Microsoft recognizes the fastest growing smartphone segment is the low-cost market. In a note to employees, Stephen Elop reiterated that with renewed focus on markets where Microsoft is already succeeding. It’s… Read more »
Wow. Just wow. The long-reported Microsoft job cuts are here and they are deeper than expected. Microsoft will eliminate 18,000 jobs over the next year and consolidate its phone efforts. Read more »
The slow-mo succession continues with Hans Vestberg as the latest tech exec to surface as the potential successor to Steve Ballmer at Microsoft. Read more »
The Lumia 2520 is a Windows RT tablet that’s designed to be as usable as possible in bright sunlight, and comes with the option of a keyboard/battery pack cover. The Lumia… Read more »
Many people in Finland are feeling understandably sore at the sale of Nokia(s nok)’s venerable handset division to Microsoft(s msft), and this won’t help quell the conspiracy theories. Nokia previously said… Read more »
After years of playing footsie — in a game that accelerated over the past 12 months — Microsoft and Nokia finally pulled the trigger on a $7.2 billion deal. What changed… Read more »
Microsoft will join Google and Facebook — and show its commitment to Finland — by siting a data center in Europe’s frozen north. Also, the Nokia phone unit takeover talks have… Read more »