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Microsoft Surprises With New Windows 10 Mobile Build
Microsoft recently released an updated Windows 10 Mobile build, numbered 10586.29. Microsoft’s Gabe Aul calls the new edition of the company’s smartphone operating system a “Cumulative Update” for the preceding build, 10586.
The build was a slight surprise to your humble servant, dropping in the early evening on a Friday Read More
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IDC Predicts Sluggish Windows Phone Sales Growth
According to IDC, sales growth of smartphones running Microsoft’s operating system will remain sluggish for the foreseeable future.
New figures from the group, released yesterday, are stark. The group predicts that Microsoft will shift a total of 31.3 million phones in calendar 2015, giving the software giant an effective global market share of 2.2 percent. Read More
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How The Tech Pendulum Swings
Microsoft announced another bunch of job cuts today, primarily in the phone-making division which it acquired from Nokia in a 2013 deal which completed last year. Shrinking headcount in this division was something Redmond started doing a year ago, soon after gaining full control. Read More
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Google Fixes AdMob Bug Affecting Windows Phone Apps’ Ad Revenue For Weeks
A problem that led to Windows Phone app developers seeing declining ad revenue from Google’s AdMob ad network has now been resolved, says Google. Earlier this week, news emerged that a number of Windows Phone developers had seen their ad fill rates drop by a significant amount during the month, which greatly impacted their ability to generate revenue using Google’s ads in their apps. Read More
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Spotify (Finally) Upgrades Windows Phone App With New Look And More Android, iOS Features
Spotify, which last week announced 60 million users (15 million paying) worldwide, is announcing an upgrade to its Windows Phone app that it hopes will get more owners of Microsoft-powered mobile phones to use its streaming music service. The new app features a slicker-looking black-colored theme, alongside (finally) the appearance of Spotify’s “Your Music” feature to… Read More
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Microsoft Squeezes Windows Phone To $81 With Entry Level Lumia 435, $93 With Lumia 532
Microsoft has announced two new Lumia smartphones running its Windows Phone 8.1 mobile OS, both focused on beefing up the portfolio at the lower end and expanding the platform’s appeal in emerging markets to try to compete with budget Androids. Apple’s Bigger iPhones Dent Android’s Sales Momentum
Apple’s newest iPhones, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, have put a spring in iOS’ smartphone sales figures for fall, and a small dent in the rival Android platform’s share, according to new data from market watcher Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Microsoft Releases Cortana In 4 New Countries
If you live in Germany, Italy, France or Spain, you can now get your Cortana on. Microsoft today announced that it has rolled out its virtual, digital assistant to those four new European countries for users that are part of its Windows Phone Developer Preview Program. Read More
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Android 5.0 Currently Runs On Fewer Than 0.1% Of Handsets
Google’s recently released Android 5.0 mobile operating system is currently running on fewer than 0.1 percent of handsets, according to data released by the company. The new software, code-named ‘Lollipop,’ was made generally available November 12. Carriers are currently rolling Lollipop out to consumers, according to their own schedule. Read More
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Windows Phone 8.1 Finally Breaks The 50% Market Share Threshold
Windows Phone 8.1 accounted for more than 50 percent of all Windows Phone usage in November. It closed October with 46.7 percent of the market. Windows Phone 8, its predecessor, still controls 33.5 percent of the Windows Phone base. That amount will decline as more carriers update phones that were initially sold with an earlier version of the Windows Phone platform. Here’s the chart… Read More
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