Android Weekly: HTC One (M8), Facebook buys Oculus, Powered by Android, and more
This week in your world of Android: the HTC One (M8) finally launched, rumors of business features coming to Android surfaced, Google Now hit Chrome, Office for Android went free, Facebook bought VR...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office for Android review
Microsoft Office for Android was first released in late Summer 2013. Unfortunately it required an Office 365 subscription to even use and that turned a lot of people off to the idea of using...
View ArticleMicrosoft Outlook coming to Android soon
Microsoft released its Office software suite for free last week, but regular Microsoft users may have noticed that something was missing – Outlook. Fortunately, Microsoft is also planning to bring its...
View Article5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week – Google Play Weekly
It’s Friday so it’s time to look back on some big news this week! To start, Google updated a few of their apps including Play Newsstand, Google Play Movies, and Google Keep. Microsoft is bringing an...
View ArticleMicrosoft OneNote updated, lets you create OneDrive notebooks and sections
Today Microsoft is bringing out a new update to its OneNote Android app, bringing the ability to create Notebooks directly on your OneDrive account from your Android devices. Creating a notebook is...
View ArticleAge of Empires: World Domination coming to Android this summer
The ‘Age of Empires’ series is finally makes its move over to the world of mobile, thanks to a collaborative effort between Microsoft and Japanese-based Klab. I still remember the first time I opened...
View ArticleNokia X review: Nokia meets Android
For a long while, people have clamored for a Nokia built Android device. They wanted that Nokia build quality, that Nokia look and feel, that Nokia design, and we finally got that at Mobile World...
View ArticleLobbyists continue to cut down any productive patent reform
Intellectual Venture’s labs — Heisenberg Media / flickr Last year, mega patent-troll Intellectual Ventures opened up shop in Washington, D.C., to push their yearly million dollar lobbying effort....
View ArticleMicrosoft sends astronauts to troll Samsung’s “Terminal Galaxy 5”
In a move of uncertain taste, Samsung recently announced that it would be “taking over” Terminal 5, the largest terminal of London’s Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest in the world. The takeover,...
View ArticleMicrosoft said to enter the smartwatch wars, won’t be leaving Android users...
Today’s mobile industry is more demanding than ever. Those who don’t rush to the market will be left behind. We can take Windows Phone as the perfect example, a platform that is still struggling to...
View ArticleIs it possible to have 1-week battery life? Microsoft believes so!
James M Phelps, Jr / Shutterstock.com Microsoft’s Ranveer Chandra has taken the stage at MIT Technology Review’s Digital Summit, taking San Francisco’s breath with what could become one of the most...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Android patents revealed by Chinese government, MS alleges that...
James M Phelps, Jr / Shutterstock.com Back in November of last year we reported on claim that suggested Microsoft makes as much as $2 billion a year off of patent agreements it holds over roughly 70%...
View ArticleMicrosoft teases possible successor to the Android-based Nokia X
Considering Microsoft already makes a small fortune of Android, we suppose it’s only natural they actually have a few handsets that run off of the OS.Taking to the (currently MS run) Nokia...
View ArticleMicrosoft unveils the Nokia X2, grab it now for €99
After some teasing last week, today Microsoft announced the new Nokia X2, the successor to Nokia’s debut Android handset, the Nokia X. The handset is still very much targeted at the budget end of the...
View ArticleMicrosoft seeking Office for Android tablet testers
Microsoft Office is one of the company’s most valuable assets. As expected, the company has been extremely cautious with each release. The office suite is definitely the most popular of its kind and...
View ArticleGoodbye Nokia Android phones, we hardly knew you
Microsoft just announced that future Nokia X devices will be running Windows Phone instead of Android. This puts an end to Microsoft’s brief adventure in Android land, which began less than five...
View ArticleRobert Scoble: “Microsoft should give up Windows Phone and go Android”
Robert Scoble currently holds his title as one of the most influential tech bloggers. You may better recognize him from a popular image in which he is showering while wearing Google Glass. Long before...
View ArticleMicrosoft takes Samsung to court over delayed royalty payments
The mobile industry’s big players seem to be constantly embroiled in various legal challenges against one another. This time it is the turn of Microsoft and Samsung, with the former accusing the...
View ArticleGoodbye Nokia Android phones, we hardly knew you
Microsoft just announced that future Nokia X devices will be running Windows Phone instead of Android. This puts an end to Microsoft’s brief adventure in Android land, which began less than five...
View ArticlePC sales continue to drop while Chromebook sales rise. Is Microsoft in trouble?
Microsoft, once the mightiest technology company to walk the earth, has seen some hard times of late, including mounting losses in their Surface tablet/laptop division. On the other hand,...
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