Category: Windows Phone

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Shipment Data for Brazil by IDC on Windows Phone Peg It As the Second Most Popular OS There

Shipment Data for the Brazilian Windows Phone Market Show the OS Is the Second in Popularity in the Country Shipment data on Windows Phone show its popularity in Brazil is growing. Now it is considered the second most popular OS in the country. That is the conclusion on the basis of shipment data by the International Data Corporation (IDC). Users...

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iOS leads in the business market with a 73% share in Q4 2013

Android activations account for 26%, while Windows Phone is third with a tiny share Good Technology has published a new report about OS, app and device preferences from the FORTUNE 100 companies, leaders in banking, healthcare, retail, defense, insurance and other business sectors. According to the figures, iOS activations accounts for 73% of the market in the last quarter (54%...

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Microsoft Goals May Include Enabling Android Apps for Windows and Windows Phone

Microsoft Goals Include Apps Development, There Are Suggestions Microsoft May Enable Android Apps A Microsoft goal in the mobile area includes developing more apps. For the purpose the company is trying to attract and stimulate developers. Because apps for Windows Phone are fewer than those for Android, recently there have been ideas about what Microsoft goals should include. It is...

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Samsung Heron passes through FCC, ready to land in Verizon

Samsung Heron will be released by Verizon, according to a new leak One week ago we shared the rumor started by @evleaks about the upcoming Windows Phone-powered smartphone by the Korean manufacturer Samsung. The tipster revealed a lot of juicy details about the SM-W750V. First, it seems that the handset has the codename Huron. It is still unknown what the...

New design for Windows Phone 8.1 center, now Action Center 0

New Design of Windows Phone 8.1 Action Center Leaked Out

New Design of Windows Phone 8.1 Action Center Seen in Screenshots from Microsoft Email The new design of the Notification Center of Windows Phone 8.1 can be seen in screenshots. These screenshots were first published on the Winphollowers site. Now the Notification Centre is called Action Center. As was pointed out, the screenshots came from a confidential Microsoft email. They...

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App developers loyal to Windows Phone, the OS is becoming more and more popular

App developers are staying loyal to Windows Phone with more and more apps, Microsoft help for marketing appreciated App developers are devoting a lot of attention to Windows Phone. Now the Android and iOS platforms are considered the leading ones. App developers for Windows Phone are following behind. The number of developers converted to Windows Phone is growing. Microsoft announced...

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Foursquare and Microsoft Deal, Results Promised to Be Seen in Months

Foursquare Gets Investment by Microsoft, Microsoft Gets a Lot of Data in Return Foursquare is a location based social network. Microsoft recently invested a hefty amount into it. The money amounted to 15 million dollars. In addition, the company also signed a data contract for a number of years. The data is expected to come in handy in the Bing...

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IT Specialists in UK Replacing BlackBerry Devices with Windows Phone Ones

IT Specialists in the UK in Business and Government Areas Increasingly Using Windows Phone Rather than BlackBerrys IT specialists in the UK in the business and government fields are planning to abandon their BlackBerry devices and to use Windows Phone ones. That became clear as the UK Computerweekly interviewed IT specialists who shared their plans and explained the reasons. Andrew...

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Patent Protection for Google with Motorola Mobility Sale

Patent Protection Ensured for Google with Motorola Mobility Sale, Cooperation with Samsung Means Tough Competition for Microsoft and Apple Patent protection is an important rule for the leaders on the smartphone market. On January 29 Google announced Motorola Mobility sale to Lenovo. The amount of the sale was $2.91 billion. Those who think that was a loss, considering the original...