Microsoft and Google have been locked in a war of words over a YouTube Windows Phone app, but in the midst of the arguments a new Scroogled ad has emerged. Designed to be an internal-only video, a copy has somehow managed to find its way onto the web right in the middle of Google's I/O developer...
Redmond targets Chrome
Microsoft previously promised Surface Pro availability in the UK this month, but it's revealing an exact date and pricing today. Brits will be able to purchase Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet on May 23rd, priced at £719 for the 64GB model and £799...
Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 13 has been one of the most popular Windows 8 machines, combining an ultrabook's design and specs with a rotating, back-bending touchscreen. But the smaller Yoga 11 was underpowered by comparison, running Windows RT on an ARM processor. As of today, though, Lenovo is rolling out an alternative: the Yoga 11S, which replaces the 11's Tegra chip with an Intel one and runs...
Market research firm IDC just released its latest quarterly look at the smartphone market, and for the first time Windows Phone marketshare has eclipsed BlackBerry. During Q1 2013, Windows Phone devices accounted for 3.2 percent of all smartphones shipped around the world, while BlackBerry devices made up 2.9 percent of the market. That's a change from last quarter, when Windows Phone made up 2.6 percent of all shipments, compared to 3.2 percent for BlackBerry. While that's good news for Microsoft in a relative sense — they've been trailing BlackBerry for third place for quite some time — it's pretty obvious that we still don't have a true third smartphone ecosystem that consumers are responding to yet.
It's still a two-horse race between Apple and Google, with Android and iOS making up a whopping 92.3 percent of the market....
We're still waiting for a true 'third ecosystem' to emerge
| Subject | Posted By | Latest Reply | Comments |
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| Microsoft and Vimeo? 13 minutes ago | 21empark | Johnsies | 3 |
| MS should probably just give up in the consumer space 11 minutes ago | kevm14 | EdlAk | 55 |
| Are there any "Metro" apps worth getting on non-touch PCs? 16 minutes ago | RedR | meelahi | 18 |
| Opinions? Other Online Website's 18 minutes ago | Sirstaven | meelahi | 6 |
| Microsoft YouTube App Is A Rule Breaker; It Strips Ads, Downloads Video 22 minutes ago | mistalee3 | grking | 35 |
| Brightness slider - will it be available in WP at least by 2015? about 1 hour ago | yieldway17 | Mojave3012 | 38 |
Following Google's demands for Microsoft to remove its Windows Phone YouTube app, Microsoft has responded saying it's happy to include advertising. Google sent a cease and desist letter to Microsoft recently, with concerns that the Windows Phone YouTube app does not display ads. "We’d be more...
The BBC is finally supporting Windows Phone today, following its availability on Android, iOS, and BlackBerry. An updated iPlayer site provides the essential support for Windows Phone users to stream on-demand TV content in the UK. The BBC has...
Microsoft's Surface notwithstanding, Windows RT hasn't yet been the success that Microsoft has hoped. Samsung seems to be distancing itself from the operating system, and many PC manufacturers have yet to bite at all. However, Dell has publicly committed to the OS, and this...
