Skype continues to spread itself to anything with a data connection, and while while we don’t expect this to be the last gaming device it’ll appear on, it’s certainly the first. Yes, the Microsoft-owned Skype is now available to download for free on the Sony-made PlayStation Vita and it’s capable of video calls from the [...]

Remember the unfortunate news that Skype’s new Windows Phone app wasn’t compatible with low-memory devices? Well, the app is now working fine with the incoming Nokia Lumia 610. After “some challenges early on”, Nokia tells us that the app is primed for use when the entry-level Windows Phone eventually hits Asian store at the end [...]

Reckoning it’s about time you replaced that copy of Windows 8 Consumer Preview? Microsoft is right there with you. According to the outfit’s Building Windows 8 Twitter account, the next major installment of Win8 is due out in “the first week of June,” with the Windows 8 Release Preview to hit the intertubes at that [...]

Five years ago, Microsoft reported revenue of $14.398 billion. They reported a profit of $6.589 billion. Last week, for the same quarter, Microsoft’s revenue was $17.407 billion. Their profit was $6… Tweet This Post

Microsoft announced an update to its SkyDrive service Monday. Among other features, Microsoft integrated the drive into Windows Explorer and Apple’s Finder so the drive works as an extension of your desktop, and added the ability to access files stored on your drive from the iPad as well as the iPhone and Windows Phone… Tweet [...]

Potential bad news to start out the week for Microsofties: a judge from the US International Trade Commission has issued a preliminary ruling that finds that five of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 patents infringe on those of Motorola’s… Tweet This Post

The 650 patents that Facebook acquired from Microsoft are “web-related” said a source with knowledge of the deal and listed some specific examples. The source said the portfolio includes patents related to: instant-messaging, e-commerce, LTE, mobile, handsets, search and advertising… Tweet This Post

Microsoft has updated its SkyDrive cloud storage and sharing app for Windows Phone — you know, the one that offers more free storage than a certain competitor. New features include a batch-select tool to make moving files around easier while on the go, the ability to directly manage folder permissions and the quick sharing of [...]

Facebook has signed an agreement to acquire $550 million in patents from Microsoft, the companies announced jointly Monday. The patents were part of the $1.065 billion in patents Microsoft purchased from AOL earlier this month… Tweet This Post

Facebook announced today that it will pay $550 million to Microsoft for the right to 650 patents and patent applications. Microsoft acquired those patents and hundreds of others in a deal with AOL earlier this month… Tweet This Post

SkyDrive, Microsoft’s online storage service, is one of the core elements of the company’s cloud strategy. Today, Microsoft is taking the wraps off a number of new SkyDrive apps, including a Dropbox-like desktop integration for Windows and Mac (OS X Lion only)… Tweet This Post

Skype’s fledgling Windows Phone app broke out of beta today, adding contact searching and landline calling to it’s VOIP repertoire. The update comes just shy of two months of the Beta’s introduction in February, and boasts a handful of minor improvements that should keep your calls connected… Tweet This Post