Yesterday I was with a colleague at Hannover (Germany), to visit the CeBIT fair of this year. We started there in the morning, looking around what is new and cool. The first things we looked at wh...

With the release of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, it was only a matter of time that Microsoft releases some new SDKs to us developers. We are starting with the Bing Maps SDK. Bing Maps SDK for W...

Yesterday at CeBIT in Germany, Kevin Turner (COO of Microsoft), told us how Windows 8 is ready for business use right from the start. He explicitly invited IT pros to test the recently announced Wi...

This was the motto today on Microsoft´s CeBit opening press conference. It was all about Metro. Ralph Haupter, General Manager at Microsoft Germany, explained what this means for Microsoft: ...

Yesterday I was all day playing around with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (W8CP) as many of us. Today I wanted to get a bit more serious and tried to install the Windows Phone SDK. Once downlo...

Today I want to give a sneak preview of what we can expect from Microsoft this year. Several dates are just fixed: January 10-13: CES This will be Microsoft´s last appearance on the Consumer Ele...

With the end of the year just around the corner, I want to take a look back to an amazing year for me as a Microsoft fan. There were certainly ups and downs, but over all it was a great year – as u...

With the release of Windows Phone Mango Microsoft issued also two new Feedback programs. First I want to have al look on the developer-part: Microsoft created a userchoice.com-site for developers...

First I want to excuse for not posting in the last few days. I have catched an ugly otitis media, which tears me really down. Now over to the reason for this post: I want to wish all of you a Merr...

Just a few weeks ago I wrote about how the GEMA cuts the user experience in Germany. Today, the GEMA and BITKOM announced that they finally reached an agreement for internet music services. The Fe...