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LiveSide is retiring, thanks for all your support

Kip Kniskern — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:19:41 +0000

All good things must come to an end, and this blog is no exception. When Chris Overd, Matthew Weyer, and Harrison Hoffman founded LiveSide.net back in December of 2005 (LiveSide’s first post was on January 3^rd, 2006, …

The long, promising (and frustrating) history of Microsoft’s consumer file sync services

Kip Kniskern — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:29:11 +0000

Live Drive, SDrive, Project M, Folders, FolderShare, Windows Live Sync, Live Mesh, SkyDrive, OneDrive. Yes, Microsoft has been at this file syncing game for a long time. The company bought FolderShare back in November of 2005, and has been …

Yahoo! / Mozilla search partnership: What’s Marissa Mayer up to?

Kip Kniskern — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:48:51 +0000

Yesterday Yahoo! and Mozilla announced a new 5 year partnership to make “Yahoo the default search experience for Firefox in the United States on mobile and desktop”. The deal will make Yahoo! the default search experience on Firefox in …

Has Microsoft given up on eReading?

Kip Kniskern — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:09:59 +0000

Microsoft has a long, and not very successful, history with eReaders, going all the way back to Microsoft Reader, which debuted in 2000, but never made it beyond Windows Mobile and was shuttered in 2012. Since then, Microsoft hasn’t …

Microsoft announces the Lumia 535 and 535 Dual Sim

Kip Kniskern — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 05:29:09 +0000

Microsoft unveiled its first Microsoft branded Lumia phones tonight, the Lumia 535 and a dual SIM equivalent, the Lumia 535 Dual SIM. The phones follow along with Lumia’s attraction to the lower end of the market, offering an affordable phone …

The Microsoft Work and Play Bundle: good deal if you can get it

Kip Kniskern — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:13:56 +0000

Microsoft just went live with what looks to be a pretty good deal it’s calling the “Microsoft Work and Play Bundle“, which includes one year subscriptions to Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Music Pass, and Skype …

Back to the future: Windows Phone to be called Windows Mobile?

Kip Kniskern — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:01:22 +0000

Maybe that forced change from SkyDrive to OneDrive got things rolling, or perhaps new CEO Satya Nadella really is shaking things up at Microsoft, but there seems to be a newfound interest in beginning anew. That apparently includes name changes, …

What’s your perfect Windows Phone?

Kip Kniskern — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 17:13:22 +0000

Microsoft is set to announce at least one, and possibly two new phones this week, a successor to the most popular Windows Phone ever made, the Lumia 520, and if rumors are correct, a successor to the 1320, …

Will the first Microsoft Lumia come in time for the holidays?

Kip Kniskern — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 08:39:10 +0000

When Microsoft announced it was rebranding its phone hardware as “Microsoft Lumia”, it hinted that there might be a new phone on the way, with the Nokia Conversations blog post quoting Senior VP Tuula Rytilä as saying “we are looking …

Office updates iOS, Android apps – Windows 10 apps coming soon

Kip Kniskern — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:54:16 +0000

Since Microsoft first introduced Office for the iPad last March, it’s been downloaded some 40 million times, even with the restrictions of needing an Office 365 subscription to use it. Today, Microsoft announced that Office will soon be coming to …