September 4, 2014
Panasonic’s 5-inch Toughpad FZ-E1 brings the brawn

Why are we calling it rugged? Well, for example, the device powered by Windows Embedded 8.1 can: resist drops of nearly 10 feet to concrete; be submerged in almost five feet of water for up to 30 minutes; and operate in temperatures ranging between -20°C to 60°C, due to a built-in heater.

September 4, 2014
Lumia Denim update is coming, and Cortana is heading to more countries

The Lumia Denim update combines new enhancements from the latest Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 with exclusive experiences for Lumia smartphones. As part of that, Cortana will be made available in the U.K. and China as a beta, and in India, Canada and Australia as a public alpha.

September 4, 2014
Flagship Lumia 830 is thinnest and lightest member of the family

The phone – just 8.5mm thin – uses curved Gorilla 3.0 glass, and has a 5-inch, ClearBlack IPS-LCD (1280-by-720p) screen that’s readable in sunlight. It also comes with a rear-facing 10MP PureView camera that lets you capture razor-sharp images day or night.

September 4, 2014
New Lumia 730 and Lumia 735 are the ultimate selfie and Skype phones

The innovative and affordable Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 smartphones have a powerful, full-HD, 5MP wide-angle front-facing camera with a focal length of 24mm. That wide angle lens makes the phones great choices for group snaps with friends and Skype calls with the family.

September 3, 2014
Android open file picker makes opening OneDrive files easy for users, developers

One of the most common things to do with OneDrive is opening a file, but doing that hasn’t been so simple for developers, writes the Office Dev team in a blog post. “We recognized this pain point and are excited to finally release the Android open picker to make this common task easy and seamless for developers and OneDrive users.”