Microsoft’s entry into the wearable technology space got off to a quick start Thursday when the company debuted the Microsoft Band at its stores nationwide. The Microsoft Band, part smart watch and part health monitor, dovetails with a new health-monitoring system called Microsoft Health. I had the chance to stroll down to the local Microsoft […]
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It may sound like a crazy cowboy device, but the YEZZ Billy 4.7 with Windows Phone 8.1 appears to be much more modern than its “old west” name would suggest. With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor with quad CPUs at speeds of up to 1.2GHz, a 4.7-inch IPS screen with Asahi Dragontrail glass, 15GB of
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There’s nothing hotter in American sports than the NFL, and no matter how much the PS4 vs Xbox One debate gets covered, there’s nothing hotter in gaming than mobile. Any combination of the two seems like a marketing match made in heaven. That’s the logic of NFL Players Inc., at any rate. NFL Players Inc.
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The Xbox 360 has toyed with interactive TV with Kinect games such as Sesame Street and National Geographic, and Microsoft appears to be doubling down on interactive TV with the Xbox One. Today at E3, Ubisoft announced it’s creating an interactive TV series called “The Rabbids Invasion” for Xbox One and mobile devices. The Rabbids
The battle over the next-gen consoles took an intriguing turn today, as word leaked out of Japan that Nintendo is actively investigating the possibility of allowing smartphone games to be played on the Wii U console. The report, which didn’t attribute its news to a source, said Nintendo is looking at enabling the Wii U
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Microsoft has this knack of releasing products before their ready, so it’s OK to be skeptical of the latest batch of Windows phones. Sure, they include Xbox Live connections, but that promise comes from the company that launched Xbox Live a bit prematurely in the first place on the original Xbox, right? Or that five
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HTC and Verizon have a long-standing Android partnership (hello, Thunderbolt), but the companies are set to release a new Windows Phone on June 2 that should entice people who also happen to own an Xbox 360. Why? Because if you buy the HTC Trophy from Verizon before July 15, you’ll be eligible to receive a
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