Google Wants To Take 90% Of Office Users From Microsoft
Amit Singh, a Google VP and head of its enterprise unit declare that in 2013 Google will take over 90% of Office users from Microsoft. He wanted to show Microsoft how simple and better Google Apps is compared to Office.
Singh said:
We know the gaps between our features and theirs. We’re improving them week by week. We’re going to get to the the 90 percent.
Nokia Plans To Debut New Windows RT Tablet
Nokia plans to reveal the new Windows RT tablet at the 2013 Mobile World Congress. Nokia will be producing a 10-inch display tablet utilizing the Windows RT operating system used in the Microsoft Surface.
In January 2013, Microsoft will release the Surface with Windows 8 Pro. The starting price of the Windows 8 Pro tablet starts at $899 for the 64GB model and $999 for the 128GB model.
Microsoft Going Social With Socl
Microsoft is now dabbling in social network by launching Socl which looks like a cross between Pinterest and Facebook. Socl allows users to create visual posts and it runs on Microsoft’s search engine Bing. Users with Facebook or Microsoft Live account can sign in.
Here are some of the features:
- Posts. Viewing the rapid feed on Socl is faster and, well, just better. The home screen is all about the beautiful posts you create (often in just seconds, using the new post creator!). You can choose to see the posts two-columned or three, so it’s less likely you’ll miss out on anything. And now you can see the posts even if you are not signed in or are new to Socl.
- Interests. The crowd-sourced interest gallery is more discoverable, helping you socialize with like-minded people over topics you care about.
- People/Me. People finding and following can be done via posts, the new people gallery, or from a person’s page. Everyone on Socl has an updated page where profile information, posts, interests, people and parties can be viewed together in one place. Check out your “me page” today, or if you’re new to Socl, sign in and we’ll create a page for you.
- Parties. Create a playlist and watch videos with others in Socl, and chat together as you watch.
XBox 720 Out In December 2013
Microsoft may be releasing the next gen XBox 720 console in December 2013. There have been speculations that Microsoft will release this information at E3 2013 in summer and do a release after.
Xbox World Magazine previously revealed Microsoft’s next gen console XBox 720. The new console will feature augmented reality headsets, innovative controller, blu-ray discs, directional sound and the next version of the Kinect 2.0. It will also have CPU that features four hardware cores, each divided into four logical cores.
XBox 720 Revealed Featuring Kinect 2 And Augmented Reality Glases
Xbox World Magazine revealed Microsoft’s next gen console XBox 720. The new console will feature augmented reality headsets, innovative controller, blu-ray discs, directional sound and the next version of the Kinect 2.0. It will also have CPU that features four hardware cores, each divided into four logical cores.
Halo 4 Sold $220M In Its First 24 Hours
Microsoft cash cow Halo 4 video game made history by selling more than $220 million units in its first 24 hours. Halo 4 had 4 million players in its first four days, spending 31.4 million hours playing the game and pushing total game play hours for the series past 5 billion hours. These are all good insights and data for Microsoft
Halo 4,XBox 360 game came out on November 6. Halo 4 marks the return of the Master Chief, as a playable protagonist for the first time since 2007′s Halo 3. Having been lost in space since the finale of Halo 3, Master Chief and Cortana, adrift aboard the wreckage of the UNSC frigate Forward Unto Dawn, find themselves near a mysterious Forerunner planet. A key plot point will involve changes to Cortana and how her exposure to Halo and her operation beyond her natural lifespan may have contributed to her becoming “rampant”, a mental state of aged AIs akin to insanity, and which normally results in the ‘death’ of the AI. The campaign will mainly take place on the artificial forerunner planet of Requiem.
JoyStiq (100/100): The developer launches the best kind of protest, which is to wave an impressive, throbbing shooter in your face. Trust me, you want this.
IGN (98/100): Halo 4 is a masterstroke everyone can and should celebrate, and its two guaranteed sequels instantly make the next-generation Xbox a must-own system, with Halo 5 its most anticipated title. Halo has been rebuilt. It has been redefined. And it has been reinvigorated. The Xbox’s original king has returned to his rightful place on the throne.
Game Informer (93/100): Halo 4 is a thrilling adventure, and takes the science fiction franchise headlong into the future. The magic formula is intact, but the new development team isn’t afraid to put its own signature features into play, assuring that Halo is on a path to growth instead of stagnation.
Gamespot (90/100): Every bit the massive shooter package that its predecessors were, and it holds the series’ standard high. The thrilling and emotional return of Master Chief and Cortana is the highlight, and the campaign breaks new ground in narrative quality for the franchise. The top-notch competitive multiplayer picks up where Halo: Reach left off, infusing the action with some mainstream elements while still remaining undeniably unique.
Buy Halo 4 from PlayAsia for $82.90 (XBox 360)
Buy Xbox 360 Slim Console (320GB) Halo 4 Limited Edition from PlayAsia for $699
Microsoft Building XBox Surface Gaming Tablet
Microsoft is reportedly building the XBox Surface gaming tablet which rumoured to feature a 7-inch tablet that incorporate a custom ARM processor as well as high-bandwidth RAM suitable for gaming tasks, 288MB of RLDRAM 2 and a screen resolution of 1280 x 720. Xbox Surface will likely be manufactured inside Microsoft offices in Silicon Valley to keep in under tight secrecy. Time will tell where and when this will be announced by Microsoft.
Microsoft Ditches Messenger Live For Skype
Microsoft has replaced Messenger Life with Skype. The giant software company paid $8.5bn for Skype. Windows Live Messenger launched at 1999 will be turned off by March 2013 worldwide, with the exception of China. To ease the transition, Microsoft is offering a tool to migrate WLM messenger contacts over.
Halo 4 Rated Highly
Halo 4,XBox 360 game will be out November 6. Halo 4 marks the return of the Master Chief, as a playable protagonist for the first time since 2007′s Halo 3. Having been lost in space since the finale of Halo 3, Master Chief and Cortana, adrift aboard the wreckage of the UNSC frigate Forward Unto Dawn, find themselves near a mysterious Forerunner planet. A key plot point will involve changes to Cortana and how her exposure to Halo and her operation beyond her natural lifespan may have contributed to her becoming “rampant”, a mental state of aged AIs akin to insanity, and which normally results in the ‘death’ of the AI. The campaign will mainly take place on the artificial forerunner planet of Requiem.
JoyStiq (100/100): The developer launches the best kind of protest, which is to wave an impressive, throbbing shooter in your face. Trust me, you want this.
IGN (98/100): Halo 4 is a masterstroke everyone can and should celebrate, and its two guaranteed sequels instantly make the next-generation Xbox a must-own system, with Halo 5 its most anticipated title. Halo has been rebuilt. It has been redefined. And it has been reinvigorated. The Xbox’s original king has returned to his rightful place on the throne.
Game Informer (93/100): Halo 4 is a thrilling adventure, and takes the science fiction franchise headlong into the future. The magic formula is intact, but the new development team isn’t afraid to put its own signature features into play, assuring that Halo is on a path to growth instead of stagnation.
Gamespot (90/100): Every bit the massive shooter package that its predecessors were, and it holds the series’ standard high. The thrilling and emotional return of Master Chief and Cortana is the highlight, and the campaign breaks new ground in narrative quality for the franchise. The top-notch competitive multiplayer picks up where Halo: Reach left off, infusing the action with some mainstream elements while still remaining undeniably unique.
Buy Halo 4 from PlayAsia for $82.90 (XBox 360)
Buy Xbox 360 Slim Console (320GB) Halo 4 Limited Edition from PlayAsia for $699
Microsoft Explains The Logic Behind Windows 8 Phone Home Screen
Wondering how Microsoft layout the live tiles on the new Windows 8 Phone home screen? Not to worry, Microsoft is going to tell the story behind the design in a blog post.
From Microsoft blog:
Windows Phone replaces the static, do-nothing icons found on competitors’ home screens with an innovation we call Live Tiles. Customizable and constantly refreshed, Live Tiles provide up-to-the-instant info and updates on whatever you most care about (or app developers make possible). Live Tiles are popular because they’re alive with the content people care about, so let’s find ways to squeeze even more of them onto Start. People care about some things they pin to Start more than others, so let’s make it possible to reflect this visually. How can we make the Start screen even more distinctive?
