Monthly Archives: June 2012
BinaerForceOne´s take on Windows Phone 7.8 vs. Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 Developer Summit is finally over and has many early adopters who recently purchased a second generation device left unsatisfied, to say the least. As an early adopter myself who bought a Nokia Lumia 900 about 8 days ago I can fully understand the rage that is going through the community. But I [...]
Microsoft is preparing the real take-off of Windows Phone
Today at the SF Windows Phone Summit, Microsoft showed us a sneak peek how they are preparing the take-off of Windows Phone. First of all, according to Joe Belfiore, the following features are only a part. There will be more to come, as they did not show all consumer features. A shared core to break [...]
Windows 8 and Family Safety
Today my 10 year old son asked me when I will let him play around Windows 8. So I decided to set up an account for him. (This post will be a how-to mixed with my personal opinion.) First, I created an account for my son by going to control panel in the WinRT part [...]
Get a free Windows 8 tablet for your Xbox Live avatar!
Today I found out that you can have a new gadget for your Xbox Live avatar. I searched for accessories in the avatar marketplace on my Windows Phone, and found the “Internet Explorer 9 Tablet” prop. As you can see on the pictures, my avatar is very happy about his new gadget: That´s cool, right? [...]
Roundup of Xbox 360 E3 Event – a huge ecosystem to come by Microsoft
Today Microsoft hosted a 90 minute event at this year´s E3. They talked about several things to come to our Xbox and even to our smart devices. First I want to show off a list of all games that were presented by Microsoft and their partners: • Halo 4 • Forza Horizon • NHL Gamecenter Live • NBA GameTime [...]
How to turn on Bing maps traffic outside the US on Windows Phone
Recently Microsoft´s Bing-Team announced another achievement in the collaboration with Nokia. Bing Maps is now using Nokia´s Backend for Traffic and Geocoding. As a Windows Phone user, I wanted to test this also on my Windows Phone. And sadly, as I am outside the US, it did not show up. So I contacted Bing Germany [...]
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