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It’s Official, Microsoft Acquires Makers of Minecraft for $2.5 Billion

Tim September 15, 2014 34

Made official early this morning, Microsoft is set to purchase Mojang, the makers of Minecraft, for a smooth $2.5 billion dollars. In Minecraft, a survival sandbox game, players must forge and build whatever they see in their imaginations, using blocks that...

OneDrive Receives Minor Update, Brings PIN Protection and Business Sign-In

Kyle August 28, 2014 1

As far as cloud storage goes, you could do worse than OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive). Sure, it isn't Drive or Dropbox, but if you are inextricably tied to the Windows ecosystem, it certainly gets the job done. That isn't to say it could not use a few...

RIP Nokia X Running Android

Tim July 17, 2014 41

Along with the news of major layoffs at Nokia, Microsoft has stated that there will be no more intermingling between the Nokia X lineup of devices and Google's Android. Going forward, the Nokia X lineup will be Lumia devices, set to run Windows. While it was...

Microsoft Releases Climatology, a Weather App for Climate Geeks

Kyle July 11, 2014 25

Budding meteorologists, take note - Microsoft's Climatology app is chock-full of esoteric weather information that will have you geeking out for hours. Leveraging technology developed by Microsoft Research, the app is a portal to a vast trove of data,...

Microsoft Opens OneNote Beta for Android

Kyle July 11, 2014 8

Microsoft is the latest high-profile company to embrace the Play Store's beta feature with OneNote. OneNote is a lot like Evernote - you can record audio, video, picture, and text notes, format them to your liking, and sync them across multiple platforms, like...

Report: Microsoft Smartwatch Incoming, Will Work With Android Phones

Kellen May 29, 2014 39

According to sources of Forbes, Microsoft is working on a smartwatch that will work with not only Windows Phone devices, but Android phones and iPhones too. The report speculates that the watch could be here as soon as this summer to compete in a wearable...

Microsoft Makes Office Mobile Free to Download, Looks to Move in On Google Drive

Eric March 27, 2014 41

Even though a lot of us have invested in the Google ecosystem for our document creating and editing, Microsoft Office is still a giant in the game. Up until today, editing and sharing Office documents through mobile wasn't accessible or it cost money if you...

Microsoft Looks to Build New Platform to Bring Xbox Live to Android

Tim March 3, 2014 13

According to a recent job listing by Microsoft, and sources close to the project, the company hopes to release an Xbox Live-like gaming platform for Android and iOS. As of right now, Xbox Live handles in-game achievements, finding friends who game, matchmaking...