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11 Aug, 2014

$25 smartphone: Nokia 130

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Microsoft announces the Nokia 130, which retails for $25 or 19 euros. The phone will only be available in select countries in Asia and Africa. It is intended to be a reliable, basic phone that includes features like video playback, a FM radio and a battery that can last 36 days on standby or 13 hours of talk time:

The Nokia 130 is an ideal handset for first-time mobile phone buyers, or for people seeking a reliable backup phone to complement their existing smartphones. It’s built to last, with a 1.8-inch color display and outstanding battery life of up to 36 days’ standby for the single-SIM variant and 26 days’ standby for the dual-SIM device. In design and quality, the Nokia 130 stands out among devices priced below $35.

10 Jul, 2014

CEO rallies employees

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Nadella sends a 3,000 word email to all Microsoft employees, encouraging them to be productive and stick to the core value of Microsoft, helping people get things done. He also expresses a belief that Microsoft’s software and hardware will “set the bar” for productivity in the future:

Microsoft has a unique ability to harmonize the world’s devices, apps, docs, data and social networks in digital work and life experiences so that people are at the center and are empowered to do more and achieve more with what is becoming an increasingly scarce commodity — time!

2 Jul, 2014

AllSeen Alliance

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Microsoft joins the AllSeen Alliance, a group dedicated to building an open-source framework connecting things like cars, homes, and mobile devices from any manufacturer. Liat Ben-Zur, chairman of the AllSeen Alliancee, says in a press release:

No single company can accomplish the level of interoperability required to support the Internet of Everything in everyday, real-life scenarios. Microsoft’s strong presence in the home via computers, tablets, phones, gaming platforms and their strength in the consumer, enterprise, education, industrial automotive sectors, uniquely enables them to accelerate the adoption of the AllSeen Alliance’s AllJoyn open source code across a very wide swath of products and verticals.

15 Jun, 2014

E3 Xbox One announcements

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The company announces a myriad of titles to be launched on the Xbox One, including Plague, Inc. , Halo 5: Guardians and Fable Legends, and Beyond, Mighty No. 9.