Microsoft is planning on dropping the Nokia brand completely, and electing to promote just the Microsoft brand across all mobile products.
A recent internal document leak has detailed Microsoft’s plan to drop the Nokia branding from the Lumia line, and simply calling these devices…
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With still more than a week to go until Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Microsoft has jumped the gun and revealed some of the promos it will offer through its online store starting at midnight ET on November 28.
The number of products to be discounted is far from impressive, with only one…
It’s no longer a matter of speculation, Microsoft is alone in the Windows RT tablet business and will be for time to come. But as hard as it might be to believe, the first-gen Surface RT and Surface 2 will get company sooner or later.
And I’m not (just) talking about the Nokia Lumia 2520, whi…
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An unsurprising move following months of disappointing sales, price cuts for Microsoft’s Surface Pro and related products, are turning from temporary promotions to permanent slashes.
Microsoft’s $100 price cuts on Surface Pros were supposed to last through August 29th. But today,…
Microsoft has launched its Bing for Schools initiative, a program that offers ad-free and more secure Bing search to students and, as a bonus for using Bing, free Surface RT tablets as well.
Available for K through 12 schools, Bing for Schools will allow students to use Microsoft’s…
It’s the same old story with just a slightly tweaked script. Windows-based tablets are better than Apple’s iPads, despite what sales numbers say, and the best Microsoft can come up with to prove that is through deceitful commercials that only tell one side of the story.
The latest two…
ASUS has pushed back plans to make more Windows RT-based tablets and will be focusing efforts on tablets running the desktop version of Windows 8 on Intel processors, describing Windows RT devices as “not very promising.”
$900 million written off due to poor sales. A lacking and…
Microsoft’s miscalculated demand for its Surface tablets consequently led to a big loss for the company recently. So what’s the excuse?
Microsoft’s expectation for its Surface RT was exceedingly high, and when the half-hearted gadget didn’t sell the company’s only excuse…
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It’s been a long time coming and at last it’s happening. Microsoft is ready to savagely slash Surface RT prices, bringing the tablet closer to its real value. Staples will likely be the first to put the discounts into effect, but chances are other retailers will follow suit soon…
At Microsoft’s BUILD conference that is set to start later today, a Surface RT has been spotted running Windows RT 8.1 Preview (build 9431). The demo tablet showcases many features that we are likely to see in Windows 8.1.
With Windows 8.1, there are going to be a lot of changes that mostly…
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