Kim Dotcom’s Mega cloud storage exits beta, secure messaging and video chat …

The feds may have taken Megaupload to the big cloud storage facility in the sky, but Kim Dotcom’s followup Mega is going strong and now out of beta. That official launch includes a new web UI with tweaks focused on making everything faster and more efficient, including local caching that…

Posted on: November 7, 2013 9:00 am

Timehop Adds Friend Messaging To Its iOS App

Timehop has released new updates for its iOS app bringing in ways to better communicate with those friends that were with you in those special moments days, months, or even years ago. With Messages, it turns the service away from just a read-only app, but into more of a social…

Posted on: November 7, 2013 9:00 am

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Problem with Microsoft Exchange

Here is a message from a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 user who is experiencing a problem in accessing his email under Microsoft Exchange: "I have been seeing your posting for solutions to issues faced by note 2 users and I appreciate it. I also have an issue. I have my office First,…

Posted on: November 7, 2013 9:00 am

Spencer: Microsoft “starting to look at bigger and core gamer things” for PC

Too little too late? Microsoft Studios’ Phil Spencer has admitted the company "lost our way a bit in supporting Windows games," with the disastrous experiment of Games for Windows Live ending in 2014. However VP Spencer declares: "…we’re back." Windows is "incredibly important," and so we’ll be seeing "more stuff on…

Posted on: November 7, 2013 9:00 am

The New Mac Operating System Works Very Poorly With Gmail

AppleApple recently put out Mavericks, a new version of its operating system for Macs. It sounds like installing it will cause you some headaches if you are a certain kind of Gmail user the kind that prefers to use Apple’s default "Mail" app and not the Gmail website. Quoting Joe…

Posted on: November 7, 2013 9:00 am

Games For Windows Live Removal Causes Headache for Some Batman …

A post on Steam this morning reveals that if you purchased Batman Arkham Asylum or Batman: Arkham City through anywhere other than Steam then you will have to jump through a few hoops to have the games maintain their functionality and you may have to start playing the aforementioned games…

Posted on: November 6, 2013 7:00 pm

How to avoid ‘Reply All’ email blunders

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 06, 2013, 18:24 Sydney: With so less time to manage the pile of emails stuffed in one’s account, it is but obvious for the ‘reply all’ email blunder to happen leading to disastrous consequences, and people must be really alert while hitting the send button. ‘Reply all’ disasters are…

Posted on: November 6, 2013 7:00 pm

SharePoint Shops Eying Windows Azure as Office 365 Alternative

A vast majority of Redmond magazine readers are holding off on moving their SharePoint infrastructures to the cloud and the small portion that are typically opt for Office 365. However a growing number of those planning on running SharePoint in the cloud are looking at Windows Azure at the expense To…

Posted on: November 6, 2013 7:00 pm

Microsoft lost its way “supporting Windows games” says Spencer, promises core …

Microsoft Studios VP Phil Spencer has admitted the company "lost our way a bit in supporting Windows games," promising the company will be "doing more stuff" on Windows. Speaking with Shacknews during the Xbox One pre-launch showcase, Spencer said the company has more individual projects in the works for Windows…

Posted on: November 6, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft results come in time of uncertainty

By Rex Crum, MarketWatch Panos Panay of Microsoft Corp. unveils the Surface Pro 2 tablet computer in New York, on Sept. 23, 2013. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) When Microsoft Corp. last reported quarterly earnings, on July 18, the software giant had only just implemented its massive corporate restructuring plan, the effects of which weren’t But…

Posted on: November 6, 2013 2:00 pm