Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft Surface RT performance damages company's latest earnings
Microsoft have revealed their fiscal Q4 2013 earnings. And while overall impressive (with the company posting fourth-quarter earnings of $4.97 billion – 59 cents a share – on revenue of $19.9 billion), it also revealed disappointing Surface RT tablet performance…
Play the game while it downloads with Xbox One
Another new feature of Microsoft's forthcoming Xbox One console has been revealed: the ability to begin playing a game before it has even finished downloading. A feature that is now shared with the rival Sony PlayStation 4, titles bought from…
Xbox One going from bedroom to boardroom as Microsoft pitch console to small businesses
All play and no work would make Microsoft's forthcoming Xbox One console less profitable than it potentially could be, so the Redmond company are expanding their marketing horizons to attract small businesses. In an open letter from Microsoft's director of…
Spotify Windows Phone 8 app leaps out of beta, bolsters offline playlist support
A new update for music-streaming service Spotify's Windows Phone 8 app has been released today, finally bringing the app out of the beta testing phase and bringing with it a host of new features. Version 2.0.4933.0 is now available to…
Michael Pachter believes Wii U will place a 'distant third' in console wars
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has given his perspective on the console wars, declaring that Nintendo's home console will fall behind the PS4 and Xbox One in sales. "Nintendo's in trouble right now," said Pachter to ABC News. "Nintendo, I…
Lekiosk digital magazine app now available to Windows 8 tablet and desktop users
Lekiosk is one of the most popular digital magazine reading applications on IOS and Android, popular thanks to its 3D newsstand-like interface. And now it's headed to the Windows 8 operating system! Publishers already touting their wares using lekiosk include…
Xbox One and PS4 specs rivalry "meaningless" says Microsoft exec
Xbox product planning boss Albert Penello believes that any differences in the specs of the new generation of consoles is meaningless. Speaking to OXM, Penello stated that he feels that the hardware differences between the forthcoming Xbox One and Sony's…
Xbox One Kinect will scan and redeem download codes
There are few things I hate more in the world than redeeming download codes on a gaming console. Without a keyboard, it's a painstaking task using the onscreen virtual keyboard with a controller to tap out dozens of digits and…
Samsung smartphones now account for nearly half of all sold in Europe
Got a smartphone? Live in Europe? Then there's a good chance you've got one of Samsung's many smartphones sitting in your pocket. New data shows that nearly half of all smartphones sold in Europe now come out of Samsung's stable….
Head of Xbox, Don Mattrick, leaves to join struggling Zynga
Don Mattrick, Microsoft's head of the Xbox division, has left the company to join struggling Zynga as the social gaming company's new CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Mark Pincus Confirming the news in an email to employees, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer…
