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Publisher Condé Nast jut released their first Windows Phone app. It’s a free app for Glamour. The description is just “Get the latest celebrity news, fashion and photos, direct from the GLAMOUR news desk at your fingertips.” You can check it out here.

There’s a 3rd party Grooveshark app available in the Marketplace now and it’s free. Truthfully, it’s nothing special. In fact, it’s just the Grooveshark HTML5 site wrapped in an app (which works in browser on WP – if the tabs are finicky just tap and hold to open in a new tab and they all [...]

Microsoft has just been owning the headlines in recent weeks. Yammer was nothing relative to the Surface headlines, some Office beta love, RTM for Windows 8 and Windows Server and of course, Outlook.com from left field. They’re not done yet though. The SDK for Windows Phone 8 was recently ‘leaked’ and Microsoft’s PR has noted [...]

Even as a beta Microsoft’s newly RTM’d operating system is being used more widely than Apple’s latest OS. In a post today Microsoft noted that the Windows 8 previews have been run on over 16 million PCs.  That’s pretty impressive for a beta operating system. Meanwhile Mountain Lion (which was only $20) set its own [...]

Today, Microsoft is rolling out a “preview” of Outlook.com, which will be their new web-based email service, replacing Hotmail.com. Yes, I said “replacing Hotmail.com.” As in the web-based email we all love to hate, the one that has been synonymous with “You use WHAT?” I will admit to having been a Hotmail Hater. I’ve had [...]

Visually:   Click on the cog to the left of your name. Click on “More mail settings.” Click on “Create a Outlook alias.” Fill out the form and cross your fingers!!

Microsoft has just announced that there will be replacing Hotmail users with a new name for their service called Outlook. The highly successful  Hotmail account we have all loved, and in some cases hated through the years will be no more. Now, current Hotmail owners will have a choice between Live.com and Outlook.com. The transition [...]

While the subject of leaks a few weeks back, Microsoft has officially taken the wraps off of their new Wedge Mobile keyboard and  Wedge Touch mouse. With Windows 8 ramping up to release, you can probably expect these devices to launch sometime before October 26th rolls around. Both peripherals will connect via Bluetooth, with the [...]

SkyDrive, Microsoft’s free online Cloud Storage solution, has made some great strides this past year, going from nearly unusable to, well usable. I have been trying hard to make better use of that 25GB they have granted to my personal account, and the 7GB reserved for my employer (easier than FTP). But each time I [...]

Games with Friends This is when I want a screen capture!  So you’ll just have to deal with a panda fail. Games with Friends is currently in Alpha, and they ask that anyone who tries it comment on their forums at McAulaystudios.com. So if you enjoy trying new games and giving feedback, have at it! [...]