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Today in London Nokia announced their new Lumia 925 Windows 8 Smartphone and we were on hand to get a look at it.

Today at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Boston, Tami Reller shared with the audience that the update previously referred to as “Windows Blue” will be called Windows 8.1 and will be a free update to Windows 8 for consumers through the Windows Store.

Today Nokia introduced the Nokia Lumia 925, a new interpretation of its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 920. The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design and showcases the latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third-party applications coming to the Nokia Lumia range. The Nokia Lumia 925 includes the most advanced lens technology and next generation imaging software to [...]

Evleaks has posted a photo allegedly of the metal body Lumia 925 that Nokia has been teasing and is expected to unveil tomorrow (14th May). According to the company, the phone is “More than your eyes can see”.  

Looks like Sony is working on a hybrid computer with a ‘SurfSlider’ design that runs the Windows 8 operating system. The 13-inch touchscreen device was first glimpsed in a grainy training video, but has since appeared in a series of press photographs, Engadget reports. The Ultrabook comes with a 1080p Triluminos touchscreen, an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of [...]

Microsoft is reportedly considering tabling a $1 billion offer for the digital assets of its Nook Media joint venture. The deal would see the software giant assume control of the subsidiary’s e-book ecosystem, Nook e-readers and tablets from Barnes & Noble. However, leaked documents obtained by TechCrunch appear to confirm that Nook’s Android tablet business [...]

Google has released a new and improved native YouTube app for Windows Phone 8. The previous edition of the video-sharing service was a bare-bones offering, but its successor has been rebuilt from the ground up to take advantage of the operating system’s live tiles layout. Windows Phone 8 users can now pin videos, playlists, channels [...]

It is rumoured that HTC will  launch two high-end Windows tablets after Microsoft has rolled out its ‘Blue’ operating system update. The Taiwanese is preparing the 7-inch R7 and the 12-inch R12 for launch later this year, according to PhoneArena‘s sources. The R7 will reportedly boast a full HD, 1080p display and run off a powerful 2.3GHz quad-core [...]

Foursquare has unveiled a redesigned app for Windows Phone 8. The new look was released today after close collaboration with Microsoft and Nokia. In a blog post, the location-based social network said that the updated version is “specifically  optimised” for the Nokia Lumia  and would be pre-loaded on some Lumia devices. “Some of the Lumia [...]

Microsoft has announced that its Windows Blue update will be released in 2013. The firm’s chief marketing officer Tami Reller confirmed that Windows 8′s first major upgrade will land “later this year”. Microsoft Windows Blue Leaked Image The executive did not divulge any specific details of the update, but did say that it will include [...]

Today Microsoft has announced that it has sold 100 million Windows 8 licences since the software launched last October. The milestone puts the operating system on par with predecessor Windows 7′s performance during its first six months on the market. “If there had been more touch devices in the market, it would have been even [...]

Skype for Windows 8 has been updated again, this time bringing with it video messaging previews.