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Is Microsoft Bringing Back the Start Button to Windows 8?

Microsoft is preparing to bring back the traditional Start button it left behind with the release of Windows 8. Through this move, Microsoft thought that it would revolutionize the way Windows users used to interact with their computers, thus generating a feeling of a new “revamped” platform, and enhancing the new design implemented with Windows 8. However, [...]

May 2, 2013CommentsRead More

HP Envy x2 Review

We were offered the opportunity to test and review the HP Envy x2 hybrid, courtesy of our dear friends at Multimedia Megastores – M2. To my personal discontent, it does seem like the line between tablets and laptops is getting blurry very fast. Coming to think of it, a typical laptop computer is little more [...]

May 2, 2013CommentsRead More

Which Mobile OS Dominates the Arab Mobile Market?

We keep reading all over the Internet about the ongoing war on gaining additional market share between the dominant mobile operating systems (OS), with Android (at 64% share in Q1 2013) and iOS (18.8% as of 2012) leading the way, Windows Phone catching up(with 2.6%), Blackberry with an unknown future (at 4.7%) and Symbian just fading [...]

April 29, 2013CommentsRead More

Interview with Microsoft: Windows 8, the MENA Region and More…

So as we promised, ArabNet offered us a chance to interview a lot of industry leaders. Here, we present you with the second interview we were able to score. An interview with DPE Lead at Microsoft Corporation, Mr. Ghassan Chahine. Read below to see how people are adopting Windows 8, what developers can do with [...]

April 18, 2013CommentsRead More

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 Review

The plethora of Windows 8 laptops and computers is hitting. We had the chance to see and test some of them, but the one that caught the most of our attention is Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga. The Yoga is a convertible and can be used as a tablet. It is true that convertible laptops are not fully [...]

March 18, 2013CommentsRead More

Tablets Holidays Poll: Which One Do You Prefer? [Poll]

So you have taken our Smartphones Holidays Poll and now you realized that Santa will be very generous with you this year and give you the choice of a tablet. 2012 has been a busy year when it comes to tablets releases; every major company jumped in to try and grab a good share of [...]

December 16, 2012CommentsRead More

Choosing a Windows 8 PC

It’s that of the year when shelves are filled with new shiny PCs and Macs running revamped/updated operating systems. Even though, most of the time, we do know which computer we will be getting, making a choice in that particular sector is not very easy. And this year it gets worse, since Microsoft blessed us [...]

November 27, 2012CommentsRead More

8 Reasons to Get Windows 8

We previously talked with some excitement about the new kid in town, Windows 8. After having messed around a bit with the new iteration of the OS, this is now a shortlist of reasons (in fact 8 reasons) why you should be happy to get Microsoft’s new brain child: 1- It’s going to make you [...]

November 22, 2012CommentsRead More

Why Windows 8 Will Fly

Windows 8 is here. It looks like this time Microsoft found a way to actually go far. Of course, the main benchmarking opponent remains the Cupertino-based Apple, who base their whole business model on Design and Marketing, supported by a full and complete ecosystem, distributed to their consumers through their smartphone (iPhone), their tablets (iPad [...]

October 27, 2012CommentsRead More