je.st
news
Tag: windows coming
BBM coming to Windows Phone, Nokia X
2014-02-24 13:57:20| InfoWorld: Top News
BlackBerry's mobile messaging service BBM will be available for Windows Phone and Nokia X users this summer, the company announced Monday during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Windows apps and desktop are coming to Chrome OS, thanks to Google and VMware
2014-02-13 14:18:54| Extremetech
Google, acknowledging that "many of our customers still use traditional desktop applications" has teamed up with VMWare to bring the Windows desktop and apps to Chrome OS. Apparently 21% of commercial laptop sales in the US last year were Chromebooks -- and with Windows XP soon to be retired, Google and VMware think it's prime time you make the jump to Chrome OS.
Tags: to
google
windows
coming
Windows 9 coming in 2015, will try its hardest to distance itself from the Windows 8 train wreck
2014-01-13 18:22:38| Extremetech
To distance itself from the Windows 8 snafu, Microsoft's next major update -- Threshold -- will reportedly skip Windows 8.2 and jump straight to Windows 9. Windows 9 is expected to arrive in April 2015, with internal sources saying that Windows 9 will make good on many of the Windows 8 features that caused such cruel and unusual distress to Desktop users. The Start menu is expected to make its illustrious return, and you should be able to run Metro apps on the Desktop in windows. Microsoft is still on schedule to release Windows Phone 8.1 and a service/feature pack for Windows 8.1 at the Build conference in April.
Tags: the
windows
coming
distance
Full HD coming to Windows Phone devices
2013-10-14 16:41:01| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft's next Windows Phone update opens the door for 1080p screens and more powerful processors from Qualcomm. Microsoft will deliver the new version of Windows Phone 8, called General Distribution Release 3, to existing phones over the coming months, Microsoft said in a blog post on Monday.
Tags: full
phone
windows
coming
Outlook finally coming to Windows RT tablets
2013-06-05 09:30:00| CNET News.com
Microsoft plans to include the widely used e-mail program in the tablet-specific version of Windows when it updates the operating system later this year. [Read more]
Tags: windows
coming
finally
outlook