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We’re at Build 2011 and have just been introduced to Windows 8 and one of the exciting things about it is that this touch-friendly platform will run on the ARM chipset. To help capitalize on this, NVIDIA has launched a Windows 8 developer program to help developer bring great apps to Windows 8 devices. What…
Microsoft just unveiled some more details about its ambitious Windows 8 operating system at Build 2011 and we’ve been playing with a prototype tablet for almost 24 hours and we must say that there’s a lot of promise with Microsoft’s new platform. Windows 8 isn’t the company’s tablet-specific OS, as it’s the next generation of…
As expected, Microsoft used Build 2011 to show off its upcoming Windows 8 platform and the operating system is described as a re-imagining of Windows for devices that can be 7 inches or 70 inches. Can Windows 8 make the iPad and Android Honeycomb shake in its boots or is Microsoft’s one-platform-for-all-form-factors strategy destined to…
We’re live in Anaheim for Microsoft’s BUILD 2011 conference and we’re about to hear what the company has to say for its opening day keynote. We’re expecting a lot of details about Windows 8 and we can finally see if Microsoft is doing something to counter the iPad and the threat of tablets. Windows 8…
I’m all set up in Anaheim, Calif. for Microsoft’s BUILD conference and just wanted to drop a reminder that we’ll be live blogging the keynote tomorrow and Wednesday. It should be an exciting time with Windows 8 being shown off in a big way, so you should definitely join. As we mentioned in our preview,…
I’ll be at Microsoft’s BUILD conference next week and the big news should be Windows 8 on tablets and we may even be getting a nice Samsung quad-core tablet to play around with. While Windows 8 should be sucking up most of the oxygen at the show, you have to wonder if we’ll see anything…
We’ve already talked about GSMA’s plans to select a city to be the Mobile World Capital and host the Mobile World Congress. The finalist cities included Barcelona, Milan, Munich and Paris, with Barcelona taking the crown and the benefit to host the MWC for another 5 years. Next year will be the last one when…
Aside from all the iCloud and iOS news from WWDC, the 2011 Apple Design Award winners have also been announced at the event. The winners were selected in four categories – iPhone, iPad, Student and Mac. And here they are: iPhone Cut the Rope by chillingo Golfscape GPS Rangefinder by Shotzoom Infinity Blade by Chair…
The Apple team just unveiled iOS 5.0 at WWDC 2011 and it features more than 200 new features for end users. If you’re familiar with the other operating systems, you’ll know where Apple could have got some of its inspiration. One of the largest changes is that the Push Notification System is being revamped and…
Apple’s keynote was both impressive and disappointing at the same time. Apple discovered the cloud and introduced its BBM clone, but we were still waiting for streaming iTunes. Well, that didn’t happen but we did get iTunes Match, which is Apple’s answer to Amazon’s and Google’s offerings. The main difference between iTunes Match and its…