What to Expect from Microsoft in 2012

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 28 December 2011, 02:34 IST
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Customized search through social connections:

Microsoft’s deal with Facebook saw its implementation in May, with the search engine Bing becoming customized socially. This meant that if you are trying to decide about a movie and your friend ‘liked’ it on Facebook,  he can rank it up on your search results via Bing. The Bing team says it plans to extend the plans of going social.

 

Windows 8 on Tablets:

Microsoft, coming in to the tablet platform two years after Apple, has strong competitors in this field, including Google, and Amazon. The Kindle fire from Amazon soon became the first tablet (outside iPad family) which acquired purpose as an e-book reader and a tool for reading online content with color display. Microsoft, however, has switched to the Metro interface and is pushing customers to buy the Windows 8 OS that is both touch-friendly for tablets and phones and yet keyboard and mouse-friendly for PCs and laptops.