Android now powers almost 60% of smart mobile devices
Research firm Canalys is out today with its latest report tracking worldwide smart mobile device shipments for Q1 with Android…
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Microsoft reportedly working on Android-compatible fitness band for Q4 release
Microsoft is planning its own entry into the wearable market, but won’t make it exclusive to Windows devices, according to…
Nexus 3 prototype from HTC in the wild?
Before it got pulled, TechHog showed off a picture of what they said was a Nexus 3 device that was…
Microsoft Research releases Climatology, a climate monitoring app for Android
Microsoft’s list of Android apps has just grown by one. The company’s research team recently released Climatology, a climate tracking application…
Skype for Android updated with contact syncing
Skype for Android received an update today that makes it easier to import your phone’s contact list. Although this new software…
Xiaomi preinstalling Office & Skype on all devices as it enters patent deal w/ Microsoft
Microsoft and Xiaomi have announced today what they are calling the start of a long-term partnership. As part of the…
Barnes & Noble responds to Microsoft with 44 pages of prior art, requests evidence of patent misuse
On Monday we updated you on Microsoft’s ongoing attempts to collect royalties from Barnes & Noble for their use of…
Full hour of Andy Rubin at AllThingsD Asia
We got the highlights before but here’s the whole hour long interview. [vodpod id=Video.15630199&w=650&h=420&fv=videoGUID%3D%7BB5506435-F8CB-497B-8356-51C6261CF867%7D%26amp%3Bplayerid%3D4001%26amp%3BplyMediaEnabled%3D1%26amp%3BconfigURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwsj.vo.llnwd.net%2Fo28%2Fplayers%2F%26amp%3BautoStart%3Dfalse] Important quotes below:
Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen—which hopes to take Android away from Google
Update: A previous version of this article stated that Microsoft was investing $70 million, but it seems more likely that…
OneDrive for Android updated with improved sharing and organization features
If you’re using your Android device to moonlight on Drive with Microsoft’s OneDrive, your infidelity just got a little easier. Today,…
Google: 2/3rds of our mobile search comes from Apple’s iOS
As part of the Senate Judiciary hearings today, former former FTC official (and new Google employee) Suzanne Michel, testified under…
Google accuses Microsoft of being extortionists, Microsoft accuses Google of being crybabies
This morning word broke that Microsoft and Samsung entered a cross-licensing agreement that would see Samsung paying royalties on their…
Here’s how you can try out Windows Phone on your Android device
Curious to see how Windows Phone feels, but don’t have a device around to do so? Us neither. But Microsoft…
Rumored Microsoft smartwatch to be OS agnostic, might land this summer
According to a new report from Forbes, Microsoft’s rumored smartwatch is going to be compatible with not only the Redmond,…
Microsoft announces new tool for effortlessly porting Android apps to Windows 10
Microsoft announced today during its Build conference that it will release a tool for developers to port their Android apps directly…
Microsoft is using Android’s share and ‘open with’ menus to advertise its other apps
Microsoft has done a lot on Android in recent years, and last week many were excited when the company launched…
Android = iOS + RIM + Microsoft + Other
Gartner is out with their first quarter 2011 mobile phone market survey. The results are astounding. The first quarter belonged…
Almost comical, unintended consequence of of Apple’s patent win: Your manufacturer/carrier might actually update your Android phone
Something funny just hit me. Samsung’s “pure Google” Nexus S phone was hit with a number of software infringements in…
Now back at Microsoft, Stephen Elop says Nokia X’s forked Android is here to stay
As Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone and handheld business this past week, Stephen Elop — the former Microsoft…
Citi: Microsoft takes $5 in royalties for every Android device HTC makes
A report from Citi analyst Walter Pritchard made headlines this morning with claims that HTC agreed to paying five bucks…
Schmidt: Apple is jealous of Android’s success, that’s why they’re suing
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has gone on the offensive and bashed Apple over patent infringement claims the company had…
Microsoft ad pitches Lumia Windows phone against a year old Android
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6UMmqUwkFU In a rather odd ad campaign spotted by GeekWire, Microsoft is running the kind of ad used by soap…
What if Nokia had gone Android?
What if Microsoft didn’t decide to dump a boatload of cash on top of Nokia to take their OS and…
Wave Goodbye
All the way back in 2010, Google announced that Google Wave was on its last leg, and then last November…