Windows Phone Turns 15: A Retrospective
Experience the bold vision of Windows Phone’s 15th anniversary! Discover its innovative design and Microsoft’s ambitious leap into the mobile world.
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Goodbye Old Friend
It’s time to say goodbye to an old friend. I purchased my ASUS i7-7th Gen desktop for $800 in July 2017. At the time it was cutting edge with a new processor, a 2TB hard drive, and 16GB of RAM. Over the past seven years I’ve pushed it to, and sometimes beyond its limit though … Read more
Microsoft releasing the Surface RT round 2
Apparently, Microsoft didn’t learn anything from their Surface RT models several years ago. Windows on ARM processors were supposed to be the next big thing in mobile devices. Turns out forking windows into ever increasing divisions has not produced the windfall they had hoped. This time, it might be even worse. Many years ago, rumors … Read more
DuoLingo is better on Windows Phone
I don’t have many apps, mainly because they suck. Not just on windows phones but speaking more generally. Having to dive through dozens of apps for things has never been something I want to deal with. I don’t think I’ve ever had more than a dozen (not including games) apps on my phones. To my … Read more
A view from the desktop.
Everyone keeps saying my good friend, the desktop computer, is going the way of the dinosaur. With phones and tablets, and now some weird mis-mash of lap… tab… things the surface spawned there are more ways to get things done outside sitting at a desk than ever before. I think the desktop, as powerful and … Read more
The kinect is dead.
Microsoft is putting a lot of hardware out to pasture recently. Windows phones are officially a bust. Now the Kinect is also on the chopping block. Sales definitely did not reflect the better of the two products, of that I’m sure, but let’s not speak ill of the dead and instead share a few fond … Read more
Android’s Minecraft app recruiting children for botnet army. Enlist today!
Yeah, your kids. The ones you attempt to shelter from the big bad world outside. If they’ve been playing Minecraft on their Android phones dressed as a thief, and a host of other basically worthless skins, they could be contributing to botnet attacks by the millions. Symantec, known for its horrible pc breaking anti-virus Norton, … Read more
The Windows Phone Failed Experiment
You know what Windows Phone and Civil American Political Discourse now have in common? Well two things. Obviously, they’re both dead and they pretty much got worse as time went along. Long time windows shepherd, Joe Belfiore took to twitter to torment the three people who still have windows phones on Sunday, letting me, Jimski, and … Read more
Groove Music Now Partners With Spotify (MobilityLeaks)
Jimski: I presume this is real and not spam. So Microsoft is divesting themselves of their music service? Are they buying Spotify? Or is this another move away from typical consumers and mobile platforms. I already got my Groove renewal email, which occurs on November 1st. Wonder how they will handle that. Does Spotify even … Read more
Bill Gates Now Uses an Android Phone
My Microsoft Lumia 950 is sucking wind right now. My specific phone is 14 months old (dropped the original at Home Depot – broke everything). But the model is, well…..old. Working ok, but I am getting these occasional freezes, that sometime take 5 to 10 seconds to recover. Waiting for news of the mystical Surface … Read more
Microsoft Defends Surface Tablet From Poor Consumer Reports Findings
Anecdotal yes. But my Surface Book is the best, most stable laptop I have every owned. And my Surface 3 has been completely trouble free, for more than two years. If I had a direct need for its unique feature, I would buy a Surface Studio in a heartbeat. Guess the survey is the result … Read more
Why Microsoft: Windows 10 Desktop / OneDrive Sync
Between Christmas and New Years 2016, I decided it was time to fully embrace the Cloud. I was inspired by an article I read on Windows Phone Central earlier in the month (link below). The plan was to sync all of my desktop folders with OneDrive, so they could be accessed and updated on … Read more