Take That, Gmail: Outlook.com Lets You Chat With Your Google Contacts

Take That, Gmail: Outlook.com Lets You Chat With Your Google Contacts

Outlook.com is taking a major step to woo Gmail devotees by integrating Google Talk contacts into its webmail messenger service.

Microsoft’s Teeny-Tiny Windows 8 Product Key Is Beyond Unreadable

Microsoft’s Teeny-Tiny Windows 8 Product Key Is Beyond Unreadable

Put on your reading glasses and grab a magnifying glass, or better yet, a microscope for this one!

Gadget Lab Show: The Fitbit Flex Gets a Workout and Windows Goes Blue

Gadget Lab Show: The Fitbit Flex Gets a Workout and Windows Goes Blue

This week, staff writers Mat Honan and Roberto Baldwin get physical with the Fitbit Flex and share some good news about Windows 8.

It’s Official: Microsoft’s Windows Blue Is Coming Later This Year

It’s Official: Microsoft’s Windows Blue Is Coming Later This Year

Microsoft just confirmed that the successor to Windows 8 will roll out later this year, that it’s sold a whole lot more Windows 8 licenses than when we last checked in, and that the largely empty Windows Stores are finally …

RIP, Hotmail, and Thanks for All the Spam

RIP, Hotmail, and Thanks for All the Spam

A remembrance of the first webmail service for millions of people: Hotmail. RIP buddy.

The Many, Sometimes Conflicting, Problems With Facebook Home

The Many, Sometimes Conflicting, Problems With Facebook Home

Facebook Home users are having a lot of problems with the social giant’s Android takeover. Here are biggest criticisms.

Facebook Home: Zuck’s Android Takeover

Facebook Home: Zuck’s Android Takeover

Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn your Android phone into a simple sharing device. And by that, he means he wants to turn it into a Facebook phone.

Microsoft Endlessly Disappoints With ‘New’ Windows Phone Apps

Microsoft Endlessly Disappoints With ‘New’ Windows Phone Apps

Microsoft has breathlessly announced several new game titles for Windows Phone 8. And once again, Redmond continues to disappoint.

Microsoft Updates Core Windows 8 Productivity Apps: Mail, Calendar and People

Microsoft Updates Core Windows 8 Productivity Apps: Mail, Calendar and People

Microsoft is finally releasing an update for its built-in Mail, Calendar and People apps to make them more useful to Windows 8 and Windows RT users.

What to Expect (And What We Want) From Windows Blue

What to Expect (And What We Want) From Windows Blue

Windows Blue is coming, and we already know some of what you’ll see in Microsoft’s looming upgrade. We’ve also got our own wish list for must-have features.