Microsoft debuts new Surface Pro commercial at the Grammy’s–fails to explain the product

Selling a product is more than just telling people how awesome it is. You need an emotional connection as well. And the new Surface Pro commercial that debuted tonight seems to hit the emotional side hard. It’s hip and trendy and spirited. But if you don’t now what a Surface Pro is you’ll probably say … Read more

Curiosaurus – a 3D Windows Phone kids version of Rush Hour with dinos (free)

If you have kids then you know the game Rush Hour – the logic games where cars are stuck and you need to move the cars to get the red one out. There’s a new free game for Windows Phones called Curiosaurus that’s awesome.  It’s the same basis rules however instead of cars they are … Read more

Fact: MBA with 128GB and Surface Pro 128GB have the same free storage space

Ed Bott did something we’re not used to on these here interwebs- fact checking. After all of the faux outrage over free disc space on the Surface Pro, he checked what’s available on the MBA with the same specs. So you know, the Surface ships with the recovery saved on the hard drive but you … Read more

Microsoft needs to be better at recycling their own code and ideas

It’s getting a bit frustrating on the sidelines here. Microsoft has some great ideas and then releases something new that ignores or destroys the past as though that never happened or only releases it for one of its product lines. A few quick examples: – Everything good that Zune software had to offer was killed … Read more