Microsoft is preparing to update its Xbox 360 with another dashboard update. Sources familiar with Microsoft Xbox plans have revealed to that the dashboard update will enter into a public beta in late June or early July, with changes and updates in preparation for the next generation Xbox. Were told that the user interface will be refreshed alongside smaller Live Tiles, similar to what Microsoft is preparing for Windows 8.1. Microsoft is also said to be tweaking the look of the Xbox dashboard,...

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Tumblr feels that Yahoos $1.1 billion offer as too low and view it as only a first offer, according to sources close to to acquisition talks. Yahoo may have to significantly increase the offer to close the deal. An acquisition by some tech giant is likely in the cards for Tumblr, though, as sources say the company only has a few months of cash runway left. The news comes after AllThingsD reported Yahoo was in advanced talks to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, and the portals board of directors...

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Google complaint centers on the lack of ads in Microsoft YouTube app, something it claims is a direct violation of the terms and conditions of the company YouTube API. has learned that Microsoft created the app without Google consent with features that specifically prevent ads from playing. The lack of ads clearly hits Google own revenues, but also those of its third party content creators that are paid through the company AdSense program. Unfortunately, by blocking advertising and allowing...

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Microsoft first commercials for its Surface tablets emphasized the optional keyboard covers, though little focus was placed on the features of the tablet itself. The company latest commercial does the opposite. In a new commercial that began running today, Microsoft emphasizes the fact that the Surface RT can run the Office productivity suite, has full sized USB ports and can function as a laptop replacement. The commercial also references the optional keyboard covers, though the emphasis is...

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A purported Microsoft internal video parodies Google’s “Now Everywhere” ad for the Chrome web browser, noting that Chrome is, in fact, tracking you and targeting you with ads to monetize your personal info … now everywhere. Regardless of the source, it’s actually pretty brilliant. You can expect the usual anti Microsoft crowd to claim that the video is negative, but as with previous Scroogled campaigns, the video is important because it points out what Google is...

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Microsoft and Google have been locked in a war of words over a YouTube Windows Phone app, but in the midst of the arguments a new Scroogled ad has emerged. Designed to be an internal only video, a copy has managed to find its way onto the web right in the middle of Google I O developer conference. Unlike Microsoft previous attempts, this directly parodies Google own Chrome ads with a bouncing ball tracking how Google allegedly targets you with ads. It identical to Google own Chrome Now...

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Microsoft employees poked fun at Google this week in a mock advertisement that was never meant to leave the Redmond, Wash. companys walls. The video mimics Googles Chrome advertisement that attendees of Google I O, the companys developer conference happening in San Francisco, saw yesterday. The original shows a bouncing Chrome icon that takes you around all the devices and places on the Internet that Chrome connects you. Microsofts version, however, has that same icon showing you all the places...

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Windows 8 was built for a world that blends our work and our personal lives, a world where we expect high quality touch experiences everywhere, and a world that is always on the go and always connected. Windows 8 redefines our market from PCs to mobile computing. Our OEM partners have delivered tablets, touch laptops, and convertibles that bring the vision of Windows 8 and mobile computing to life. They have introduced some incredible and unique new form factors like the Dell XPS 12, the Lenovo...

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