Microsoft will release a preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7 on Tuesday, according to a report from a Chinese website, citing the company's head of IE marketing. The Chinese blog iFanr said that the preview, which ...
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AT&T will be the exclusive provider of a limelight yellow 8GB version of the Windows Phone 8x.Computerworld-AT&T today announced prices for the three Windows Phone 8 smartphones it will sell in the coming holiday season,including a$99.99 ...
IDG News Service-Microsoft will provide information about the location and quality of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Windows Phone 8 so users can find the best nearby networks. The information will come from a database of 11 million hotspots ...
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Driven by millions of upgrades,Windows 8's global usage share climbed by a third last month,but the new OS's adoption pace remained lethargic compared to that of its predecessor three years ago. According to data released Thursday by ...
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Cross-platform development frameworks such as Apache Cordova, Sencha Touch and Xamarin.Mobile are all compatible with Windows Phone 8, making it easier to create apps for the new OS while at the same time developing apps for other ...
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Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 8,its latest operating system(OS)for smartphones. Microsoft intends Windows Phone 8 to take market share away from the likes of Apple and Google's Android,which currently dominate the smartphone ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touts the personalization features of Windows Phone 8 in a new 46-second ad. The ad,now accessible on YouTube,was first shown at the formal launch of Windows Phone 8 on Monday,where Ballmer appeared onstage ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft has seen strong initial demand for its Windows 8 operating system,CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday. Speaking at an event to launch Windows Phone 8,a new operating system for smartphones,Ballmer said the new ...
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Software giant Microsoft has posted first quarter fiscal revenues down 7.9 per cent to$16bn(£10bn),from$17.372bn(£10.8bn)achieved in the same period a year earlier. The company claimed that the results partly reflected a ...
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IDG News Service - Almost half of IT managers in a survey last month said that they plan to standardize their company's mobile platform on devices running Microsoft operating systems, including smartphone OSes Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows ...
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Nokia's Nearby location app has exited beta testing, and is now available in the phone maker's app store, as it continues to push location services across its range of phones. Nearby is a free Web-based application for finding the nearest ...
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Network World-There has been much debate about the preferred wireless platform for application developers.Every platform has its own advantages and challenges,and there are key points developers need to keep in mind when choosing the most ...
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HTC has released financial figures showing a massive drop in profits as it struggled to keep up with rival mobile manufacturers. For the third quarter ending in September 2012, net profit after tax fell to NT$3.9bn (£82.76m) for the ...
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Microsoft has acquired mobile authentication solutions provider PhoneFactor, which it hopes will help it to offer secure mobile business applications for enterprises. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Further reading ...
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As rumours of a Microsoft in-house Windows 8 smartphone continue to rage,Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has been talking up"exclusivities"available to the Nokia phone range that Microsoft won't have access to. Talking to GigaOM,Elop said that the ...
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