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…
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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…
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…
In-Depth profile of Motorola tracks its rise and fall (and future)
If you want to learn what happened behind the scenes in the tumultuous world of Motorola in the past decade,…
9to5Google readers, what do you want to see from Google in 2014?
As Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt makes his own predictions for 2014, I’m turning the subject over to you…the 9to5Google reader….
The rumors were true: Nokia X phones run Android … but only just
Rumors of Nokia launching an Android phone seemed unlikely for a company acquired by Microsoft, but the company today announced…
Microsoft asks EU antitrust regulators to probe Motorola Mobility, says Google is killing Web video
Microsoft requested European Union antitrust regulators to probe Motorola Mobility on claims that the United States phone manufacturer is blocking…
First Look at the Microsoft Cortana beta on Android (Video)
Microsoft recently released its Cortana digital assistant as a beta app, and we’ve been able to get our hands on…
Quick Look at Microsoft’s new Arrow Launcher beta for Android [Video]
A couple of days ago, Microsoft pushed out a beta version of a new Android launcher out to testers. Arrow…
Microsoft and Google officially end their phone and gaming patent battles
Microsoft and Google have announced that they’re dropping their long-running smartphone and video game console patent disputes. This announcement brings…
Microsoft’s internal “Scroogled” video leaks, mocks Google’s own Chrome ads [video]
Another instalment in Microsoft’s “Scroogled” smear campaign attempting to point out the downsides of using Google services. While Microsoft has…
Android’s UI chief paints iOS as juvenile, says Google is starting to take the experience seriously
Image courtesy of The Verge Following a slew of announcements from Google yesterday culminating with the unveiling of Android 4.0…
Report: Injunctions against Motorola Mobility force German store to pull most Android devices
Motorola Mobility apparently yanked all tablets and most smartphones from its German store. According to the company’s online German store (translated),…
Bing vs. Google: Competition gets turned up on April Fool’s Day (Video)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zr4JwPb99qU] While Google has played several light-hearted April Fool’s jokes today, Microsoft’s search engine Bing took things to the next…
Microsoft announces ‘SmartGlass’ wireless streaming app for Xbox/Android
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYvQu00t75w] Microsoft just wrapped up its presentation at this year’s E3 event. While we did not hear anything about iOS…
Opinion: If bots are the future, Google needs to play it smart in the war with Microsoft, Facebook and Apple
We’ve recently argued that the Galaxy S7 edge may represent the culmination of the “Smartphone 1.0 era”. It won’t please everyone…
Microsoft’s ‘Mimicker Alarm’ Garage Project helps you start your day with mini games
Microsoft is back with another Garage Project (cute and novel apps made for iOS and Android phones), and this time…
Cyanogen is bringing OS-level Microsoft Cortana integration to Android
Cortana is currently a lackluster excuse for a voice assistant in the form of a recently-released beta app, but that…
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…
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…
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:
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…
Microsoft tried to outsmart Google by buying Motorola first
GigaOm is reporting that many companies were in the race to buy Motorola Mobility, including Microsoft. GigaOm contributes this as one…