May 5, 2012
If you have to issue an explanation to follow up an explanation, then it's pretty safe to say the first one wasn't clear enough, and it's under those circumstances that Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky and the Windows 8 team are returning to the subject of...
April 30, 2012
Well, that's an interesting end to all those legal tussles. Microsoft and bookseller Barnes and Noble have decided to buddy-up in the face of competitors like Amazon and Apple. The strategic partnership...
April 24, 2012
- Microsoft ruled the PC market for decades with utter dominance. But today, as the future shifts toward mobile devices, things are not looking good for Microsoft. It's not that it's not trying: Microsoft is spending a lot of money and effort on cracking the mobile market, now in lockstep with Nokia, its top partner. But there's no indication yet that it's having any real success.
March 29, 2012
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, said its Windows Phone operating system will propel it past Apple Inc. in China’s smartphone market as its partners release devices costing as little as $158.
March 26, 2012
- A 7.1.1 update to the Windows Phone SDK has just hit Microsoft's servers today with tools tailored for...
Google's position as the default search engine on Apple's mobile devices is drawing scrutiny from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Apple has been subpoenaed for information on its deals with Google to make it the preferred search engine on iPhones and iPads,
March 12, 2012
Windows Phone owners who have downloaded the new Google Search App from the Windows Phone Marketplace are giving it an overwhelming thumbs down thus far, because it strays from the Metro-style theme, image search is broken, and it’s slow and buggy.
Samsung's 4.3-inch Mango phone looked and felt very much like a Galaxy S II, even down to that lovely...
March 8, 2012
- Are you still out there rockin' a Windows Mobile device? And, yes, notice we did not say "Windows Phone." Well, we've got some bad news (besides the fact that your handset is seriously...
Oh, ComScore. Every month you come out with a new market share report for smartphones, and every month it seems to offer the same theme: Android...