metro

At CES, Control Your Computer Screen With Your “Gaze”

Lauren Goode in News on January 5 at 5:15 am PT

Mouse? Trackpad? Touchscreen? Who needs them? Just use your eyeballs!

Andy Lees: Highlights From AsiaD (Video)

Beth Callaghan in AsiaD on October 20, 2011 at 1:31 am PT

Andy Lees, president of the Microsoft’s Windows Phone division, is enthusiastic about the future for Windows Phone 7.

Even Microsoft’s Analyst Meeting Looks Like the New Windows (Enjoy the Slideware)

Ina Fried in News on September 14, 2011 at 1:36 pm PT

The Metro look is spreading throughout the company faster than the Melissa virus on a room full of unpatched PCs.

Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2011: It’s a Windows World After All!

Kara Swisher in News on September 14, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

AllThingsD‘s Ina Fried and I are being held hostage by nefarious Microsoft PR chieftain Frank Shaw in a soul-sapping ballroom in Anaheim, Calif. — within spitting distance of Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride — for the software giant’s annual meeting with Wall Street peeps.

Viral Video: Silicon Valley May Now Officially Blame Larry Kramer for BoomTown

Kara Swisher in News on May 11, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

Larry Kramer, the online journalism pioneer and persistent gadfly, finally took credit where credit is certainly due, in a story he tells of giving me my big break way back in the dark ages. In a video interview with Beet.TV recently, Kramer claims I “scared” him into giving me a stringer job at the Washington Post in the early 1980s. That does sound like me.

Yahoo Finally Rolls Out New Homepage to the Masses–and, Drum Roll, It's Good (Plus Screenshots)

Kara Swisher in News on July 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm PT

Although it’s not news that Yahoo was readying a new version of its homepage and has spent a lot of time doing so–in fact, it’s gone all Handy Manny with a whole lot of test renovations–the Internet giant begins the massive rollout of it tomorrow. The official launch of what was code-named “Metro,” which Yahoo had previously said was coming in the fall, will take place on an opt-in “beta” basis for the hundreds of millions of users in the U.S. and will be extended to France, the U.K. and India later this week. The change is an important one for Yahoo, since its front page–one of the most trafficked on the Web–is perhaps its most powerful calling card to users and advertisers, as well as to Wall Street. Here are the details and also an interview about it all with Yahoo SVP Tapan Bhat, as well as screenshots of the new page.

Hang On, It's Going to Be a Bumpy Night: Yahoo Earnings Tomorrow, Microsoft Earnings Thursday

Kara Swisher in News on July 20, 2009 at 11:30 am PT

Yahoo and Microsoft are still seriously talking about a search and partnership deal, never-ending discussions that might or might not come to fruition. But most investors will be focused on real results this week, as both tech giants report quarterly earnings. Yahoo reports tomorrow, while Microsoft clocks in Thursday. But, after a ho-hum performance last week from Google, Wall Street is not expecting much from either, as the econalypse continues to take its toll on financial performance.