Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft admits to Windows 8 UX fail, promises changes soon
It's Windows Vista all over again. Microsoft through their Head of marketing and Finance Tami Reller is said to have admitted that Windows 8...
Skydrive Hits 250 million users according to Microsoft
Skydrive has hit 250 million users according to Microsoft. Microsoft has positioned Skydrive to be the default cloud storage for Windows Phone 8 users...
Microsoft working on “Switch to Windows phone” app for Android
Microsoft is alleged to be working on an app to assist newbies in Windows phone who move from Android get an almost similar experience...
Lumia 920…a software disaster?
The frequent restarts, How did Nokia get is so wrong? Why can’t Microsoft get more apps in their store? Why isn’t Microsoft cutting in...
Microsoft closes the taps for Windows XP support
Microsoft has announced that the famous version of Windows from year 2001 has reached End of Life. Microsoft stopped production of Windows XP on...
Huawei Ascend W1 Review
Huawei announced the Ascend W1 on the second week of January this year and it was to be available in the market within the...
We could be seeing cheaper Windows 8 touch-screen laptops soon
Microsoft is said to be planning price cuts in Windows 8 licencing fees that could ultimately reflect on the pricing of Windows 8 touch-screen...
Microsoft trains SME Supamamas on Office Business tools
Microsoft on Friday 22nd held a workshop with over 70 business women who run SMEs at Serena Hotel Nairobi. The workshop tackled the tools...
Microsoft launches Office 2013 and Office 365 Home Premium for Africa
Microsoft today held a live press webcast across Africa to announce the availability of Office 13. The New Modern Office as Microsoft calls it,...
Nokia: Windows phone 7.8 update paused
Missing the update on your Windows phone 7.5 smartphone to move over to Windows phone 7.8? Here's why. Microsoft as suspended the software updates...
64GB Surface pro back in stock at Microsoft Store
Surface Pro, announced on the 22nd of January and made available in the US and Canada on both Microsoft retail stores offline and online....
Huawei W1 #4Afrika Windows phone photos
Huawei and Microsoft just launched a phone that is co-branded and labeled 4Afrika. The device is the Huawei Ascend W1 launched globally recently. The...
Microsoft and Huawei launch a low cost Huawei W1 Windows phone
Microsoft has today announced a low cost Windows phone 8 device in partnership with Huawei, the Huawei Ascend W1.
This is a 4inch device with...
Microsoft Apps evangelist team Africa meet Windows 8 developers and students
Interactivity sessions were the order of the days when Microsoft Developer Platform Evangelists were introduced to Kenyan Windows 8 developers and students. The team...
Microsoft identifies 13 Resellers who pirate Windows in China
Microsoft is threatening to take legal action in China against 13 PC resellers who Microsoft has identified as pirating Windows OS copies. These 13...
Asus Padfone running Windows phone 8? not too far fetched
Windows phone is getting traction with Nokia making some good sales compared to rival platform's first year in office. We have since seen OEMS...
Mobile Monday Kenya lives on, first session on 21st
Mobile Monday Kenya, a community of stakeholders in the mobile industry in the country has had a time off from as far back as...
Windows 8 Store reaches 20k apps, 40k eminent by end year
Windows 8 store was unveiled recently after the launch of Windows 8 operating system and devices running it. One of the highlights of the...
Bada OS did better than Windows phone in Q3 sales- Gartner
This third quarter Gartner Report on Mobile phones has a story it's telling on how the market-share is like. And quite noticeable is the scale that...
Out goes Windows Live, Microsoft taking Skype Mainstream?
Rumor has it that Microsoft might be shutting down windows live messenger in support for Skype. Microsoft acquired Skype for approx $8.5 billion and...
Microsoft did 4 million Windows 8 upgrades in launch weekend
During a recent keynote address Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO gave stats of the progress of Microsoft since launch on the 25th October, and these...
How to follow Windows Phone 8 launch live
Windows phone 8 is launching in San Francisco, US in about two hours from now, and it will be a big event. Mobile enthusiasts...
File browsing to be made easy on WP8 by Windows Phone app
Remember those days when one would require an internet connection just to move files from your Windows phone device to the PC? Well that...
Microsoft Windows 8 South African Launch gets users to tell experience stories
Microsoft launched Windows 8 on the 25th of October globally and the finished OS was available for download the next day. In Johannesburg, the...
Tswani University graduate’s comments about developing on Windows 8
I was in Johannesburg on Thursday for the African launch of Windows 8 that also happened concurrently with the Global launch in the US....
Re-imagining Microsoft
On October 26th 2012, MICROSOFT will launch Windows 8, the next iteration of its widely popular operating system. However, to call Windows 8 an...
Reasons why an SME needs Office 365 as an office solution
Managing an office is quite a task, mostly the hurdles one gets are lack of adequate labour and resources. That's why it's important to...
Microsoft releases video of new look logos
Microsoft has decided to change what we have been seeing for the last 25 years as the logo. Looks like Microsoft decided to go...
Nokia to unveil to Windows phone 8 devices code-named Phi and Arrow
And the Windows phone 8 devices from Nokia will come in twos, says The Verge. There will be a high end and mid-range devices...
State of the art Centre to be established in Kenya by KIE, Intel and Microsoft partnership
A School Technology Innovation Centre will be established in a bid to advance the quality of education in Nairobi, Kenya. This follows a partnership...
