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30, Apr 2013

Just recently, we reported on a duo of apps that Microsoft was working on called Switch to Windows Phone. The apps are designed to help Android users jump ship to Windows Phone, by providing a means to find similar apps.
All this talk about Windows Phone being dead in the water, when compared to Android and iOS is starting to get a bit much. If you read every news story on the internet about Windows Phone market share, everyone has a comment about how Windows Phone will never catch up to the...

29, Apr 2013

If you are like me, you have an HTPC with Windows 8. I am using Flirc and have my TV's remotly programmed with various key combinations for XBMC. But this is not without its failings. Most of the keys...

25, Apr 2013

If it's easy to switch from one phone operating system to another, then why can't it be easy to find the same or similar apps? Microsoft is going the extra mile to make all of that possible.

24, Apr 2013

Microsoft has announced that China's ZTE, one of the world's largest smartphone companies in the world, has joined the software giant's patent licensing agreement. This news comes one week after Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai signed a similar Android patent license...

16, Apr 2013

During the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile conference today, Terry Myerson, the Corporate VP of the Windows Phone Division, made mentions to Google's Android operating system as well as Apple's iOS platform.
Back in November of 2012, Microsoft released an Outlook.com app for Android. Immediately, you could notice that the app was outdated and features styles from an older version of the Android operating system. The bottom like was, the app sucked.

04, Apr 2013

Gartner is beginning to make some strong and edgy "predictions" as of late. Today, the research group revealed that Microsoft is threatened as smartphones and tablets rise in popularity. In fact, tablets will outsell desktops and laptops while Google's Android platform pretty...

01, Apr 2013

Lets see how well Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is doing for the month of March. According to data from Net Applications, Windows Phone has finally beat BlackBerry in market share. Windows Phone is still, on the other hand, behind Google's Android and Apple's iOS in...

07, Mar 2013

Check this out! One Surface Pro owner was able to install Android x86 rather than running the default Windows 8 operating system on the device, but it comes with some sacrifices. While the WiFi and Bluetooth features do not work, it is still nice to see someone able to install...