According to a leaked list of topics from an Apollo summit that Microsoft is hosting, the company may be planning to allow for additional OEM “customization and differentiation”.

Microsoft has announced that they will be expanding the Windows Store to additional markets come the next pre-release version of Windows.

A new job listing shows that Microsoft is looking for a London-based Software Engineer to join a dedicated Skype Xbox Engineering Team.

Technically there are five, three matter to the end user.

After the neat refresh of Bing Bar 7.0 with useful app buttons, the Bing team has released Bing Bar 7.1 with a slew of new features that provides richer access to your social network, more entertainment options, and updates to the popular Bing Bar apps.

SkyDrive team announces short URL for images shared on Twitter via Windows Phone, ODF support and individual file sizes of up to 300MB.

Despite controversy surrounding Lumia 900 reviews in the tech blogosphere, it would appear that Amazon users have taken quite a liking to the device.

The ChevronWP7 Labs service has been discontinued, with users being reimbursed with a free upgrade to Microsoft’s App Hub service.

Despite diminished video game hardware sales, the Xbox has been the top-selling console for 15 consecutive months now.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the governing body for technical education in India as part of India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development, has adopted Microsoft Live@edu as one solution amongst many such initiatives with IT majors and Industries.

Nokia announced that it has sold over 2 million Lumia handsets in Q1 2012, but, despite this, still has some disappointing financial results.

A potential Windows Phone 8 build — 8.0.9662.0 — was spotted in the I’m a WP7 app.

Nokia is the first Windows Phone OEM to launch an LTE 4G based device and also the first to add NFC to Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

AT&T and Nokia have acknowledged the data connectivity bug plaguing some Lumia 900 owners, offering a fix and $100 AT&T credit to remedy the issue.

Gartner Group has released a report predicting that Windows 8 will gain 4.1% of tablet marketshare this year, and 11.8% by 2016.