Google announced today that it has finally added explicit support for multiple calendars in Windows Phone 7.5. So if you're using Google Calendar on Windows Phone, it's now much easier to access all of your calendars and not just the primary calendar as before.
more Microsoft this week began a new "Must Have Games" campaign that will see the release of a new slate of Xbox LIVE games for Windows Phone that will run through the entire month of February. And there are some great-looking games on the way, though those familiar with mobile gaming will recognize that a few of these were previously available on iOS and Android.
more Nokia announced its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011. And while the press will focus largely on the company's continued attempts to turn things around, there was some good news to report as well.
more Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested yesterday that Windows Phone was part of a three-way race in the smart phone market. Why would he say this, given Windows Phone's market share? Was this a show of respect? Or just a subtle form of subterfuge?
more According to a study that was sponsored by Google, consumer usage of smartphones and tablets is on the rise, which should be fairly obvious to just about anyone. But the study also notes that increased smartphone and tablet usage has not caused consumers to abandon the personal computer. In fact, most of these users are comfortable using multiple device types, and far more smartphone users also use PCs rather than tablets at the moment.
more In this edition of the mailbag: the lack of an Archive button in Hotmail, why corporations sometimes still choose Blackberry, getting email count in Windows Phone, Windows 8 Storage Spaces and ReFS, my attempts to be dumber, Nook vs. Kindle, and fixing a Windows 7/Windows 8 dual-boot issue.
more This week on What The Tech: Andrew and Paul play a game of what they would do if they were in charge of a certain company. But first, RIM announces that co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie will step down, and a new CEO will take over. Paul explains what RIM needs to do in order to be competitive. Andrew goes over what he would do if he ran Apple. Andrew also runs down what he would do if he was the CEO of Amazon, Netflix, and Samsung. Paul takes charge of Google, Dell, and Microsoft.
more While Microsoft already offers a nice Hotmail app for Android, it wasn't optimized for the Kindle Fire (and, as I've discovered, doesn't work on Android 3.x tablets or the Android 4-based Samsung Galaxy Nexus). This week, however, the software giant took the next step in its ongoing effort of making its Hotmail service more accessible on mobile platforms, starting with a version specifically designed for the Fire.
more Apple proved that it's still the master of its domain, posting a net profit of $13 billion on record revenue of $46.3 billion for the most recent quarter, with an astonishing gross margin of almost 45 percent.
more As part of my annual New Year's resolutions, I've been cleaning my home office, and I've discovered all kinds of data storage mediums and devices that I've put off erasing -- until now.
more While most PC users are probably familiar with the concept of hardware peripherals based on technologies such as USB, there's a new generation of hardware coming to tomorrow's Windows-based devices that borrows some ideas from the smartphone world. Called sensors, these hardware components will help Windows 8 devices interact in exciting new ways with the outside world, and today Microsoft provided a hint about how Windows 8 combines some sensor data into a cohesive single interface.
more Microsoft confirmed today that it has canceled the MIX web and phone developer show and will replace it with an as-yet-unnamed and unscheduled new developer conference. The news confirms rumors that MIX was dead, with many feeling that Microsoft would (or at least should) provide a second BUILD conference this year.
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