A handful of mobile operating systems have struggled to challenge Android and iOS due to saturated smartphone markets and a lack of carrier enthusiasm. But while the internet of things will… Read more »
Microsoft puts a stake in Foursquare’s future, offering the startup $15 million for access to location-award datasets and technology that could help Microsoft compete with Apple and Google in mobile. Read more »
With a new CEO will Microsoft become a bigger mobile player? Based Satya Nadella’s first memo to employees, it looks like he’ll bring new ideas, saying the company needs to rethink… Read more »
Samsung hasn’t been a big supporter of Windows Phone, with just a handset here and there. More evidence of a higher end device appeared online and there a few reasons to… Read more »
A leaked, early build of Update 1 for Windows 8.1 appeared online over the weekend and it shows a merger between the Desktop and tiled interfaces of Microsoft’s platform. Mouse and… Read more »
More Nokia Normandy details leaked on Tuesday, showing an Android phone that runs on meager hardware: Exactly what I’d think would take the place of Nokia’s current low-cost Asha line with… Read more »
Android device sales continued to rise overall in the final quarter of 2013 but the big winner in China isn’t a name you might have expected. The top dog isn’t Samsung;… Read more »
In the final quarter of 2013, Nokia Lumia sales actually fell from the prior quarter, leaving the company with 30 million Windows Phones sold just as Microsoft prepares to take ownership… Read more »
Nokia’s Lumia Icon for Verizon keeps playing hide and seek: Earlier this month it appeared on a Verizon test site and now the phone’s product page with specs is live on… Read more »