Xavier PolisettyWindows Phone 8.1 includes Start Screen backgrounds and browser sync featuresverified_publisherThe Verge - Tom WarrenA recently leaked Windows Phone 8.1 Software Development Kit (SDK) has provided an early look at some features Microsoft is planning for its next mobile update. However, the software maker is also planning many more additions in time for April that aren’t immediately visible in the developer kit. …
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Xavier PolisettyHow to Survive the Next Wave of Technology Extinction (Published 2014)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Farhad ManjooDon’t mock the beleaguered Nook owner. That could have been you. Five years ago, when the nation’s largest chain of bookstores released an e-reader that it promised would best Amazon’s Kindle, could you blame the poor souls who bought in to Barnes & Noble’s vision of the future? In 2011, Consumer …
Xavier PolisettyGoogle brings Windows apps to Chrome OS in latest Microsoft attackverified_publisherThe Verge - Tom WarrenGoogle’s intentions with its Chromebooks have always been clear: disrupt Microsoft’s Windows monopoly. The approach of low-cost devices and a modern cloud-powered OS has left Microsoft a little nervous, but Google is now launching the next stage of its continued attack: the enterprise. In a deal …
Xavier PolisettySony fuels speculation that it will release a Windows Phoneverified_publisherThe Verge - Tom WarrenSony is rumored to be considering launching a Windows Phone this year, and now the company has confirmed it’s still in discussions with Microsoft. Speaking to TechRadar this week, Sony’s European mobile chief, Pierre Perron, says the company doesn’t want to be a “single OS manufacturer," noting it’s …
Xavier PolisettyRumored Windows ‘Threshold’ Update Could Recast Microsoft’s Key Platformverified_publisherTechCrunch - Alex WilhelmMicrosoft mostly kept its head down during CES, but with its Build developer conference on the horizon and several platforms to unify, the company has a busy few months ahead of it. Recently, both Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley wrote on Microsoft’s future ‘Threshold’ Windows update. Threshold is …