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Windows Phone 8 Tip: Find Out What Song is Playing
Bing Music Search is Microsoft's take on the Shazam service When you hear a song you like, you can use an integrated Windows Phone 8 feature called Bing Music Search to find out which song is playing....
View ArticleWindows Weekly 287: Group Therapy Session
The one where Mary Jo and Paul tell a few stories about the real Steven Sinofsky In the latest episode of the Windows Weekly podcast, Mary Jo Foley, Iyaz Akhtar, and I discuss Call of Duty Black Ops 2...
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Review: Nokia Lumia 820
Surprisingly, the mid-market Nokia Lumia 820 beats out flagship Windows Phone 8 handsets in some key areas The first generation of Windows Phone 8 handsets should have been easy, with the flagship...
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When Shopping Tablets, Buy Into Ecosystems, Not Into Devices
Devices are temporary, but ecosystems are forever As we barrel through the holiday selling season and swimming in an ever-rising sea of new devices, I’m reminded that the decisions one makes should be...
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Smoked by Windows Phone No More: It’s Time to Meet Your Match
A new Windows Phone 8 campaign aims to pit Microsoft's smart phone entry against the competition It looks like Microsoft is finally ready to move beyond the highly successful “Smoked by Windows Phone”...
View ArticleNext Week: Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start
Learn how to develop app for Windows Phone 8! Microsoft will be hosting a free, two-day virtual event next week for aspiring Windows Phone 8 developers. Given the high quality of the previous events,...
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Windows Phone 8 Tip: Find Places Nearby
Use Local Scout to find Restaurants, Stores, Attractions, Activities and More Because so many people use their smart phones to find restaurants, stores, attractions, events, and other places nearby,...
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9: First Impressions and Photos
Yes, it’s a full-sized Kindle Fire HD Amazon’s first full-sized tablet arrives and as you’d expect, it’s basically a large version of the well-regarded (and 7-inch) Kindle Fire HD. But this version...
View ArticleWhy is Nokia HERE for iPhone Better than Windows Phone Maps?
Nokia puts the iPhone ahead of its own smart phone platform You may recall that Nokia recently announced that it would be bringing its superior mapping technology to iPhone/iOS and Android via a new...
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Dueling Views on Windows 8 Usability
Windows 8 is hard to use. No it's not A Jakob Nielsen post has gotten a lot of attention from Microsoft haters and Windows 8 skeptics, as expected, since it reports that the new OS provides...
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Windows Phone 8 Tip: Use Your Choice of Music/Audio Sync Applications
You're not stuck with Microsoft's desktop media applications if you want to sync music to Windows Phone 8 After years of Zune and Windows Phone experience, I’ve kind of lost sight of the old way of...
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Jensen Harris Tells the Story of the Design of Windows 8
Change is hard. But sometimes change is needed Given the recent controversy around the design of Windows 8, it’s interesting that Jensen Harris, one of the people behind the Windows 8 design recently...
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What the Tech 142: Buy Into Ecosystems, Not Devices
The one where Andrew and Paul drink wine and talk tech This week on What the Tech: Paul updates us on Sinofsky leaving Microsoft and why Microsoft is blaming PC makers for lackluster Windows 8 sales....
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Now Available: Skype 3 for Android
Skype 3 targets popular Android tablets for the first time A new version of Skype is available for Android, adding explicit support for popular tablets like the Google Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy Tab...
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Review: Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA 13
The Lenovo IdeaPad YOGA is a solid entry, one that makes the multi-touch promise of Windows 8 a reality is ways that are both useful and fun When Lenovo first announced the YOGA, tech enthusiasts...
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Review: Nokia Lumia 810
Nokia's mid-market offering on T-Mobile is mostly solid but uninspiring While the Nokia Lumia 810 is a capable, workman-like Windows Phone 8 handset, it offers few of the wonderful surprises that...
View ArticleAvailability Matrix Shows Limits of the Microsoft Media Ecosystem
Microsoft has a ways to go before it can serve all its customers equally Every time I write about platform ecosystems, I hear from people outside the US who tell me that they see considerably less...
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Review: Samsung ATIV Smart PC
The Atom “Clover Trail” chipset has won me over, but is the ATIV is a low-end PC or a high-end PC companion? I admit to initially being a bit ambivalent about the Samsung ATIV Smart PC, as I was more...
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Windows 8 Feature Focus: Power User Menu
A secret menu in Windows 8 is aimed at power users and IT pros While the reaction to Microsoft’s decision to remove the Start button from Windows 8 has been decidedly knee-jerk, it’s important to...
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Digital Music: To the Cloud
I wanted to use Xbox Music, I really did I’ve been preaching a “do more with less” strategy for personal technologies for years, but as with any advice, it’s easier to give than to take. After waiting...
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