According to a press release published earlier today, Microsoft has closed and finalized its acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion with approval from both company’s board of directors and regulation committees from around the world.
Reputable research outfit NPD has released its latest console stats which indicate that Microsoft's Xbox 360 has dominated for 15 of the last 16 months in terms of unit sales - very impressive statistics indeed.
It's a move that's been on the cards for some time now, but Microsoft has finally confirmed the death of the Zune HD, with the company instead set to focus entirely on Windows Phone as their sole mobile and video strategy.
It's all go right now in the world of Windows Phone and Xbox 360, and Microsoft's announcements just keep on coming.
Demoed officially earlier this year at E3, the Metro-style Xbox 360 Dashboard Update for 2011 has been caught being browsed through in a leaked video which you can watch after the jump!
According to a report published today, Apple makes more revenue from their iDevices than all of Microsoft’s products put together. Surprised?
Microsoft and Samsung have signed a cross-licensing patent deal which will allow both companies to share patents for use in products, Redmond Pie has learned.
Having quick access to connectivity settings like WiFi, Bluetooth, Data and GPS isn’t available on mobile operating systems like iOS (unless you jailbreak) or Windows Phone 7, but we came across an interesting app today - for Windows Phone - that allows users to place different network toggles on their homescreen in the form of tiles.
A Developer Preview of Windows 8 was put up for download by Microsoft a couple of weeks ago after the company demoed the OS on a variety of devices, including a Samsung tablet at their BUILD 2011 conference. Since then, we’ve published plenty of guides to aid you in your testing of the upcoming OS and today we’ll talk about how you can actually make your own Developer Preview tablet.
In a report published today, it appears that Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphones are tracking and sending location data to online servers without the user’s consent.

