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New feature in Office Web Apps allows real-time co-authoring & editing from Android tabs

Microsoft Web Apps are often life-savers especially when users have to run their work on the Office software but don’t have the time or resources to download the desktop client. More than 1 billion users around the world chose to [...]

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Nokia Asha 210 Specs, Features, Images, Video

With the Nokia Asha series going strong in targeted regions, the Finnish mobile giant announced the Nokia Asha 210 - a brand new smartphone in the Asha series with a QWERTY keypad and a dedicated WhatsApp button. Asking users to look [...]

Consequences & Risks of using Pirated & Counterfeit Software

The market for pirated software is huge, and consumers easily fall for the trap to get ‘real’ software products at dirt cheap price which helps them do the job. But in the process of adopting pirated software, consumers are at [...]

Is Google shifting its focus from Innovation to Advertising?

I always wondered, why Google came up with Google+ and why it shut down Google Labs (I loved its products, esp. Google Gravity et al). But after going through James Whittaker’s post about the reasons for him leaving the company, maybe I [...]

Microsoft releases new Windows themes & wallpapers for 2013

With New Year having been already arrived, the Windows Personalization Gallery is sparkling with new themes and wallpapers available for download, adding a spice of freshness around. Microsoft has launched a bunch of new themes and wallpapers, the first installment [...]

Download Windows Phone SDK 7.8 Update

After launching Windows Phone 8 and the subsequent SDK for developers, Microsoft has long been teasing existing Windows Phone (WP) consumers about the WP 7.8 update which gives devices running the existing WP 7.5 a fresh look and inherits a few features [...]

Microsoft Kinect could help stroke victims recover from facial paralysis

Talk about technology coming to medical aid and of late, there’s one particular product which has not just brought a breakthrough in medical possibilities but also changed the way technology can assist in the medical field. Yes, you guessed it [...]

10 most popular tips, tricks & tutorials about Microsoft Office

We are already in the middle of the first month of 2013 but 2012 was a great year for Microsoft and the Office team in particular as they previewed the next version of Microsoft Office which was followed by widespread [...]

10 useful tips, tricks, how-to’s about Microsoft PowerPoint

What’s common between a business meeting, a motivational presentation or just a simple session? Microsoft PowerPoint. This gem of an application has changed the way through which presentations can be conducted in a seamless manner. With the end of 2012, [...]

10 best tips, tricks, tutorial posts about Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is the most used application from the Microsoft Office bunch. As the year 2012 came to an end, the Office team sat down and tracked back the important posts that kept users occupied about Microsoft Word and its [...]

Top 10 favorite tips, tricks, tutorial posts about Microsoft Excel

The Microsoft Excel team took to the official Excel Blog to announce the top 10 favorite posts related to Excel in 2012. On the list, five posts are about Excel 2010 while the remaining five are related to Excel 2013. [...]

Browse the Windows Store in your web browser with MetroStore Scanner

Given the limitations of searching for a Windows Store app from a device which doesn’t run Windows 8 / Windows RT, MetroStore Scanner is a welcome change. A third-party website, MetroStore Scanner allows the user to search for an app [...]

How Microsoft performed in 2011-12: Naked Facts

Earlier today, Microsoft hosted the Shareholder Meeting in Seattle, where a few interesting stats and figures were revealed by Steve Ballmer, CEO – Microsoft. A few of them are worth repeating below: The previous fiscal year (July 1 2011-June 30 [...]

Lenovo ThinkPad Twist S230u: Impressions of a Windows 8 convertible

With the launch of Windows 8, Lenovo has been consistent in launching some impressive computing devices with a few not-seen-before features. The IdeaTab lynx, ThinkPad Tablet 2 and the IdeaPad Yoga are a few of them. An addition to this unique [...]

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook calls Microsoft Surface ‘a compromised, confusing product’!

Microsoft launched the ingenious Surface tablet yesterday and early reviews have emerged in favor of the compelling and exceptional hardware with a few pointing software and usability flaws within the Windows RT environment. And among the few who aren’t in favor of [...]

Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx can be used both as a Windows 8 tablet and laptop

It’s the season of Windows 8 and it’s raining tablet devices all over the consumer market. Every major manufacturer is determined to ship out their own Windows 8 tablet, right from Samsung, Acer, Lenovo to Dell. Many of the slates [...]

Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Specifications

Microsoft Surface for Windows RT is out in the open for grabs and will be officially made available from October 26, 2012. Missing all this action is its elder brother, the Surface for Windows 8 Pro about whom no price/availability details [...]

Windows Phone 8 Comparison: Samsung ATIV S vs Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC 8X

HTC announced its new flagship Windows Phone 8 device yesterday, the HTC Windows Phone 8X, packing in some solid features and commendable specs. Earlier, users already had a couple of options regarding which phone to buy as their next Windows [...]

Nokia launches the Lumia 920 smartphone – Tech Specs, Impressions

Nokia literally managed to blow the lid off the sky and draw long faces in Cupertino and Mountain View, as they officially launched their next flagship smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 920 at their press event earlier today, before talking about [...]

UX expert says Windows 8 UI is confusing on a PC

Microsoft may just have released the Windows 8 RTM to TechNet and MSDN subscribers who must be going ga-ga over the final build but not everyone shares the same opinion, notably Raluca Budiu, a User Experience specialist of the Nielsen Norman Group. In an [...]

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