Confirmed: Windows 10 coming to all Lumias running Windows Phone 8
Microsoft on its Lumia Twitter account confirmed that all current Windows Phone 8 devices, including Nokia Lumia and Microsoft Lumia will be upgraded to Windows …
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Windows Phone is finally on developers’ radars
The Windows Phone app market may still have some catching up to do but it looks like Steve Ballmer’s “developers” chant is finally starting to …
Microsoft exec vows to end Windows Phone app gap by ‘end of 2014’
When should you expect to see every major app released on iOS and Android to also get released on Windows Phone? According to Microsoft’s Windows …
The sad, dead state of the Windows Phone app market
Instagram took years to finally launch a Windows Phone app… and then launched a version without video support. Apps like Super Mario Kart keep popping up …
Windows Phone leaves BlackBerry in the dust, Android still dominates in Q3
Fresh evidence emerged Thursday that Windows Phone has steamed past BlackBerry to establish itself as the world’s No. 3 smartphone OS. New data from Gartner …
Microsoft fills in yet another crucial Windows Phone app gap
One by one, Microsoft is checking off its list of missing Windows Phone apps. Vine on Tuesday announced that its official Windows Phone 8 app …
Windows Phone is surging at BlackBerry’s expense
It’s taken a while but Microsoft’s Windows Phone finally looks like it’s ready to become a major player in the mobile market. The latest numbers …
How Microsoft’s brute financial force will bring apps to Windows Phone
Microsoft has always had one big advantage over BlackBerry in its quest to establish Windows Phone as the world’s No. 3 mobile operating system: Giant …
Nokia helps Windows Phone overtake iOS in key European market
Don’t look now, but Windows Phone is gaining some serious momentum in Europe. The latest numbers from Kantar Worldpanel show that Windows Phone has actually …
Microsoft prepares for phablets with latest Windows Phone update
On Monday, Microsoft announced the third major update for Windows Phone 8, which will enable higher resolutions and a larger Start screen in order to …
HTC’s latest cunning comeback plan: Dual-boot Windows Phone onto its Android handsets
HTC may have found an even worse comeback plan than building a third Facebook phone. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that Microsoft has approached HTC with …
Microsoft owes Nokia a giant ‘thank you’ card: Windows Phone surges in Europe
Windows Phone adoption has been surging in Europe, thanks mostly to the efforts of Nokia. Kantar Worldpanel’s latest data on European smartphone market share shows …
Microsoft plans single app store for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone
This could be just the thing that Microsoft needs to reignite developer interest in Windows Phone: A common app store for its multiple platforms. Unnamed …
Survey shows developer interest in Windows Phone is actually shrinking
Steve Ballmer might want to break out the checkbook and start an extra big “Developers, developers, developers!” chant. IDG News, via CITE World, reports on a …
iOS, Windows Phone seen clawing market share back from Android in China
Google’s Android operating system has ruled the roost in China for a while now but research firm IDC thinks that its iron grip on the …
Nokia accounts for 88% of all Windows Phone handsets in use
New research confirms what we’ve known for a while now: Nokia is really the only company putting effort into developing and marketing Windows Phone devices. …
Microsoft says Windows Phone is a ‘distant third,’ admits OEMs were annoyed by Surface
Microsoft is making a big shift from being a software company to being a devices and services company, which means that we should expect the …
At least one major manufacturer isn’t ditching Windows Phone after the Nokia deal
After Microsoft picked up Nokia’s handset business in a deal worth $7.2 billion, some observers believed that other third-party manufacturers would flee the Windows Phone …
IDC: Windows Phone will reach double-digit market share… in 2017
Although it seems that Microsoft has beaten BlackBerry in the battle for third place in the global smartphone market, the company may not be too …
The battle for third place is over: Windows Phone has won
It’s no longer a fluke: It looks as though Windows Phone has taken a commanding lead over BlackBerry in several key markets and has firmly …
Windows Phone may at long last get Instagram
It was only a matter of time — and possibly cash — before Instagram finally decided to develop a mobile app for Windows Phone 8. …
Windows Phone gains critical momentum in Latin America
Although Windows Phone has little short-term hope of denting the iOS-Android duopoly in the United States, the story is different in emerging markets where many …
Google blocks Microsoft’s Windows Phone YouTube app… again
Google seems determined to make Microsoft’s life miserable when it comes to approving a YouTube app for the Windows Phone store. The Verge reports that …
Nokia is slowly pushing Windows Phone’s market share upward
If Windows Phone really does start to take off, it will be in large part thanks to the efforts of Nokia, the Finnish device manufacturer …
Microsoft unveils potentially crucial tool for attracting more Windows Phone apps
Microsoft knows that it has to bring more apps to Windows Phone and the company this week released what could be a very important recruitment …
Windows Phone shows signs of life while BlackBerry keeps crumbling
Windows Phone is now definitively winning the battle to become the world’s No. 3 mobile operating system. The latest numbers from IDC show that Windows …
Which important apps is Windows Phone still missing?
With Nokia publicly calling on Microsoft to do more to bring key apps to Windows Phone 8, it’s a good time to check in to …
