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Microsoft Works on a Number of New Gestures for Windows Phone OS
Dec 16, 2014Microsoft is working on a number of new gestures for Windows Phone OS, and has released a new app to start testing them. The new gestures will allow users to interact with their phones without even having to touch the display. The first ...
Tags: Microsoft, Consumer Electronics
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Microsoft Announced an Roster of Smartphone Vendors Supporting Its Windows Phone OS
Feb 27, 2014Related microsoft NPD: PS4 Sales Topped Xbox One In January microsoft Nadella Named Microsoft CEO microsoft Microsoft See Surface Sales Surface In Q2 microsoft Microsoft Posts Record Fiscal Q2 Revenues Barcelona, Spain — Microsoft ...
Tags: vendors supporting, Consumer Electronics, Bolster Windows Phone
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Nokia Will Market a Smartphone That Uses a Modified Version of The Android OS
Feb 26, 2014Related nokia Nokia Q4: Device Sales Down, Losses Continue nokia Nokia Shareholders OK Microsoft’s Purchase Of Handset Business nokia AT&T Readies Nokia’s Windows RT Tablet nokia North America Shines In Nokia’s Q3 New ...
Tags: Nokia, Modified-Android Phone, Microsoft, Android OS
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Microsoft Has Finally Concluded Its Protracted Search and Chosen Its New CEO
Feb 13, 2014Microsoft has finally concluded its protracted search and chosen its new CEO:Satya Nadella,who as executive vice president of the company's Cloud and Enterprise group has successfully steered the shift of the company's back-end server ...
Tags: Microsoft, computer, Windows Phone, Microsoft gaming
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Microsoft Has Too Many Operating Systems and Will Cut One Operating System
Nov 29, 2013Microsoft has admitted that it has too many operating systems and will no longer offer either Windows Phone, Windows 8 or Windows RT. Speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference, Microsoft spoke about the effective failure of its ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows RT, Under Threat
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Microsoft's Version of Windows Is Being Lined up for The Chop
Nov 27, 2013Microsoft's version of Windows for ARM-based devices, Windows RT, is being lined up for the chop, after Microsoft executive Julie Larson-Green admitted that three different versions of the Windows operating system was one too many. ...
Tags: Chop, Windows RT, Microsoft, exec, company, operating, system
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Steve Ballmer's Audacious Vision Will Not Be Achieved Without Digital Bloodshed
Nov 27, 2013Steve Ballmer’s audacious vision of “One Microsoft, all the time,” delivering a single, seamless user experience across a wide range of devices, will not be achieved without digital bloodshed. Windows will die, a ...
Tags: Larson-Green, Microsoft, Windows, platform
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New Chromebooks Announced This Week Signal Intel's Willingness to Broaden Its Horizons
Sep 13, 2013New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel's willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft. Three new Chromebooks from ...
Tags: google, intel, Computer Products
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Microsoft to Buy Nokia Makes Nokia CEO Stephen Elop The Frontrunner to Head up Microsoft
Sep 5, 2013Microsoft's?$7.2 billion deal?to buy Nokia, announced early today, makes Nokia CEO Stephen Elop the frontrunner to head up Microsoft after Steve Ballmer departs, analysts said. Unfortunately, the deal isn't likely to substantially improve ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Microsoft's Plan to Buy Nokia's Phone Business and Have a Larger Presence in Hardware
Sep 4, 2013Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Device
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Android Devices Are 100 Times More Likely to Contract Malware Than IOS Devices
Aug 27, 2013Android devices are 100 times more likely to contract malware than iOS devices, a report from the US Homeland Security and Department of Justice has stated. The unclassified report, which reveals that 79 per cent of malware threats to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Android
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Microsoft Has Launched an Online Tool
Aug 13, 2013Hoping to generate more apps for its mobile platform, Microsoft has launched an online tool that could allow even non-developers to create new programs for Windows Phone 8. The tool, called Windows Phone App Studio, is free to use and in ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone
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Shipments of New Symbian Smartphones From Nokia Are Rapidly Dying
Jun 14, 2013Shipments of new Symbian smartphones from Nokia are rapidly dying, less than three years after the last time it topped the list of the world's most-used mobile platforms. The rapid and stark decline of Symbian serves as a warning about ...
Tags: Symbian, Nokia, Smartphones
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Merging The Windows Phone OS Could Give Microsoft a Boost in Attracting More Developers
Jun 5, 2013Should Microsoft merge its smartphone and tablet/laptop/desktop operating systems into one substantial OS? It's not just a theoretical question prompted by an older "write once, run anywhere" development mindset. Merging the Windows Phone ...
Tags: Unified Dev Tools, Microsoft, Developers
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Microsoft Took off The Gloves and Took a Big Swing at Facebook Today
Apr 9, 2013Microsoft took off the gloves and took a big swing at Facebook today, calling the social network's new Home launcher an old idea. Facebook Thursday unveiled Home, a home screen, along with family of apps all for Android smartphones. ...
