Microsoft bought Skype for a whooping $8.5 Billion!!
I am truly excited to see how Microsoft will use Skynet I mean Skype with there other products like the Xbox 360, Kinect and the Windows Phone 7. I’ll give it a chance, that is unless John Connor says different.
Amazon is kicking off their new Appstore for Android today by offering Angry Birds Rio for FREE! This will be free for a limited time so be sure to slingshot over and grab the app.
Amazon will be offering a paid app for free everyday so to help you remind you, drag this link here (Amazon appstore) to your bookmark bar above for easy access to see what great app is free each day.
Do you have a few working or even non-working cell phones lying around? Maybe you gave them to your kids to play with. Well it’s time to dig ‘em up or get them back because the Microsoft Store is rewarding you when you recycle your old cell phones.
When you bring in your old phone to your local Microsoft Store they’ll recycle it – and reward you for it with a $25 gift card. Have two? Get two $25 gift cards (Limit two phone trade-ins per customer).
The good news is you can combine the gift cards. Take the whole family in and walk out with an Xbox, laptop or even the new Windows Phone 7… Go crazy!!
You can trade in any type of mobile phone (working or nonworking), regardless of brand, service provider or date of purchase. Just bring the phone itself – no cords, manuals, chargers or original packaging are required in order to get the gift card.
This is a limited time offer available through 2/20/2011. Not available online and not valid for landline phones. Cannot be redeemed for cash. Limit two phone trade-ins per customer. Gift cards can only be used in store and may not be redeemed online. Additional terms and conditions apply to gift card use.
[source Microsoft Store Facebook via slickdeals]
If you haven’t heard, Microsoft is offering a free Xbox 360 game (up to a $60 value) when you purchase a Windows Phone 7. What you might not have heard is that you can get a Windows Phone 7 for only one penny! Come again? That’s right, $0.01!!!
So for a limited time you can get a Windows Phone 7 and a Xbox 360 game for only $0.01 at Amazon Wireless for both New AT&T Customers (Individual or Family) or Existing AT&T Customers (Individual only).
Here’s how you do it:
Head to Amazon Wireless and choose one of the eligible phones Amazon has to offer. Either the Samsung Focus, the LG Quantum, or the HTC Surround. All are only $0.01 at the moment on either a New AT&T Individual / Family account or if you're an Existing AT&T customer with an Individual Account. Existing Family Accounts are for some reason $80 on up depending on the phone.
Once you receive your New Windows Phone 7, you then can choose one of the following Xbox 360 games for Free: Fable III, Halo Reach, Kinectimals, or Kinect Joy Ride. Limit one game per mobile phone number.
To do this, head to www.myfreexbox360game.com and click on Step 2 to complete the redemption form.
Be sure to read through the important Terms and Conditions. Done!!
Customer must purchase a Windows Phone 7 device from December 17th, 2010 through December 31st, 2010 to qualify.
The default contact picture/icon in Outlook 2010 (pictured above), the silhouette you see when a contact doesn't have a photo, is no doubt the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates. What’s funny is, it’s no ordinary picture of Bill Gates, it’s actually a 1977 mug shot taken when he was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a driving offense.
Do you see the resemblance? Watch the video below to see the transformation from silhouette to Bill Gates mugshot.
[via ars]
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