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Microsoft had a little thing recently all about Windows Hardware. I don't normally watch these things.
As a guy who presents and speaks for a living, it's tough for me to watch other people do that — for a couple of reasons.
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Summer is tough because people are out there doing way better things than listening to me.
But several things happened recently, so hear me out.
Microsoft released Windows 10 for the Raspberry Pi.
The Raspberry Pi is a little hobbyist computer.
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Last week’s arguably inevitable announcement from Microsoft that it would be paring back the smartphone business it acquired from Nokia in 2013, may have come as welcome news to the company’s partners who are already building small Windows 10 devices for premiere during the back-to-school sales season.
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Microsoft’s smartphone strategy was not so smart after all. It took too long to develop and never stood a chance in an Android- and iOS-dominated world, analysts told CMSWire on the day the software giant fired close to 8,000 of its phone-division employees.
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So a few weeks ago I talked about the Windows Phone 10 preview, and mentioned there were a few things about it I didn't like.
I like the Windows Phone. I'm one of like seven people in the country that have a Windows Phone.
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As you folks know I'm a long-suffering Windows phone user and that's been one of the topics we've discussed the past couple of weeks.
A few weeks ago I talked about how Windows phone 10 does not agree with me and then last week I talked about all the people who yelled at me because I said
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For the first time in my long nerd life, I’ve been attacked on the Internet. It's been kind of crazy, and I feel compelled to set the record straight.
A few weeks ago I shared some thoughts in a provocatively titled article, “Is It Time to Lose Your Windows Phone? ” Now that’s also very ironic because
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Forget the device, it’s about mobility and the experience, so said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Ignite, the company’s gargantuan user conference in Chicago earlier this month.
“When we say mobile first, it is not the mobility of a single device that matters.
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Microsoft released another build of Windows 10 for the Windows phone this week. And I have to admit: I’m not a big fan of Windows 10 on the Windows phone. To be fair, Windows 10 has some stuff I like.
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Microsoft and Google will incorporate a kill switch into the next version of Windows-based and Android smartphones. The feature, which is already featured on Apple's iPhone 5, allows users to remotely wipe all data and information on the device in the event of theft.
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Ahead of today's Apple earnings announcement — whatever the sales for last year's models — all the gossip is about company's "plans" for larger iPhone and iPad devices, as its enterprise and worker battle with Android and Windows Phones heats up.
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Despite iOS and Android's huge consumer mobile sales and the rise of bring your own device (BYOD) policies, Microsoft still has a shot at becoming the dominant force in mobile enterprise. Business connectivity, SharePoint and Office integration for Windows Phone 8 will earn it many friends in the enterprise.
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Boasting claims of improved productivity and communications, Microsoft is offering a new Outlook.com tool to help small business users switch from Gmail. Microsoft might also want to offer a similar feature for Yahoo Mail customers after recent problems that just seem to be growing worse.
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Microsoft has announced the release of a new app that lets you control Word, Excel and PowerPoint from a Windows 8 phone. The company called this the beginning of a move to push the productivity space to a “diverse society of devices.” Office Remote The new release, which was announced on a blog post by Rob Knies of
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