Advertisements Steve Ballmer, current CEO of Microsoft, eccentric “Crazy dude” with a certainly “different” style has just announced in an open email that he plans to step down from his position as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months. “We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an […]
Yesterday for a few short hours everything seemed to be coming together for Windows Phone, as the updated Youtube app was finally released. Unfortunately the joy and excitement was short lived as Microsoft pulled back the app and the service was shut down (an error now appears saying “something went wrong, we’re not sure what). […]
The Released to Manufacturing status (RTM) of any operating system is the second most important and definitive timepoint in getting devices to market. It would seem that just last night Windows Phone 8 achieved just that status. What this means is that Microsoft halted addition of new features to the OS a number of months […]
Another advantage of the Nokia-Microsoft deal about 8 months back promised to bring more “Microsoft related support” to the current and future lines of Symbian phones. The first Symbian related advantage from this deal comes in the form of Microsoft Office apps coming to S^3 devices running Belle (apparently showcased at Nokia World 2011) . This would be the first time […]
In an effort to lure the present Qt devs (quite a number now, i’d say) into the Windows Phone dev environment, microsoft has added support in their API mapping tool for Symbian Qt, which the devs can use to create ports in a fast and easy manner. If you want to check it out, here’s the direct […]
The IDC recently released their figures for smartphone shipments for Q2 2011 and it’s rather obvious that Nokia has had its lunch eaten without so much as putting up a fight. Apple, formerly the undisputed leader in terms of profits from their smartphone sales moved into the #1 spot with Samsung clinching the #2 spot. […]
How about starting your weekend with a bit of riot worthy news? Pocket-lint is reporting that the apps Nokia create for Windows Phone are also going to be available on devices from their competitors like HTC and Samsung. Pocket-lint had an interview with Marco Argenti, senior vice president of Developer and Marketplace at Nokia partly […]
Ahead of his keynote speech at Qualcomm’s Uplinq conference tomorrow evening, Stephen Elop took  (is taking) the time out to answer a few questions from Walt Mossberg at their currently ongoing D9 conference. While you can currently follow this liveblog here courtesy of the fine folks at ThisIsMyNext, there were a few choice quotes that […]
Thanks to our hawkeyed readers that keep tabs on everything Nokia related and more we received a tip from dietyyli that the ever entertaining Eldar Murtazin tweeted that Microsoft is planning to buy Nokia’s mobile division, this year. When, why and how this all will happen remains a mystery at this time, it’s just another […]
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