Microsoft Windows 8 Launch Event Live Streaming
Microsoft will officially launch Windows 8 to the public today at a major event in New York City. The general release of the company’s next-generation operating system has been planned for a while, with a growing tide of pre-release software and plenty of hardware unveilings, including Microsoft’s own tablet, the Surface.
HTC launches 8X and 8S Windows Phone 8 device
HTC has revealed its new Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the Windows Phone 8X by HTC and Windows Phone 8S by HTC, with cumbersome names but appealing specifications. The HTC 8X (as it’s likely to be known) has a 4.3-inch Super LCD II 720p display, 1.5GHz dualcore Snapdragon S4 chipset, 8-megapixel f2/0 BSI camera and twin …
iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S3 vs. Nokia Lumia 920 – Infographics
The Apple iPhone 5 is finally real. While its specs are premium, the iPhone isn’t the only worthwhile smartphone on the block. We compare it, spec to spec, to the top Android and Windows phones: the Samsung Galaxy S3, and Nokia Lumia 920.
25 years after, Microsoft gets a new logo
Microsoft has revealed it is changing its logo for the first time in 25 years. The new logo now features four colored squares and a more simplified font without the italics or joined up “O” and “S”. On the company’s official blog Microsoft goes into more detail: “It’s been 25 years since we’ve updated the Microsoft logo and now is the perfect time …
Microsoft unveils ‘Surface’ tablet in iPad challenge
Two years after Apple unveiled iPad and Steve Jobs declared the beginning of post-PC era, Microsoft formally entered the tablet market on June 19. At an event in Los Angeles, the company announced 10.6-inch tablet called Surface. Microsoft, however, did not announce any prices. The company said that prices will be competitive with other tablets …
Dell challenges Apple iPad with Windows 8 tablets
As Apple’s third-generation iPad went on sale on Friday, accompanied by the now traditional scenes of fans queuing round the block , Dell’s chief commercial officer Steve Felice said the tablet market was still wide open. Dell ditched its previous attempt at cracking the global tablet market, the Streak, last year. It was based on Google’s …
Microsoft unveiled Windows 8 logo
Microsoft on Friday announced that it was redesigning the logo of Windows software, making a fundamental change to the iconic four-colour Windows logo users have been used to for 20 years. Meshing with the Metro design of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8, the new logo is a slightly-angled blue block with a thin white cross in …
Windows 8 Preview Release Downloadable Tonight
Want to give Windows 8′s new look a try? Starting tonight, you’ll be able to download a Windows 8 developer preview release straight from Microsoft. The Windows 8 preview code will be available as an ISO file at 8 p.m. Pacific time from Microsoft’s developer website. You’ll have a choice of 32-bit or 64-bit x86 builds, …
Facebook to Launch Skype-Powered Video Chat Next Week
In the midst of all the noise the new social networking site Google+ is creating on the blogosphere and the internet. Today many users across the globe experienced chat down on Facebook The popular internet blog TechCrunch today just released a news about a new Facebook Video Chat feature that is said to launched next week. …
Rumor: Microsoft To Buy Nokia For $30 Billion
The Russian blogger, Eldar Murtazin is back with a new set of predictions. Eldar Murtazin claims that Microsoft is preparing to purchase Nokia’s mobile division and talks regarding this deal will begin next week. It’s not the first time Murtazin started off some rumors and there is always some truth in his words.