Nokia posts huge $1.7 billion Q1 loss; sales boss resigns as smartphone sales plummet 50%
Nokia warned that its first-quarter earnings would be weak, and the numbers are now in. Revenue declined 30% to €7.4 billion, or $9.7 billion USD last …
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Microsoft announces Halo 4, coming this November
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the return of Master Chief and the Halo franchise with the release of “Halo 4” on November 6th. The franchise was …
Windows Phone marketing boss leaves Microsoft after just five months
BGR exclusively broke the news last November that Samsung’s vice president of consumer and enterprise services Gavin Kim had left the company to join Microsoft. As …
Windows 8 aims to take huge chunk of iPad share in less than a year
Microsoft and its partners have seemingly set some very lofty goals for Windows 8. Citing multiple anonymous sources at various unnamed Taiwan-based original device manufacturers, …
Conflicting reports question Windows Phone 8 upgrade plans
Following reports of a Windows Phone developer evangelist claiming that every Windows Phone 7.5 device currently on the market will receive an upgrade to Microsoft’s …
European carriers say Lumia phones can’t compete with iPhone and Android
Nokia’s attempt to regain the traction in the mobile market is turning out to be more difficult than the company once thought. Four major wireless …
Microsoft reveals three editions of its next-generation operating system
Microsoft on Monday announced that there will be three editions of its next-generation Windows 8 operating system: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. …
Microsoft patent reveals hand gesture system for future tablets
A recent patent application from Microsoft reveals that the software giant is looking to bring real-time hand-gestures to tablets, PatentBolt reported on Monday. The patent …
Nokia CEO calls multi-core processors a waste of battery life
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop reportedly stated that multi-core mobile processors are a waste of battery life in a recent interview with a Chinese newspaper. Yangcheng …
Microsoft forms subsidiary to work on various open-source projects
Microsoft on Thursday formed a new subsidiary that will work with open-source projects, open-standards groups and interoperability initiatives. The subsidiary is called Microsoft Open Technologies …
Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Phone roadmap reportedly leaks
Images of Microsoft’s product roadmap for partners have leaked onto the web. The documents were posted on Twitter by Maartin Visser, who discovered the them …
BlackBerry 7 rated most secure operating system
Trend Micro on Wednesday named Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 7 OS as the most secure mobile operating system in a new report titled “Enterprise Readiness of …
Microsoft reportedly plans to bring Kinect to Windows Phone 8
Microsoft’s motion- and voice-based Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs is coming to Windows Phone 8, VR-Zone reported this week. The software …
Nokia appeases angry mob, gains life-long loyalists
Each vendor handles widespread bug reports in its own unique way. Some companies do their best to avoid acknowledging issues unless coverage spills over into …
Windows Vista enters extended support, XP support ends in 2014
Microsoft products fit into two different life cycle stages — mainstream support and extended support. With mainstream support, users receive free security updates, stability improvements, …
Tablet sales to double in 2012
Worldwide consumer tablet sales are forecasted to reach 118.9 million units in 2012, according to market research firm Gartner. The figure represents a 98% increase …
‘Extremely poor’ Symbian sales, mixed Lumia sales to leave Nokia with another rough quarter
Nokia is in store for yet another rough quarter according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley. The struggling Finnish phone vendor posted a massive €954 million …
AT&T is going big with Nokia’s Lumia 900, but reports of a $150M marketing blitz are inaccurate
Nokia’s new Lumia 900 smartphone is getting a huge push at AT&T, but the carrier’s marketing budget for the new flagship Windows Phone won’t quite …
AT&T will spend more promoting the Lumia than it did on Apple’s iPhone [updated]
In the coming months, AT&T will spend as much as $150 million to help promote Nokia’s latest flagship smartphone, the Lumia 900. According to Ad Age, …
Nokia’s Lumia 900 tops Amazon sales chart
Nokia’s first U.S. carrier-backed flagship smartphone to launch in years now occupies the top two spots on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling cell phones. The new …
AOL sells 800 patents to Microsoft in $1 billion deal
AOL and Microsoft on Monday announced an agreement in which the software giant will purchase 800 patents from AOL in a $1.056 billion cash deal. …
Windows Phone will only account for 2% of app downloads in 2012, firm says
Despite reinforcements arriving this year from Nokia, Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform will only account for 2% of all mobile application downloads in 2012, a recent …
Microsoft says Xbox hacking claims are ‘unlikely’
A report emerged last week from a security researcher claiming Microsoft’s Xbox lacked important security features that might protect owners who sell used consoles from …
Bears maul Nokia’s new Windows Phone; Lumia 900 sales seen fizzling
Reviews of Nokia’s new Lumia 900 smartphone have been mixed. We thought the sleek handset was a breath of fresh air for Microsoft’s Windows Phone …
Unannounced LG Windows Phone for Sprint revealed by FCC
The Federal Communications Commission recently published documents that reveal information about an unannounced Windows Phone device from LG. According to the documents, the LG LS831 …
Nokia Lumia 900 teardown reveals mediocre hardware
Nokia and Microsoft are betting big on the Lumia 900, hoping the device will help make a name for Windows Phone in the United States. …
Nokia Lumia 900 or iPhone 3GS?
What would you choose? I asked a question on Twitter a little while ago, and wanted to get an even bigger idea of what everyone …
From pre-PC to post-PC: Happy birthday, Microsoft
On April 4th, 1975, two young programmers named Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partnership called “Micro-soft.” Gates was 22 years old at the …
European regulators probe Motorola following Microsoft, Apple complaints
European regulators are investigating Motorola Mobility for allegedly overcharging Microsoft and Apple for use of its industry standard patents in their products, Reuters reported on …
Sony says PlayStation 4 will launch ahead of next Xbox, report claims
Sony is aiming to launch its next-generation PlayStation video game console ahead of rival Microsoft, a recent report claims. Microsoft’s next Xbox console — which …
