Microsoft said there would be a few surprises in its Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 8. The company hinted that there would be some changes in the final version of Windows 8. However, Win8china has spotted something regarding some changes.
Previously, Microsoft has shown on its Surface Tablet to compete with the iPad. Jonas Daehnert has given a concept of Windows 8 ‘Surface Phone’ and published some images of what would the device might look like. According to Mr. Daehnert, Microsoft is planning to make a Surface Phone and later this year. He collects the concept from the Surface Tablet and also claims that it is the final concept of the Surface Phone.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system may not be the most popular on the market, but the software giant is constantly tweaking things to make the smartphone operating system better. A new version of Windows Phone is being worked on right now, and version 7.8 will bring a new start screen that looks interesting. It’s not really anything we haven’t seen before, but it shows just how much Microsoft wants to make sure we all understand the changes.
Microsoft has confirmed that it has acquired leading enterprise social network provider Yammer for $1.2 billion in cash. There had been dribs and drabs of information that the two companies were speaking about a deal. Microsoft has finally confirmed the news about the acquisition. Yammer’s all setup will join the Microsoft’s office division led by Kurt DelBene. But the team will continue to report to current CEO David Sacks.
The Free Software Foundation’s executive director John Sullivan has publicly complained that Microsoft’s reputation database is listing the Foundation’s donate.fsf.org as a “gambling site”. Corporate systems that use a Microsoft “network security” program cannot access FSF donation website because of this and as a result, many people were unable to make donations to the non-profit. The Foundation was alerted by a Reddit posting where a user broke that he was unable to access the site from his office network.
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With so many apps available on Android market it is quite easy to customize your Android phone as much as you wish. Thanks to small app from Microsoft called one{x} you can automate any process on your Android phone pretty easy and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that.
Microsoft has stirred a lot of excitement in the tech world by unveiling its very own Surface tablets. Its a move not many had anticipated and it pits Microsoft directly against the likes of Apple. However, will Surface tablets be able to satisfy the users once it becomes available?
Since Xbox, Surface tablets are Microsoft’s first venture to bring out a product whose hardware as well as the software is packaged and marketed by Microsoft. Many have called this a lesson that Microsoft has learnt from Apple, who has long been shipping out its own hardware and software in the form of products like iPad and iPhone.