Nokia has started shipping the N9, its first and last smartphone based on the MeeGo operating system, the company said. MeeGo is one of the operating systems Nokia decided to forsake in February when it announced plans to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone as its primary operating system for smartphones. The other operating system Nokia nixed was Symbian. Four months...

Microsoft made the latest version of its mobile phone software available to handset partners as it seeks to claw back market share from Apple and Google. The Redmond, Washington-based personal computer software powerhouse said the update to its Windows Phone operating system, code-named “Mango,” features over 500 new features and faster browsing with Internet...

In a partnership with Skype, Facebook added a video calling feature to its page.  Facebook’s new video calling feature allows users to click on a video icon within Facebook’s chat window. If a user doesn’t have the Skype app already enabled, he or she can download it within 30 seconds and be up and running, executives said. But whether Skype will require...

Skype has partnered with Comcast to offer its video-calling service over any subscriber’s HDTV. Comcast customers will be able to use the service through a kit that includes an adaptor box, video camera and special remote control that will also let Comcast customers text on Skype. Comcast Corp. is the parent company of NBCUniversal and NBC10. Anyway, this collaboration...

Microsoft has acquired Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion with 170 million active users from an investor group led by Silver Lake. Skype is Microsoft’s latest bid to diversify its business. The acquisition is Microsoft’s largest, surpassing the purchase of AQuantive Inc. for about $6 billion in 2007. During a news conference in San Francisco, Microsoft...

Microsoft officially released Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its Web browser, with new privacy features. It is much advanced. So users, you just have a try on it. You can feel that difference now. It’s speedier, more user-friendly and has enough additional improvements to coax any user to download the browser and use it. One of the biggest issues with...

“Oh Microsoft IE6, this is the time to say adieu to you,” If you see such a sentence what will you think first? You will definitely think that some rivals of Microsoft are coming up with such a brain washing campaign. Am I right? But you are mistaken. It is Microsoft itself who came with such a statement. In their company blog Steve Clayton, Director of cloud strategy...

‘Connecting People’ is the slogan of Nokia. But we are getting some rumors that; we can also use ‘connecting Microsoft’, instead of ‘connecting people’. Confused right? According to rumors sparked by some comments made by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, Microsoft and Nokia could collaborate to bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia’s smartphones. So, how about that? Microsoft...

Duke nukem forever, the long awaited next installment in the babes, bullets and booms game will be released on 6 May internationally and in the US a couple of days before then. 2K Games and Gearbox Software announced about this in a press meet. To celebrate this announcement the companies have released two new screenshots and a debut trailer that clocks in at a fantastic...