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Hey Microsoft, how about you just keep changing the way things are named and look? (Sorry no reason to keep harping on Metro and Live and Hotmail and…) Anyway the new logo for Microsoft is simple – It’s Segoe font and it’s entirely flat. A bit boring if you ask me. I like the old [...]

Looks like Microsoft is going to help make it easier to get involved with politics. They just announced a series of ways that Xbox will help to get involved this election cycle. I think the best feature is the app itself: Microsoft will also be offering Election 2012 on Xbox LIVE, an immersive and interactive [...]

If you signed up for the Xbox Live 2012 beta then these goodies are within reach as the keys are now available when you go to the Connect site. Internet Explorer for Xbox Recommendations and ratings Pinning and favorites Enhanced category search and discovery features Voice search (in specified markets) Didn’t sign up yet? Don’t [...]

Shoot 1Up is now in Marketplace. It’s an Xbox Live title…I mean an Xbox Windows Phone title. Yeah look at that banner on top of the apps icon. The former style of Xbox Live was a lot cleaner. This branding is a lot more prominent but I have to say, a little less Metro…uhm Modern. [...]

There is a difference between cheap and broke. Yes, I am using a vintage 2004 PC running Windows XP, but that’s not by choice. Actually, right now I have no choice. My life was turned upside down in 2006, and things really turned to crap in 2009, followed by gut punches in 2010 and 2011. [...]

This is more of a proof-of-concept at the moment, but it’s something to keep an eye on I believe. Winner of the Microsoft Imagine Cup in Germany, and the Environmental Sustainability Award at the International Imagine Cup in Australia, Greenway will attempt to give you the most gas and time efficient automobile route from where [...]

I knew I was seeing ghosts…so I caught one on camera.  I often noticed that when I was replying to emails on my Windows Phone I was getting a faint ghosting of the keyboard in the email. Take a look at the photos (the second one I played with the contrast a drop to help [...]

The handheld/mobile industry has come a very long way in the last 15 years or so, so much so, that reading the word “handheld” could put you in a place you thought was centuries ago. I’ve been attracted to handheld devices from the very first day I saw one, this was back in the palm [...]

Time Out is great when you’re in a big city and now they have Windows Phone apps. They’re free and so far available for Barcelona, Lisbon, Bangalore, New York, Beijing, Amsterdam and London. I loaded TONY and it’s not overly impressive. It is a city guide but it doesn’t have the scope of information that [...]

Now that Tango is being rolled out Nokia has stated what the update provides: This update brings the following enhancements for US Lumia 900 owners: Flip-to-silence feature Camera performance enhancements Battery performance enhancements Startup sequence performance enhancements Most Nokia Lumia 900 owners will appreciate the Flip-to-silence feature, which mutes your ringer if you turn the [...]