Integrating Skype into Windows 8 looks like a key aspect of Microsoft’s purchase of the voice over IP service and after avoiding the attention of anti-competition investigations which could have held up the acquisition for months, all they need to worry about are the telecom giants…
We all know that Apple and Sony make cool hardware, but why does Microsoft always struggle with getting the approval of the technorati and gadgetistas?
Everybody knows that Microsoft has done some bad stuff in the past… but over the past few years they’ve worked hard to shed the image of a corporate monster in favor of innovation, style and usability. Surprised?
There has been much interest in Microsoft’s decision to develop a version of Windows 8 for ARM tablets - but what of the consumer-based expectation that the device will run all of the same software that their Windows 8 desktop can?
Like iTunes, Zune allows you to purchase tunes online, and like iTunes it also allows you to sync your phone to your PC. iTunes aside, Microsoft Zune is a much better application than Windows Media Player…
It seems that many consumers are looking for a Windows tablet that is as affordable as an iPad. What features would such a device have, and just who should be building it?
Some Windows 8 tablets will be unable to run Microsoft Office, so what better way to provide Office software to such devices than via the cloud? Office 365 will be widely used by the time Windows 8 comes along and offers everything that the iPad and Android tablets don’t: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
