Tech News World writes: "The life of Microsoft's Kin was hard and short -- delayed development, feuding executives and last-minute changes in OSes were just some of the problems that reportedly plagued the platform. But the phone shoppers out there don't care about behind-the-scenes bickering. They just want the coolest stuff out there, with touchscreens, real app stores and affordable prices, and Microsoft isn't cooperating."
Microsoft has made it easy for iPhone users to check their mobile updates on Windows-enabled computers.
Is nothing sacred?
Microsoft's next-generation storage API for PC games might be kind of a mess. Taking a look at the news around the DirectStorage implementation in Forspoken and what it might mean for the API going forward.