Microsoft plans to create client applications under its new ‘Evoke Studio' banner, according to a recent job posting. Microsoft Research and OneDrive are listed as implementation partners.
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In a new interview, Robbie Bach describes the difficult history of Xbox launches, Microsoft's mobile efforts and Apple TV's potential place in the console battle.
Some more leaked videos show the Kin smartphone, developed by Microsoft, had some serious issues well before the products were launched, and then quickly pulled, in 2010.
Microsoft's Kin - a pair of devices designed for younger users - was an unmitigated commercial failure. But leaked focus group videos show how flawed the devices were even before their release.
Delve into the shadowy corridors of Redmond as Trivia Tuesday takes a look at some of Microsoft's forgotten products, from an obscure 1979 adventure game to the ill-fated Kin mobile phone line.
The KIN series of devices have been nothing short of a colossal blunder for Microsoft. After being pulled from store shelves after dismal sales, and then reemerging several months later, KIN Studio is now officially...
At the world's biggest consumer technology show CES this week, Microsoft revealed more web app integration on par with Kin Studio is on the roadmap for their recently released mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. While...
The KIN series of devices have been nothing short of a colossal blunder for Microsoft. After being pulled from store shelves after dismal sales, and then reemerging several months later, Verizon and Microsoft are now...
The Microsoft KIN line of phones was nothing short of a disaster for Microsoft the first time around as it failed to meet sales expectations. For a phone targeted to tweens and teens but required...
It seems like yesterday when Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, said that the KIN ONE and TWO were taking away attention from Windows Phone 7 and, therefore, had to be discontinued. It also seems like yesterday...
A well known market research company, Gartner, has made the prediction that Windows Phone 7 will ultimately be a flop -- much like the Kin -- and won't gather the popularity Microsoft hopes it will....
Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, did not receive his maximum bonus for the last fiscal year, despite a record year with the company's highest ever sales. 54 year old Ballmer took a bonus hit due to the...
Microsoft’s latest catastrophe, the Kin, has quickly become a huge embarrassment for Microsoft employees of all levels. They only sold 10,000 units before killing the project, and internal embarrassment is quickly tuning into public...
Rumours continue concerning Microsoft's KIN sales numbers. Early estimates suggested the software giant had only sold 500 of the devices. John Gruber, a blogger notorious for his inside information on Apple, claimed Microsoft sold 503 devices....
Engadget is reporting that the Kin is dead, even though the device was only released a few short months ago, and is still receiving updates. Sources close to Microsoft have told Engadget that Andy Lees, Senior...
The Kin, Microsoft's attempt at a social phone, didn't catch on quite like the software giant had hoped. There were a lot of complaints from reviewers when the phone was first released. In an attempt...
Microsoft's Kin series of phones has had a rough infancy. Its initial reviews were anything but praiseworthy, and the only feature that everyone could agree was nice was the Studio cloud-based content backup service, which...
Reviews for Microsoft's Kin phones may have been mixed, but one thing almost everyone agreed on was that paying for smartphone level data plans was too much for the reletively feature deficient devices targeted at...
"It's the phone I'd beg my mom for if I was 15 again. And didn't want an iPhone." While reviews around the Internet have been decidedly mixed, Gizmodo's summarization of Microsoft's...
Microsoft's Kin phones might not be so exclusive to Verizon and Vodafone, after a hacker, known on the Internet as Conflipper, managed to pull up a list of carriers in an early edition of the...
Microsoft has apologised via tweet after it was suspected one of the promotional videos for the recently announced Kin mobile phone series contained material encouraging 'sexting'. The tweet read, "Microsoft has deleted the inappropriate portion...
Microsoft has stated that the Kin will only be able to update itself on 15 minute intervals. The Kin devices will not have true push technology so don’t expect Twitter feeds to be updated...
As we await Microsoft and Verizon's "mystery event" scheduled in just thirty minutes time, the first Project Pink handsets, currently only known as Turtle and Pure, have appeared in Verizon's inventory system and are confirmed...
