$75 Xbox One upgrade credit
Certain Xbox 360 owners receive a message offering them $75 in credit for their Xbox account if they buy an Xbox One from any retailer. The company does not give any information about what the criteria for being selected for the promotion are:
This short-term promotion is offered to select Xbox fans in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We are always looking for opportunities to bring promotions like this to our customers, but we have nothing further to share at this time.
Wzor: Windows 9 fall release
0 CommentsRussian leaker Wzor posts on an online message board that Microsoft’s Windows 9 marketing campaign is set to begin this fall. Wzor says the upcoming update for Windows 8 will be the final one:
After release of Windows 8.1 Update 2 new updates will be released, but no new features will be added to the operating system. Update 2 is the final rebuild of all SKUs.
AllSeen Alliance
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.
Nokia X2
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E3 Xbox One announcements
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.