15 posts and columns on build

Windows 8’s Answer to the Mac App Store Comes Into Focus Tuesday

in Mobile on December 5, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Microsoft plans to offer up more details on the built-in marketplace that will be part of Windows 8. Here are the key questions expected to be answered at this week’s San Francisco event.
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Microsoft Employee Who Tweeted About Unreleased Nokia Windows Phone Now an Ex-Employee

in Mobile on September 20, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT

It turns out that sharing details about your company’s biggest partner’s unreleased products isn’t good. Also not good: Sharing your impressions of what you don’t like about the product.
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Ballmer: 500,000 Downloads of Windows 8 Since Last Night

in News on September 14, 2011 at 10:34 am PT

Microsoft’s CEO makes a surprise appearance at the company’s developer conference in Anaheim to tout the company’s new direction with Windows 8.
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Windows 8 Shows Its Server Side

in Enterprise on September 14, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

Redmond says the server version of Windows 8 is heavily influenced by what the company has learned in running Windows Azure, the cloud-based operating system in Microsoft’s data centers.
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Boys and Their Toys: Developers Rush to Get Windows 8 Tablets

in Mobile on September 13, 2011 at 10:11 pm PT

The scene looked more like the running of the bulls in Pamplona than a tech conference, as Build conference attendees scrambled to get the Samsung slates being given to developers.
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What We Just Learned About Windows 8

in News on September 13, 2011 at 9:05 am PT

Microsoft has already previewed the look of Windows 8 and said it will run on both ARM and Intel/AMD chips. On Tuesday, Microsoft is revealing far more about the operating system.
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Microsoft Details Windows 8 at Build Conference in Anaheim

in Mobile on September 13, 2011 at 8:29 am PT

Speaking to thousands of developers, top Windows executives make their case for a huge revamp of the operating system designed to make it better suited to run on a range of different devices.
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Gearing Up for Microsoft’s Big Week

in Mobile on September 12, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Redmond is due to offer its first detailed look at Windows 8 and make its case to developers and Wall Street at a conference in Anaheim, Calif.
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Windows 8 Gets Ready for Its Big Debut

in News on September 10, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

After giving a sneak peek at D9, Microsoft is ready to make its big reveal at a developer conference in Anaheim next week.
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Twitter: Nope, We're Not Testing a Self-Serve Ad Platform (Yet)

in Media on January 26, 2011 at 10:46 am PT

Twitter does indeed plan to roll out a self-serve ad platform this year. But it hasn’t done so yet, isn’t testing one and has yet to build the thing. So says Twitter, which is publicly calling out a MediaPost report that says otherwise.

Analyst: All the iPad Contenders Are Pretenders

in Mobile, January 10, 2011 at 12:23 pm PT

Exclusive: High-Profile Hires for Palm–Nokia’s Ari Jaaksi and Samsung’s Victoria Coleman

in News, October 14, 2010 at 5:48 pm PT

First-Gen Apple TV: $237 in Parts; Second-Gen Apple TV: $64 in Parts

in News, October 6, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Nokia’s Ari Jaaksi: MeeGo Home Now

in News, October 5, 2010 at 7:01 am PT