Microsoft teases Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ with Bing betta fish site
Microsoft teases Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ with Bing betta fish site
Microsoft testing Skype Windows Phone client, expected at MWC
Microsoft testing Skype Windows Phone client, expected at MWC
Microsoft makes its ‘Gmail Man’ video official in privacy fight against Google
Microsoft makes its ‘Gmail Man’ video official in privacy fight against Google
Apple snatches Microsoft marketing exec as assault on gaming industry continues
Apple has hired a former marketing executive from Microsoft to help promote the App Store and iTunes in Europe, MCV reports. Robin Burrowes, former head of Xbox LIVE marketing in the EMEA region for Microsoft, joined Apple in January according to his LinkedIn profile. His formal duties at Apple remain unclear — Burrowes’s profile only states that his role involves “App Store Marketing” — but the executive’s background suggests gaming will be a strong focus. Apple has hired a number of executives with experience in the gaming market recently, including Nintendo’s former head of public relations Robert Saunders and former Activision, EA and Xbox PR head Nick Grange. The video game industry finds itself among a number of businesses that have been
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Apple snatches Microsoft marketing exec as assault on gaming industry continues
Apple has hired a former marketing executive from Microsoft to help promote the App Store and iTunes in Europe, MCV reports. Robin Burrowes, former head of Xbox LIVE marketing in the EMEA region for Microsoft, joined Apple in January according to his LinkedIn profile. His formal duties at Apple remain unclear — Burrowes’s profile only states that his role involves “App Store Marketing” — but the executive’s background suggests gaming will be a strong focus. Apple has hired a number of executives with experience in the gaming market recently, including Nintendo’s former head of public relations Robert Saunders and former Activision, EA and Xbox PR head Nick Grange. The video game industry finds itself among a number of businesses that have been
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ARM CEO: Microsoft has an ‘awareness advantage’ over Android
ARM CEO: Microsoft has an ‘awareness advantage’ over Android
Microsoft exploits Google privacy concerns in newspaper adverts
Microsoft exploits Google privacy concerns in newspaper adverts
Microsoft details changes to Explorer in Windows 8 public beta; ribbon is here to stay
Microsoft details changes to Explorer in Windows 8 public beta; ribbon is here to stay
Xbox 720 will not launch this year, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft will reportedly not launch the highly anticipated follow-up to the Xbox 360 this year. Cedrick Delma, Microsoft’s marketing director in France, recently told Le Point that he was “certain” the Redmond-based company would not release a new Xbox this year. Gamers shouldn’t give up all hope on at least getting a glimpse at Microsoft’s next-generation console this year, though. BGR exclusively reported last June that Microsoft has plans to unveil its Xbox 360 successor during this year’s E3 gaming show in Los Angeles. A few Microsoft patents recently suggested that the “Xbox 720″ might double as a set-top box complete with DVR functionality, and a rumor last week also suggested that the new console will be six times more powerful than the Xbox 360. [Via
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Xbox 720 will not launch this year, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft will reportedly not launch the highly anticipated follow-up to the Xbox 360 this year. Cedrick Delma, Microsoft’s marketing director in France, recently told Le Point that he was “certain” the Redmond-based company would not release a new Xbox this year. Gamers shouldn’t give up all hope on at least getting a glimpse at Microsoft’s next-generation console this year, though. BGR exclusively reported last June that Microsoft has plans to unveil its Xbox 360 successor during this year’s E3 gaming show in Los Angeles. A few Microsoft patents recently suggested that the “Xbox 720″ might double as a set-top box complete with DVR functionality, and a rumor last week also suggested that the new console will be six times more powerful than the Xbox 360. [Via
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