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We say this again and again - I am sure many of you who download apps from Apple App Store or Google Play or any other platform must have thought about it. Why should I pay 99 cents for this app? Is it really worth? But at the same time, when you visit your favorite coffee shop (Starbucks?) for a $7.15 coffee, you won’t think much about it. Why? Designer and software developer, Josh Lehman did a fantastic analysis on why people won’t pay $0....

In this recent interview for Bloomberg’s Charlie Rose, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talks quite a bit about India, China relative to technology, Philanthropy, Technology industry, how US Politics slow down innovation and much more. Its worth to spend around one hour of your time watching this video which was aired in the first week of July on Bloomberg’s network. The interview starts with an intro of Bill Gates on his latest visit to India, what differs India from China relative to technology and his opinion of where each excels, etc....

Just after Microsoft announced the final copy of its next generation operating system, Windows 8 is ready to ship, the build ISO is already leaked online and available on several torrent sites, here is now the boxed copy is going to look like. This picture below will be how Microsoft is going to pack its Windows 8 to sell in retail stores from October 26. Microsoft has chosen to display its Metro Style (stop calling it as Metro!...

Microsoft’s next generation operating system, Windows 8 will be available to customers from Friday, October 26, 2012. According to official blog post, Steven Sinofsky announced at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting that customers will be able to get Windows 8 – whether in upgrade fashion or on a new PC – starting on October 26th. New to Windows 8? Start reading about it in the following posts - Windows 8 Editions Upgrade Cost Upgrade cost for existing PC users Who’s going to upgrade?...

If you remember, Google was caught overriding Apple Safari browser privacy settings back in February, 2012. Now, after nine months the tech giant has a preliminary deal in place with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay a $22.5 million fine for this whole breach. This fine could be the largest penalty on a single company by FTC. Even though it won’t be a big blow for Google which draws in this sort of cash in around just five hours, but it does cast an impact over the company in terms of legal arguments and practices....

Microsoft has just announced the upgrade cost for Windows 8 Pro edition from all versions of Windows XP and above. If a user is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, they’ll be able to upgrade their OS with a simple download that’ll only cost them $39.99 online or $69.99 DVD. This upgrade will be available at the same time the full cost software release is dropped. This is the same approach Apple followed with its Lion announcement last summer....

Did the latest Microsoft Surface tablet copy Apple’s iPad? Including keynote? RWW compares Surface (2012) and iPad (2010) announcements. Enjoy the video after the picture!

Microsoft unveiled its next version of mobile operating system - Windows Phone 8 this morning at the Windows Phone Developer summit. Many of the improvements and added features to Windows Phone 7 are now making their way back to the desktop, in the form of Windows 8. Windows Phone 8 enhances the current version and brings some new functionalities competing directly with Apple’s iOS 6. Unfortunately, Windows Phone 8 will not be compatible with current devices....

While tech media been buzzing about Microsoft’s mystery event from past couple of days, the Redmond giant met expectations by unveiling brand new category in next generation mobile computing - Microsoft Surface. Simply put, the Surface is a Windows 8 tablet but with much more features. The device might not kill Apple’s iPad, but certainly will revive Microsoft. Steve Ballmer unveiling this new family of PCs for Windows at an event in Hollywood called this product as - “Because of Windows 8, the Surface is a PC, it is a tablet…it’s something new....

If you were not hooked up to your Facebook, Twitter and live blogging sites yesterday about Microsoft’s new Surface Tablet announcement, you can now watch the Los Angeles keynote session on demand below. The company did not allow live video streaming event last night, but not it has delivered the entire presentation online. The 47.27 minute ‘On-Demand Keynote: Microsoft Surface Event’ video description reads - “Watch an on-demand version of the full keynote where Steve Ballmer, Steven Sinofsky and other Microsoft executives unveiled Surface, PCs built to be the ultimate stage for Windows....