Stitch Together Panoramic Images With Arcsoft Panorama Maker 6 [Giveaway]
Wood Camera for iPhone – Shoot, Edit and Stylise Your Photos On The Go [Giveaway]
Kindle Touch Review and Giveaway
DOWNLOAD Learn LinkedIn: How To Build Your Living Resume
DOWNLOAD Understanding Windows Phone 7: Your Complete Guide
May 4, 2012
If you’re a Bing user, or thinking of switching to Bing, pay attention. Microsoft has just rolled out a new look for Bing search, which offers a de-cluttered, cleaner and faster experience for Bing users. The new design takes from the Metro theme, obviously, with lots of straight lines and white space. Microsoft has been [...]
May 1, 2012
Bing receives a lot of flack as a search engine, but it has some cool features. One of them is Bing Maps, a robust competitor to Google Maps – and it’s now a bit sharper than before. Clarity comes courtesy of a de-blurring algorithm developed by Microsoft. Originally intended for consumer cameras, it has been [...]
April 24, 2012
Microsoft is taking cloud storage seriously, and they are showing that by releasing a new SkyDrive app for both Mac and PC. They also issued a new update for their already released mobile apps. The Windows and Mac version are both available now for free. The desktop version of the app works very similarly to [...]
April 10, 2012
Contests and giveaways are time honored ways to promote a product. Microsoft is not one to ignore this, and recently started an unusual promotion designed to attract attention for its struggling Windows Phone operating system. The company set up “free time machines” in New York, San Francisco and Chicago. Since the name isn’t self-explanatory, here’s [...]
April 2, 2012
Last month I was at Blip Fest in Melbourne, watching a bunch of musically talented geeks using their Game Boys and ZX Spectrums to make pounding yet tuneful electro beats. A projector accompanied the music, showing glitchy visualizations, vintage console classics and a real-time processed stream from a Microsoft Kinect. It was the first time I had seen a hacked unit in the wild.
March 21, 2012
I have ripped on Apple quite a bit here on MakeUseOf in recent weeks. Partly because a company of that size and stature deserves to get taken down a peg or two from time to time, partly to counter the weight of Apple fanboys on the Web, and partly because, well, it’s fun, quite frankly. However, in the spirit of fairness there are other tech giants ripe for a little gentle ribbing.
March 2, 2012
The next iteration of Microsoft’s answer to flight simulations, Microsoft Flight, has finally been released for free on the Games for Windows platform. In December we reported that MS had put out a call for beta testers, and now development team Microsoft Studios has deemed the “freemium” title ready for public consumption. It won’t cost [...]
February 27, 2012
If you’re running Windows Vista and were worried about the 5-year support ending soon, you can now relax. Microsoft has extended its consumer support for Windows 7 and Vista to 10 full years after the OS’s official release date. Traditionally, individual consumers have enjoyed 5 years of Mainstream support for their Windows product, in which [...]
February 23, 2012
It’s the question that has been asked time and time again through the ages – is Bill Gates better than Batman? Or does the Caped Crusader come out on top every time? Well let’s examine some of the evidence, as well as check out today’s infographic.
February 17, 2012
Following its release for iOS, OneNote is now officially available for Android devices. Up until now, the mobile version of OneNote was available on Windows Phone and iOS, and now, finally, Android has joined the party, enabling millions of users to sync their OneNote notebooks to their mobile device. OneNote, which is a part of [...]