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Windows 7 Themes: Valentines for your desktop!
Ah, February. The favorite month of florists the world over… at least anywhere Valentine’s Day is customarily celebrated with gifts of flowers. And of all flowers throughout history, the rose is the most enduring symbol of love. Sadly, although the symbol endures, a real fresh-cut rose doesn’t stay lovely for long. But the roses in our new Windows 7 theme will remain beautiful forever.
Let’s say you’re in charge. What would you do?
You love Windows Phone. The critics love Windows Phone. We love Windows Phone.
The question now is: How can we convince everybody else?
A few months ago we created the Suggestion Box for your feature suggestions for future versions of Windows Phone. Your passion and creativity has floored us. So now we’ve made a new place for your advertising and promotion suggestions. In other words, How would you get the word out about Windows Phone?
Marketplace expands to 5 new countries
Good news—the Windows Phone Marketplace for apps and games is opening for business today in five new spots—Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines.
If you live in one of these countries, tapping on the Marketplace tile will soon (it might a few hours for all the lights to come on) put loads of great apps and games at your fingertips. One important caveat: Your phone will need to have Windows Phone 7.5 installed to access the new stores. (Look here for update instructions.)
Marketplace now open in 5 new markets
I’m happy to report that the Windows Phone Marketplace is now officially open for business in 5 new markets around the world—Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines. We can’t wait to see all the great new apps you’ll create and publish for customers there.
Choice
There is more choice than ever when it comes to browsers today. This is a fantastic thing and we believe that choice makes the web better for all of us.
We build IE for customers who use Windows. IE9 is the browser designed to give Windows 7 customers the fastest, safest, and most private browsing experience – putting the focus on the thing that matters most – your favorite sites.
If you haven’t had a look at IE recently and are ready for change, here are some reasons we think IE9 might be the browser for you.
These 20 tweeters just got cured of their #DroidRage
This week the internet was buzzing about how upwards of 5 million Android users have phones infected with annoying adware. To help out, we offered up 20 free Windows Phones to people who shared their story about their frustrations with their Android phone, and why a Windows Phone would be a welcome upgrade.
I got nearly 1000 responses since we kicked things off (thanks to everyone who sent in a story!), and out of those, here are our 20 winners:
Continued Growth for IE9 on Windows 7 in January
Last month, we talked about how IE9 had surpassed IE8 as the number one browser on Windows 7 worldwide. This month that trend continues with IE9 growing worldwide on Windows 7. New HTML5 experiences like Cut the Rope continue to show consumers what they can expect from a modern browser like IE9 - while developers have an HTML5 platform with IE9 that supports these rich, fluid experiences.
7 Windows Phone apps for staying green
Microsoft is a vast place, and I’m constantly stumbling across interesting things other folks around the company are working on or thinking about.
Memory Profiling for Application Performance
Performance is a concern for all but the most trivial of applications, and in a constrained environment like the phone it is all the more so; performance issues directly manifest themselves in the user experience. Memory usage is one such source of performance issues that can degrade user experience, and the Windows Phone Marketplace enforces a technical certification requirement that an application must not exceed 90 MB of RAM usage, except on devices that have more than 256 MB of memory.
How to pick a smartphone: a beginner’s guide
Like many of you, I’m itching to get my hands on one of those sleek and powerful new Windows Phones we’ve been announcing lately.
But which one to get? I’m not the most hardware-savvy high-tech professional (shhh!), so I’m sometimes uncertain what specs I should look at when I shop for a new phone (beyond “Does it look cool?” and “How’s the camera?”).
Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat - Hot PCs - #win7tech
It’s been a while since we chatted about the hottest PCs on the market and I know you all miss it. So, this week, we are just talking about the different PCs, their different shapes and their variety of features.
Free music Monday!
Many of you know I’m a big music fan, so I got pumped when I heard about a new offer from Windows Phone for some free music. The new Gentleman Hall album has been free the last few weeks, but tomorrow is the last day to download! Head over to the Zune Marketplace on your PC, or just login at Zune.net to stream or download.
800 Days Until Windows XP End of Support
It takes 18-24 months to plan for and deploy a new operating system. If you haven’t started planning to migrate your Windows XP PCs to a modern OS, or if your migration plan have stalled here are some great tools to help you.
First of all, start by downloading the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). It removes the need for disc imaging, migrates your data in place during deployment, and (best of all) it’s free.
Some other tools to help make your move from Windows XP to Windows 7 easier include:
Can a Windows Phone help fight malaria? These guys think so.
Some people write apps for fun. Others for cash.
Sync multiple Google calendars, search more Gmail
If you plan your days using Google Calendar, you’ll be happy to know that the company’s Sync team has now made it possible to show appointments
Turn over a new leaf and switch from Gmail to Hotmail in 3 easy steps
It’s nearing the end of January, and that’s a good time to think about those New Year’s resolutions. A year ago, you might have called us crazy, but a lot has changed in the last 12 months and as a result, there are now many reasons why you may want to consider leaving Gmail and giving Hotmail a try.
Must Have Games schedule announced today
Here’s an early Valentine for game lovers. Today we’re unveiling the release schedule and pricing for the latest Must Have Games lineup, which we originally announced a few weeks ago at CES in Las Vegas.
There will be a new game to grab each week starting with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit ($4.99) on February 1. Here’s the rest of the lineup:
BulletAsylum: February 8 ($2.99)
What’s Your Business Scenario? Windows Intune Can Help
It’s been a few months since we released the latest version of Windows Intune. Today I’d like to share some updates on customers we’re seeing turn to Windows Intune, why they’re choosing it and how they’re using it in their organizations.
Security Compliance Manager 2.5 now available for beta download
Back in October I did a blog post on Security Compliance Manager 2. We are now excited to share that the latest version 2.5 is now available for beta download!
