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Microsoft is trying to push Windows Phone and Windows 8 with their recent ads. I’ve liked the previous ads, and the most recent gives me the same vibes. This time around the ad targets tablets. Microsoft uses Siri to narrate the ad in a funny way. You can hear Siri make fun of the iPad when compared to the ASUS VivoTab Smart 64GB featured in the ad Just hit the play button in the YouTube embed found above. Enjoy! ...

Nokia Lumia Foursquare Nokia today announced on their Conversations Blog that an updated version of Foursquare is available for WP8. The update adds an augmented reality experience to Nokia Lumia smartphones. Nokia Conversations writes the following about the new augmented reality  experience: On Nokia Lumia smartphones, such as the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 720,...

A few weeks ago we reported about a Microsoft ad promoting the Windows Phone platform and the Nokia Lumia 920. It was one of the coolest ads we’ve seen in a while (check it here). Today, Microsoft has released a new ad promoting the newly released Nokia Lumia 928. The Nokia Lumia 928 is joined with the tagline “the best low-light smartphone camera.” Check it out above!See how to capture your night like never before with the Nokia Lumia 928, the best low-light smartphone camera. Better than the Apple iPhone 5. Better...

Nokia will add a feature called double-tap to wake with a future update to the Lumia 925 and Lumia 920. The feature will likely be part of a a firmware update dubbed Windows Phone 8 GDR2, where GDR2 stands for General Distribution Release 2. The video shows exactly what this new feature does. The video was recorded yesterday in London at Nokia’s Lumia 925 launch party. ...

Nokia Lumia 925 Nokia just announced the Nokia Lumia 925.  As expected, the device turned out to be a thinner, lighter and aluminum clad Lumia 920. The diet was partially caused by the aluminum shell and AMOLED screen, but also because the lack of wireless charging. Wireless charging can be added with an additional rear case. Nokia also updated the PureView camera...

Nokia Lumia 925 Catwalk render The notorious leaker, @evleaks, just posted a render of the Nokia Lumia 925. Nokia is expected to announce the Lumia 925 at their press event tomorrow. The Lumia 925 is expected to be the successor to the Nokia Lumia 920. It will likely sport an aluminum shell, ultimately making it thinner and lighter when compared to the Lumia 920....

Baseball player and manager Pete Rose, who was banned from baseball for life in 1989 for gambling on the sport while managing the Cincinnati Reds, has made a cameo appearance in Microsoft’s latest ad. The ad, titled “Google Docs isn’t worth the gamble,” claims using Google Docs is like gambling in a casino. The idea is that you can never open a Microsoft Office presentation or document in Google Docs without the risk of losing data or running into some horrible formatting errors. Opening a document in Google Docs...

Nokia just posted the first promo video of the Lumia 928. Nokia decided to focus on camera and audio features of the device. The tagline of the video is “Capture the highlights, even in low light.” Discover Nokia Lumia 928 on Verizon Wireless:http://bit.ly/18z13eE Nokia Lumia 928 is the latest installment in Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 lineup, exclusive to Verizon Wireless With Nokia’s award-winning PureView imaging innovation, including optical image stabilization, the Nokia Lumia 928 enables you to capture bright,...