Has Steve Wozniak gone Team Microsoft? As the Huffington Post reports, the Apple co-founder said at an Entel technology press conference in Chile that he is impressed by the design of Microsoft’s… Read More
Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, is making news today for recent comments downplaying Apple’s Siri intelligent assistant — telling Forbes’ Eric Savitz that Microsoft has had similar… Read More
Apple found itself in a bit of hot water back in April when researchers discovered that iPhones and 3G-enabled iPads recorded the position of devices in a hidden file. The revelation created… Read More
As part of an update about upcoming Windows Phone gaming features, Microsoft this week offered a teaser about a new service called “Fast Async” — promising that it will improve gameplay… Read More
Microsoft veteran Charlie Kindel, who led the effort to get independent app developers on board with Windows Phone, is leaving the company after 21 years to launch a startup —… Read More
Android devices are landing in the hands of more Americans, according to a new survey by Nielsen. The fast-growing mobile operating system now accounts for 39 percent of the smartphone… Read More
Microsoft’s Windows Phone team has completed its well-reviewed “Mango” software update and shipped the code to handset makers and wireless carriers for installation on devices to be sold in stores later… Read More
It looks like Gizmodo has found its next favorite phone. And it isn’t from Apple or Google. It’s from Microsoft. “It’s almost like the phone is happy to be alive.… Read More
Microsoft plans to port its internally developed Zune HD apps to Windows Phone 7 in a move that highlights one of the challenges that hampered the company’s dedicated music hardware.… Read More
Research firm IDC is out with new projections for the smartphone market, sticking to its prediction that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will be the No. 2 operating system worldwide by 2015… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph, better known as “Ben the PC Guy,” who answers our questions about the latest Windows PC hardware, talks… Read More
Microsoft this morning continued its steady pace of app development for Apple’s iOS, as the company’s MSN unit released a version of its “Onit” men’s lifestyle app for iPad and… Read More
Since the beginning, Microsoft’s strategy with Windows Phone has been to create a unified experience across the device — drawing information and sources from a variety of sources into centralized… Read More
Microsoft is packing a ton of stuff into the next Windows Phone version, in areas including business communications, search, games, web browsing and underlying support for third-party apps. That much… Read More
Much is made these days about the smartphone operating system wars, as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android fight for position against the likes of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry OS and… Read More
What is it with these Microsoft groups feeling the need to publicly defend their numbers all of a sudden? The Windows Phone team tonight followed the Internet Explorer crew in… Read More
Microsoft is giving more details about the rollout of the long-awaited update that will bring copy-and-paste capabilities (and other improvements) to Windows Phone 7. And it’s looking like the wait… Read More
Microsoft has started to roll out the long-awaited “NoDo” update for Windows Phone — bringing features including copy and paste to users of its new mobile platform. The release was… Read More