When Windows Phone was first unveiled back in 2010 as “Windows Phone Series 7,” its ambitions were lofty but its prospects were bleak. Many people covering the mobile market at the time were >>
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Bill Gates admits that he switched to Android
If there was ever going to be a sign that Windows Phone was well and truly dead, this would have to be it: Bill Gates himself has finally taken the plunge and switched >>
Years too late, Microsoft has made a killer Windows Phone feature
Hey, remember Windows Phone? You probably don’t and for a long time it seems like Microsoft hasn’t remembered it either. Behind the scenes, however, it looks like Microsoft has been working on new >>
It’s game over for Windows Phone as device sales hit an all-time low
Try as it may, Microsoft simply can’t compete in a smartphone market still dominated by Apple’s iPhone and an assortment of Android handsets. As part of the company’s Q4 2015 earnings report, the >>
Microsoft is doing so many things well – so why is it still flailing at smartphones?
Microsoft is doing a lot of things right these days and not just in the realm of enterprise software and services that have traditionally been its main strength. It’s shown that it can >>
Oh, the irony: Steve Ballmer rips Microsoft’s smartphone strategy
Steve Ballmer hasn’t been the CEO of Microsoft for a while now but he can’t seem to keep his mouth shut about how the company is being run. Bloomberg reports that Ballmer got feisty >>
Microsoft engineer exposes the inside story: Why Windows Phone was doomed from the start
It’s almost tragic how Microsoft, with a multi-year head start in the mobile phone market, was completely blindsided by the iPhone. Indeed, it’s somewhat easy to forget that Microsoft, going as far back >>
Microsoft Waves the White Flag in Battle with iPhone and Android
Microsoft’s dreams of competing with iOS and Android in the mass consumer smartphone market are officially dead. Microsoft on Wednesday announced a major restructuring of its hardware division that will include layoffs of >>
