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Microsoft’s Steady Comeback Has Begun

Microsoft was in bad shape when CEO Steve Ballmer left this year. It was very fiscally healthy, but it had failed twice in two years to release a successful tablet despite billions spent on marketing. Microsoft’s Windows phones picked up only a fraction of the global smartphone market. Microsoft’s most lucrative products, the  Office Suite and Windows, faced steep competition from Google’s own offerings. Over the past decade, Microsoft...

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Microsoft Fixed The Timelapse

Meaningful innovation is not Microsoft’s strong suit. Still, one of Microsoft’s latest research projects has done amazing things to improve one of my favorite types of video – the timelapse. The results of this little science project, are absolutely artful, and magnificent. How They Did It Microsoft engineers have created an algorithm for turning choppy, bumpy timelapse videos into smooth, beautiful, flowing timelapses. The...

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Modern Family And Microsoft Go a bit Wild with the Product Placement

Microsoft must have paid Modern Family a lot of money for the rights to product placement, because in one screenshot, I found eight products placed, from a Windows tablet, to a Surface-like tablet, to Windows laptops. Seriously, it’s a barrage of Windows Products. It’s the best marketing I’ve seen from Microsoft in recent years. Especially compared to their awful TV ads. Check it out...

iPhone 5S Vs Nokia Lumia 1020: An Objective Comparison

Everyone has compared the new iPhone 5S to the 5C, the Samsung Galaxy SIIII, and the nexus 4, but nobody has really compared it to Nokia’s Lumia 1020 Windows phone… until now. Design Both phones are rather beautiful in their own way. The Lumia 1020 is vibrant, boxy, and minimalist with a punch. The iPhone 5S is smooth, premium in look and feel, and...

Microsoft Buys Nokia (sort of): A Caveman Could Have Predicted This

In a move that literally anyone not living on a remote island in the middle of the atlantic could have predicted, Microsoft bought Nokia’s devices and services division. Essentially, Nokia kept its profitable corporate products, while Microsoft bought the division behind the infamous Lumia 920, Lumia 1020, and other Windows phone devices. Engadget is reporting the deal to be worth around $4.9 billion. Why...