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Windows Phone Returns From The Grave To Fight YouTube’s Anti-Ad Block Practices
YouTube has recently stirred up a storm in regards to its new methods of preventing ad-block which block users from watching videos with an ad blocker. Since this came into place many ad-block providers have been creating workarounds starting a war between the two but one unexpected part of this…
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Microsoft Axes Last Vestiges of Nokia Purchase
After swallowing Nokia’s smartphone business in 2014, it seems like Redmond doesn’t actually want it. After shelling out a cool $7 billion for the Finnish firm, Microsoft turned tail last year and admitted it was a mistake. An expensive mistake it turned out as they took a $7.6 billion…
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Microsoft Has 3 Surface Phones for 2017 But Nothing Till Then
Even as Microsoft continues to work on their Windows 10 Mobile OS, the hardware side has been lagging behind. After acquiring Nokia’s handset business for a massive sum 2 years ago, Microsft really hasn’t done much with it. In fact, according to the latest rumours, it looks like the first…
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Windows 10 Mobile Will Not Come to All Lumia Phones as Promised
With news that Windows 10 Mobile will be coming to the Lumia line of phones, people were eagerly awaiting the update after what could only be considered a lackluster of support and empty promises for windows 8 mobile. Sadly not everyone will be able to enjoy this as it has…
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Windows Phone Won’t Be Getting Ported Android Apps
Microsoft is known for their software, with Windows 10 being offered as a free upgrade, with everyone from offices to the Pentagon. Windows 10 isn’t the only software Microsoft hopes people will pick up. Windows 10 mobile was destined to be great but recent sales and rumours could see the…
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Windows Phone Market Share Falls
Microsoft’s entry into the smartphone market has been extremely challenging due to the popularity of Android handsets, and Apple’s loyal user base. Despite the company’s best efforts to hone a user-friendly operating system, it’s really struggled to make an impact. Unfortunately, Windows Phone users are a niche, and many app…
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Bitter Former CEO Steve Ballmer Calls Microsoft Profits Bull****
Steve Ballmer loves having a pop at his old company. The former Microsoft CEO – but still a majority shareholder – takes any opportunity to put the boot into his successor, Satya Nadella, as he did recently when dismissing the company’s aim to create a new generation of universal apps…
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Microsoft Admits Nokia Deal Failure – 7800 to Lose Jobs
It was coming. Microsoft has announced that up to 7,800 employees of its phone division could be made redundant, implicitly admitting to the failure of its $7.9 billion purchase of Nokia in 2013. The move follows the company’s decision to write down $7.6 billion-worth of losses due to the floundering…
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Is Microsoft Preparing to Kill Windows Phone?
Rumour has it that Microsoft could be set to write off the majority of its Nokia acquisition this week. In 2013, Microsoft purchased Nokia’s smartphone division, taking over development of the Windows Phone-running Lumia handsets. The deal seems to have been in peril of some time, with Microsoft warning investors…
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BitTorrent Wants to Offer More P2P Freedom on Mobile Devices With New App
BitTorrent just announced a new mobile app named Shoot that is based around P2P connectivity between individuals. While this sounds good to some people, others may think that this is a new means to start a piracy war on mobile devices. I mean, come on? Secure Peer-to-Peer connectivity on mobile…
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Microsoft Killing off Facebook Integration
Microsoft have taken a strange move in their plan of development. The business giant, Microsoft is killing off one of the key selling points of the Windows Phone operating system. Facebook integration. Microsoft first launched the Windows Phone operating system in 2010 as the first to feature deep integration with…
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Microsoft Announces Cortana for Android and iOS
Microsoft has finally confirmed that Cortana, voice assistant will be made available on both the popular platform, Android and iOS. It is available only for Windows 10 Preview and Windows Phone devices and in order to make it truly competitive, this major step of releasing the product for the devices running…
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Xbox One System Update Adds New Features
The best manufacturers nowadays are the ones who really listen to their customers and what they want to see in products. Microsoft seems to be one of those manufacturers, at least from what we can see in the latest Xbox One system update. It apparently introduced a set of fan-requested…
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Microsoft’s High-End Lumia Windows 10 Phone in the Works
Windows Phone fans, Rejoice! It has been reported that Microsoft is working to bring two new High-end Lumia Windows Phone devices. These will be running on Tech Giant’s new OS called ‘Windows 10’ with ‘Continuum’ feature baked in. The more premium Lumia device is codenamed ‘Cityman’. It is supposed to be…
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Google’s Mobile Search Now Gives Priority to Mobile Enabled Websites
Google announced in February that they were going to optimize their mobile phone search results. Today their developers released that update. When you search Google on a mobile device the search results will be different. The search engine will now display websites that are optimized for mobile devices higher in…
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