Google has revealed that it has no plans to develop dedicated apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 for its business app products such as Gmail or Drive. Further reading All-in-one Windows 8 PCs selling 'well above forecasts' - Dell UI ...
Steven Sinofsky,the Microsoft executive in charge of the development of Windows 8 and widely regarded as the future successor to CEO Steve Ballmer,has resigned from the company.He was also responsible for leading the development of Windows ...
IDG News Service-Nokia said its new Lumia 620 handset is its most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone yet,priced$249 when bought without a contract. In addition to the Lumia 620,Nokia also announced its first Windows Phone handset for ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft's next OS update for Windows Phone 7 handsets won't be available until sometime in 2013. The news,posted on a Microsoft blog Wednesday,led to a stream of frustrated comments from Windows Phone users,complaining ...
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Jolla,the mobile operating system start-up founded by Nokia refugees,has finally unveiled Sailfish,the smartphone operating system based on Linux. The company had been in"stealth mode"for almost a year before it launched in the summer,and ...
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Microsoft's new mobile operating systems have been affected by a series of glitches that has had users complaining online – and some returning their devices to retailers and mobile telecoms companies for a refund. The most serious ...
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Navigation technology provider TomTom today announced developer tools and a platform for location-based services(LBS)in the cloud to help in the rapid creation of apps for finding locations that are used by truck fleets and other ...
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CIO-With three major mobile platforms to choose from,what is an ambitious mobile app developer to do? There are Android and iOS,with 700,000 available apps each and huge market exposure--and the fierce developer competition that comes ...
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Nokia dropped to seventh place in the global smartphone market in the third quarter,as Samsung and Apple controlled 46.5%of the market,Gartner said today. Nokia had a"particularly bad quarter"with smartphones,selling 7.2 million,Gartner ...
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Microsoft will begin running four new TV ads for Windows Phone 8 tonight,featuring celebrities Jessica Alba and Gwen Stefani and the live tiles interface in the new devices. The main point of the 30-second spots posted on YouTube ...
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SAP announced strong support for the Windows 8 platform this week,including six upcoming mobile apps that focus on business training,recruiting and sales. One of the six apps announced Tuesday was built first for Windows 8.Called SAP ...
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SAP said Tuesday that it plans to roll out a series of mobile applications for Windows 8, a move that underscores the companies' deep partnership at a time when many observers believe Microsoft's new OS is in for a tough ride. In ...
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A 16-year-old security researcher from India plans to present a malware application for Windows Phone 8 at the upcoming MalCon security conference in New Delhi,India,on Nov.24. According to a brief description of the presentation on the ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia plans an ambitious expansion of its mapping and location-based services platform beyond its own smartphones to competing devices running OSes other than Windows Phone 8,it said Tuesday. The move is being backed with ...
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IDG News Service-HTC and Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced the Droid DNA smartphone,which comes with Android 4.1 and a 5-inch high-definition display that the company said is the most advanced in the market today. The Droid DNA ...
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