Co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox “Kevin Bachus”, has now joined Bebo as new Chief Product Officer. Coincidently just 3 months ago, AOL sold Bebo to Criterion Capital Partners at a ridiculous price. Bachus has had a varied career which started with “Windows” software and game developer “Mindscape” before joining giants “Microsoft” in 1997 as Product Manager.
Microsoft’s highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 is set for release very soon as the mobile OS reached the release to manufacturing stage, it was announced. According to Mashable the device is being tipped for an October release, although there is no official date. Next month is the most likely time that the phone will make [...]
Microsoft’s Bing has been powering Yahoo search in testing for a month now but it seems as though it’s now official, at least in the English language in Canada and the U.S. for now. The two companies signed a deal just over a year ago with this as the ultimate goal and now it’s been [...]
Would you believe that Internet Explorer is celebrating its 15th Anniversary? The browser has been at the top for most of that time, its market share has decreased over time due to constant attacks from the likes of Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Amidst the huge hype over Apple’s iPad, Microsoft have been hard at work behind the scenes developing their own version of the iPad. What can Microsoft offer users, that Apple cannot? The answer, is designing a slate/tablet incorporating physical keys to be positioned at the back of the device. The new Slate Windows 7 Tablet!
Microsoft’s latest development for the Xbox 360, the “Kinect” is a controller free gaming and entertainment experience geared up for the Xbox 360 video gaming platform. It enables the user to control and interact with the 360 without the need to touch a games controller. It works on body movement, spoken commands or presenting objects [...]
Users will be pleased to learn that an announcement for the Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 with three versions in 13 languages is finally here. With a launch date of the end of October, U.S. stores will be retailing the new product for $119 for an individual install and for a Family Pack containing three [...]
Following the phenomenal success of the Apple iPad, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, talked again yesterday about its plans to go ahead with Windows-based tablet devices. Earlier in the year Ballmer had announced plans for a Windows 7 Slate to go up against the iPad, then Microsoft changed its mind, and then recently re-announced its [...]
At the end of this year users will be able to explore the new version of Office for Mac 2011 along with the return of Outlook for Mac. With a series of videos which give an insight into the new features, compatibility across platforms and interface changes of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, users certainly [...]
When new games gets released it is inevitable that support teams become overwhelmed, Microsoft’s Xbox team is no strangers to this and has come under intense pressure from Xbox 360 users. The support team knows that they need to keep the service running smooth in order to keep users happy – so has been using [...]
