Nokia Lumia 930 hands-on: Icon gets an international cousin

America, do not fall in love with the orange rear of the Nokia Lumia 930. The Finnish firm’s new high-end Windows Phone may like to flaunt its baboon-like backside, far … Continue reading

Nokia Lumia 630 dual-SIM hands-on [Update: 635 too!]

Nokia has a track-record with affordable Windows Phones. The new Nokia Lumia 630 – and its Lumia 635 sibling – follow on from the best-selling Lumia 520, only running Windows … Continue reading

Windows Start Menu Really Coming Back

Windows Start Menu Really Coming BackAs the world switched to Windows 8, one of the most annoying fact or “pain point” as Microsoft would say, was the departure of the Start Menu, which a whole lot of people used as a hub to search for files and get to find apps that use less frequently. The Start Menu button was just “gone”, and boy, user were unhappy to have to hack their way to a Start Menu. After an incomplete attempt at convincing us the Start Button was back (it basically linked to the Metro home screen), and after exhausting all other possibilities, the Windows Start Menu is really and truly back – better than ever.  (more…)

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    Nokia Lumia 930 brings Verizon’s “Icon” international

    With the Nokia Lumia 930, the company is bringing the device otherwise known as the Lumia Icon to the international market. Here the device won’t just be headed for Verizon, … Continue reading

    BUILD 2014 day one: Cortana, Universal apps, Windows 8.1 Update

    Microsoft brought on well over two hours of content to the public this week on the first day of BUILD 2014, the company’s developer conference. Here we learned about Windows … Continue reading

    Cortana hands-on: Windows Phone 8.1′s smart assistant

    The iPhone has Siri, Android has Google Now, and now Windows Phone has Cortana, Microsoft’s new digital assistant for smartphones running Windows Phone 8.1. Launching as a beta when WP8.1 … Continue reading

    Windows For Internet Of Things, Devices With Displays Under 9″ Free

    Windows For Internet Of Things, Devices With Displays Under 9 Free

    At its BUILD 2014 conference today Microsoft announced a new move which it hopes will aid in increasing the Windows market share. The company has said that it is going to offer Windows for free on devices with screens under 9-inches, that includes phones and tablets. This comes on the heels of a recent decision to cut Windows 8.1 licensing fee by as much as 70 percent for certain OEMs, to flood the market with relatively affordable tablets and notebooks aimed at taking down the Chromebook.

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    Nokia Lumia 630 And 635 Launched

    Nokia Lumia 630 And 635 Launched

    We first heard about this two mid-range smartphones back in February. Initially only the supposed internal codenames appeared online. Since then there has been a constant stream of rumors about the Lumia 630 and Lumia 635. At Microsoft BUILD 2014 today Nokia has finally announced these two smartphones. Nokia also unveiled the Lumia 930, which was also first rumored alongside these two mid-range Windows Phone devices.

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    Nokia Lumia 630, 635 bring 4.5-inch display, dual-SIM

    With the Nokia Lumia 630 and Nokia Lumia 635, the company is going for another release that’ll match their success with the Nokia Lumia 520. The Nokia Lumia 520 is, … Continue reading

    Microsoft adding Live Tiles to Start Menu in Windows 8.1 update

    Live tiles are one of the interesting tweaks for Windows Phone, and it seems they’re coming to the desktop as well. Microsoft’s Terry Myerson announced that live tiles would be … Continue reading