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Xbox: All-In-One Hub for the Living Room

By Guest PostJune 6, 2011Technologybing on xbox, blockbuster franchises, crytek, dance central 2, don mattrick, e3, electronic entertainment expo, espn, fly with peter pan, forza motorsport, gears of war, halo, halo 4, hulu, kinect, kinect games, madden nfl, mickey mouse, Microsoft, molly odonnell, netflix, roman epic, ryse, sesame street, super bowl, xbox 360, zune

*At E3 Microsoft announces a big lineup of new Xbox 360 and Kinect game titles and introduces voice search with Bing on Xbox and Kinect that will change how people enjoy Xbox entertainment in the living room.*

LOS ANGELES – June 6, 2011 – Today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Microsoft announced new game titles from blockbuster franchises like Halo and Gears of War, and unveiled a flood of new Kinect games and entertainment experiences.

The company also introduced voice search with Bing on Xbox and Kinect that will enable people to use their voice to tell their Xbox what entertainment content they are looking for, which will give them faster access to the ever-expanding universe of entertainment available right in their living room. (more…)

comScore Reports April 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostJune 3, 2011Technologyapple, Comscore, comscore mobilens, google android, Microsoft, mobile phone, mobile subscribers, mobilens data, motorola, rim, Samsung, smartphone, us mobile phone industry

*Apple Assumes #2 Spot among Smartphone Platforms*

RESTON, VA, June 3, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending April 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.5 percent market share. Google Android led among smartphone platforms with 36.4 percent market share. (more…)

Microsoft Previews ‘Windows 8’

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*Touch-centric interface and application experience designed as a natural reflection of the device.*

TAIPEI, Taiwan — June 2, 2011 — At 2011 Computex today, Microsoft Corp. showed hardware partners the next version of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8,” to help the partners build devices that take advantage of the new user experience. As part of this technical preview, Mike Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem at Microsoft, demonstrated how “Windows 8” is optimized for newer touch-centric hardware, including tablets, while still delivering the flexibility, connectivity and power that people have come to expect from Windows today.

The technical demonstration also highlighted the new operating system’s ability to work across both x86 and ARM-based architectures, with a variety of early prototypes shown running the new operating system. Microsoft and silicon chip makers AMD, Intel Corporation, NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. initially announced plans in January to work together on the next version of Windows. (more…)

Bing Makes Search Social with Help from 500 Million Friends

By Guest PostMay 17, 2011Technologybing, bing bar, chris pirillo, exabytes of data, Facebook, facebook fan pages, friends, human perspective, laptop, like, Microsoft, mother in law, paul yiu, pc magazine, sean suchter, search experience, search technology center, social, social features, stefan weitz, us weekly, web

*New social features in Bing let users make decisions with help from their Facebook friends.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Bing is adding 500 million new friends, and they’re all going to help the search experience become a lot more social. (more…)

Nearly 1 in 5 Smartphone Owners Access Check-In Services Via their Mobile Device

By Guest PostMay 12, 2011Technologyandroid, apple, check in services, Comscore, comscore mobilens, facebook places, foursquare, gowalla, iPhone, mark donovan, Microsoft, mobile population, mobile social networking, palm, rim, smartphone population, smartphone user, symbian

*70 Percent of Mobile Users “Checking-In” from an Android or Apple Phone*

*Check-In Service Users Demonstrate Strong Propensity for Mobile Media Usage*

RESTON, VA, May 12, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results from a study of mobile social networking check-in service users based on data from its comScore MobiLens service. The study found that 16.7 million U.S. mobile subscribers used location-based “check-in” services on their phones in March 2011, representing 7.1 percent of the entire mobile population. 12.7 million check-in users did so on a smartphone, representing 17.6 percent of the smartphone population. The study also found that check-in service users showed a high propensity for mobile media usage, including accessing retail sites and shopping guides, and displayed other characteristics of early adopters, including a stronger likelihood of owning a tablet device and accessing tech news, when compared to the average smartphone user. (more…)

comScore Releases April 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostMay 11, 2011Technologyaol, april, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, google sites, Microsoft, qsearch data, u.s. search marketplace, web search, yahoo search direct

RESTON, VA, May 11, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in April with 65.4 percent of search queries conducted.

The April 2011 qSearch data reflect the impact of Yahoo! Search Direct, Yahoo!’s new feature that delivers search results in real-time while users type their query. Yahoo! Search Direct was available only on Yahoo! U.S. Web Search for the month of April. (more…)

Microsoft to Acquire Skype

By Guest PostMay 10, 2011Technologyandreessen horowitz, cpp investment board, ebay, egon durban, europlay capital advisors, hotmail, joltid limited, kurt delbene, lync, messenger, Microsoft, microsoft acquisition of skype, microsoft ceo, neil stevens, outlook, silver lake, skype, skype ceo, steve ballmer, tony bates, xbox and kinect, xbox live

*Combined companies will benefit consumers, businesses and increase market opportunity.*

REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Skype, the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Skype.

The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype’s world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft’s existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services. (more…)

Orion Energy Systems Sees the Light, Moves Data to Windows Azure

By Guest PostMay 2, 2011Technologyenergy consumption data, intelite, jason young, Microsoft, microsoft sql azure, prashant ketkar, save energy, sensor and control solution, that orion energy systems, windows azure platform

*Energy-management company switches to cloud-based platform to provide customers with a robust, consolidated view of energy-usage data.*

REDMOND, Wash. — May 2, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Orion Energy Systems is using the Windows Azure platform to host InteLite, a sensor-and-control solution designed to help Orion customers save energy and control lighting costs. This move will enable building managers to view energy-consumption data from multiple facilities on the Windows Azure platform, while providing Orion with approximately a $57,000 savings each year in hardware, labor and maintenance costs. (more…)

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