Department [...]
Android Dominates US Smartphone Market For First Quarter Of 2013
The recently released comScore report for the first quarter of this year showed the Android platform still continuing to dominate the US market. Android accounted for 52 percent of the operating system used which is slightly lower compared to its fourth quarter result last year which is 53.4 percent. The rest of the market was [...]
The Upcoming 7.5-Inch Screen Microsoft Tablet Will Be More Affordable
A tech news site recently revealed that a 7.5-inch screen Microsoft tablet is in the works. This will be a lot smaller than the $499 Surface tab that has 10.6-inch screen. Quoting NPD Display Search, CNET said that the new tablet will not only sport a smaller screen but a cheaper price as well. That [...]
Next version of Facebook for windows phone goes into beta
Many windows phone users complain that they do not get the same treatment as android or iOs users enjoy. But, Facebook is making sure that this isn’t the case with their products as Facebook along with Microsoft have released a new beta program known as Facebook for windows phone beta app program. As the name [...]
