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Tweet In February 2010, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7. Six years on, we look back through the history of the OS, the decisions that led to its present state, and what – if anything – still lies ahead. Read more… Neowin

Tweet How could Google Glass change advertising? Well, today it was revealed that there might be a “pay per glaze” style of advertising. Here I talk with Sahil Jain, CEO of AdStage, about the future of advertising. Interesting conversation. Interesting conversation about what advertising might look like on Google Glass. By the way, the photo here is from my brother’s bar. I believe his is the first bar to welcome…

Tweet As we all know, some of the best ideas come when they are least expected. For me, the epiphany came just as I turned into my driveway; how fortunate that I was moving very slowly at that point, as it was a bobby dazzler of a thought. Insight often comes through one of three routes: aggregation, extrapolation or conversation (for the record the last is often the most useful…

Tweet Maybe that forced change from SkyDrive to OneDrive got things rolling, or perhaps new CEO Satya Nadella really is shaking things up at Microsoft, but there seems to be a newfound interest in beginning anew. That apparently includes name changes, from all over the company. The latest tidbit, coming from the sharp eyes of Surur over at WMPowerUser.com, notes the name “Windows Mobile” has been popping up in Microsoft…

Tweet When Google acquired Softcard, Windows Phone users were left without a mobile payment system. Luckily, it looks like something might be on the horizon and it could be directly from Microsoft. Read more… Neowin