Risto Siilasmaa of Nokia, who was only recently promoted to board chairman, was interviewed by a Finnish television show last Thursday where he spoke about his responsibilities and the direction of the company. Despite the company's stock price having dropped by a third since Siilasmaa took over,...
Wild speculation mounts
1Password is a favorite around The Verge offices: the cross-platform application beautifully syncs logins and secure info (like notes and credit card numbers) and makes them available for one-click access to all of your websites. If there's one...
Apparently the announcement of BlackBerry 10 wasn't enough to stem the tide of people leaving RIM's platform. The latest numbers by comScore show a 2 percent drop between February and May for the OS, putting it at only 11.4 percent of US smartphone subscribers. Apple and Google, meanwhile, have both gained subscribers, with Android rising slightly to 50.9 percent and Apple from 30.2 percent to...
Microsoft regularly develops hardware and software solutions in its research labs, with some seeing the light of day and others canceled for a variety of reasons. WMPowerUser claims that Microsoft's research team is working on a curved software keyboard that might be made available in Windows Phone 8.
Citing a leaked Microsoft Research presentation, the site has managed to obtain an image of the onscreen keyboard in action. The curved keyboard appears to be designed for one-handed thumb typing (similar to Swype), allowing users to use a predictive text technology to thumb over letters. Microsoft has previously used similar keyboards in its ultra-mobile PCs. WMPowerUser also claims the keyboard may be part of Windows Phone 8, after Microsoft inadvertently revealed they were working on a "one handed input and next gen soft keyboard" in a...
Rumored for inclusion in Windows Phone 8
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Regional carrier US Cellular will be joining AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile as a provider of Windows Phone 8 devices. The carrier told PC Mag that "We believe in giving our customers the latest technology and device options and we are excited about the Windows 8 phone. It will be an important part...
We saw some evidence earlier this month that Microsoft might be planning to overhaul the icon design in its Office 2013 suite, but a leak today has confirmed and revealed the upcoming changes. With an Office 2013 public beta expected in early...
Motorola successfully convinced an administrative law judge (ALJ) at the ITC back in April to rule that Microsoft's Xbox 360 infringed US patent number 6,980,596, but how things can quickly change. Microsoft immediately appealed that decision up to the full panel of the ITC, w...
