Consider this story as a friendly reminder that there are a few offers from Microsoft expiring at the end of this month that relate to Windows 8 so you may want to be thinking about grabbing them while you can.

I wanted to explore the possibility of using the apps that come pre-installed on Windows 8 to connect to those two social media networks and those I follow and friend on them.

With the release of Windows 8 the way we search in the Windows OS has changed significantly.

Users of the very popular 3rd party Twitter app Tweetro just received this email from Atta Elayyan the UX Designer and Co-Founder of Lazyworm Applications Ltd. and it is not good news:

One of the knocks that I see cropping up on some reviews of Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface is the paucity of apps in the Windows Store or whether the store ecosystem will be there.

Whatever method you use to become a Windows 8 user the biggest recommendation I can give you is to have patience with yourself, the OS and give Windows 8 a chance.

I have also never written a piece like this about Apple but after watching the live blogs of the iPhone5 announcement yesterday and some of the video from the event I wanted to share some thoughts/observations.

Our good friend Richard Hay at Windows Observer – produces a weekly podcast that is well worth a listen.

Over the course of the last 9 months or so I have been running the Windows 8 previews…

A user of Microsoft’s Skydrive recently found out that cloud storage isn’t very private.