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Microsoft Launches “Next App Star” Competition For Windows Phone Developers

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS You know a mobile app store is still young and needs more content when the company behind it still writes its own blog posts when interesting new apps appear in it. With 150,000 apps, the Windows Phone store isn’t actually quite as empty as the Windows 8 store, but Microsoft could sure use some marquee apps for its mobile platform. To get developers and consumers a bit more excited about it, the company…

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Ex-Microsoft Execs Explain Why They’re Using iPhones Now

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Megan Rose Dickey In light of the news that former Windows head Steven Sinofsky uses an iPhone, Spark Capital partner Bijan Sabet wrote a post asking why former Microsoft employees end up using products from other companies.  Sabet noted how some might say Sinofsky is using the iPhone to evaluate the competition. Well, that’s exactly the case, Sinofsky wrote in the comments. “I have owned every iphone released (and every ipad and galaxy and kindle),” Sinofsky writes. “It is far…

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Microsoft’s partners fly the Windows 8 flag, but the future is Surface

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren How long can the old guard shoulder the weight? Microsoft might not have been at CES this year, but its partners and OEMs were out in full force. A quiet showing from Redmond at a time when the company is trying to push Windows 8 to the world could be seen as an unusual move, but looking around the show this week it made a lot of sense.…

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Downgrade Your New Windows 8 Computer to Windows 7 for Free

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Whitson Gordon If you aren’t a fan of Windows 8 but want a new laptop that comes with Windows 8 preinstalled, you’ll be happy to know you can actually downgrade it to Windows 7 withouthaving to reformat. Here’s how. Maybe you’ve given Windows 8 a fair shake and it just isn’t working for you, or maybe you’re so against upgrading that you don’t want to buy a new computer until you know you can…

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Top 10 Secret Features in Windows 8

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Whitson Gordon Windows 8 is full of awesome features andhandy shortcuts, but what you may not know is that it’s got a lot of handy, lesser-known settings under the hood. Here are 10 of Windows 8’s best kept secrets. 10. Run Automatic Maintenance on a Schedule Windows 8 has a new feature that runs automatic maintenance tasks like software updates, security scanning, and other diagnostic tests daily. By default, it runs them at…

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Microsoft ‘disappointed’ by Google’s Exchange ActiveSync decision, pledges support for IMAP

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft has officially responded to Google’s planned Gmail ActiveSync removal in a statement issued to The Verge today. The company says it has been left “surprised and disappointed” by Google’s decision that will affect the syncing of personal Gmail contacts and calendar for new WIndows Phone devices. Microsoft briefly responded to Google’s decision late last year, but today’s statement appears to indicate that the company has no plans to support Gmail contacts and calendar…

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Microsoft left ‘surprised’ by Google’s Exchange ActiveSync announcement

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Google announced last week that it plans to drop Exchange ActiveSync support for new devices on personal Gmail accounts from January 30th. While Microsoft has remained quiet on the issue affecting Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone Gmail setup, the software maker has now responded to Google’s announcement in a blog post. Microsoft’s Dharmesh Mehta admits that the company was “very surprised” by Google’s announcement, indicating that Microsoft does not have immediate…

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Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS I’ve been using Windows 8 off and on for the past few weeks and, while I agree with many of the sentiments expressed by folks like Chris Pirillo and our own MG Siegler, especially regarding the Surface RT, I still think Microsoft did a good (not excellent) job on Win8. In the immortal words of losing Little League coaches everywhere, at least they tried and there’s always next season. Windows 8 won’t be universally…

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Microsoft launches Socl into Beta, brings the part(ies) to social networking

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent Microsoft has unleashed Socl into beta for all comers to probe, bringing it out of the experimental stages and a step closer to a full-fledged site. We first heard about the project back in July when it was dubbed Tulalip, and MS Research’s Fuse Labs officially launched it internally and into some universities back in October last year. The site carries the Windows 8 tile-like look, and Fuse says that imagery is…

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Skitch for Windows 8 gains portrait mode editing for tablets and 25MB file sharing

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As reported on Engadget. By Mark Hearn Not stopping with its recent update for Android, Evernote gave Skitch for Windows 8 some new features on Monday. Software version 2.0.1128 adds multiple bug fixes and portrait mode support for tablets with x86, x64 and ARM processors. In addition to these enhancements, the new Skitch app for Windows 8 features faster syncing and sharing options for image files up to 25MB, which should hopefully appease the appetite of photogs…

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