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Educators Embrace Dell Latitude 10.1 Tablet for Classroom Education
Dell’s Latitude 10.1 tablet is gaining popularity with educational usage around the U.S., with four public schools deploying Dell’s 10 inch tablet in lieu of Apple’s iPad for tablet based education. The Latitude is one of the many Windows 8 tablets out there, and this adoption could help users warm up to the fledgling OS. According to Dell, the four school districts who have embraced the Latitude 10 are Fargo Public Schools in North Dakota, Southern Illinois University, Spartanburg School District 3 in South Carolina and Westwood Independent Schools in Texas. Fargo … Read more
Ian Kersey
Microsoft Updates Azure Mobile Services to Support Android
Microsoft is getting cozy with Google by releasing support for Android apps into its Windows Azure Mobile Services. This move allows developers to add authentication and push notifications to Microsoft’s cloud service. Previous to this release, Azure Mobile Services supported Windows Phone 8, iOS and Windows 8. According to a blog post by Microsoft Product Manager Miranda Luna, “We’re committed to making it easy for developers to build and deploy cloud-connected applications for every major mobile platform using their favorite languages, tools, and services, and we will continue to make … Read more
Ian Kersey
Microsoft Relases Photosynth for WP8 Users
Windows today is finally bringing it’s panorama app Photsynth to Windows Phone 8 users. The app had previously been released on iOS and Windows Phone 7, but was missing on Windows’ newest platform. Microsoft has taken the time to make sure Photosynth works flawlessly with Windows Phone 8′s features, and is promising “beautiful and immersive” panorama shots. Some of the features of the Photosynth app are new tools for changing exposure rates and adjusting white balance , the ability to view shared panoramas, and general improvements that will bring bug and stability fixes. Panoramas … Read more
Ian Kersey
Microsoft vows Windows Phone 8 devices will eventually get Windows Phone 9 treatment
Greg Sullivan, a senior marketing manager at Microsoft, told PCMag yesterday that Windows Phone 8 devices will eventually be upgradeable to the next major version of the Windows Phone OS, presumably Windows Phone 9. This is an important statement to make because of the many disappointed Windows Phone 7 customers who after buying a phone, found out from the company that it would never get an upgrade to Windows Phone 8. “We’re going to have an upgrade path going forward,” Sullivan confirmed when speaking about the future of Microsoft’s smartphone operating system. … Read more
George Tinari
Microsoft Converges Skype and Lync Services
Microsoft has been making some big moves with Skype integration lately. Last week, Microsoft released a video voicemail update for most Skype users, which was surprisingly missing for Windows users. Today, Skype president Tony Bates announced at a Lync Conference Keynote that Skype and Lync will soon be connected, allowing Lync users to call and message Skype users. This convergence is slated to start in June of this year, and launch of video connectivity has yet to be announced. Lync is Microsoft’s answer to business communications, providing a singular interface within which to communicate. Lync … Read more
Ian Kersey
Bill Gates calls Microsoft’s smartphone strategy ‘clearly a mistake’
Microsoft chairman and former CEO Bill Gates sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning in which is talked a bit about how Microsoft is doing as well as some of his philanthropical experiences. While philanthropy is a wonderful thing, seeing that here at IntoMobile we have a tendency to stick to technology news, you’d be correct to assume I’ll be covering the former. In particular, Gates had a bit to say about Microsoft’s smartphone strategy. Interviewer Charlie Rose brought up how he sees many articles about Microsoft criticizing … Read more