Microsoft: Mobile
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Report: Windows Phones Gain In EU, Struggle In US, China
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech today reported that Windows Phones are seeing meaningful share gains across a number of European countries. In...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer To Retire Next Year, Market Likes The News
Unlike his predecessor Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer has had a tougher time of it. To some degree, it’s not his fault. However, the current...
Study: Mobile Site Performance Drives Customer Satisfaction Over Premium Content
A new customer satisfaction report from ForeSee, focusing on media and entertainment mobile websites and apps, revealed that a site’s...
Microsoft Also Misses On $19.9 Billion In Quarterly Revenue
A little while ago, Google disappointed investors by missing bullish revenue estimates. Microsoft also did so when it reported fiscal quarter...
Microsoft Unveils New Ad Solution For Windows 8 Apps, Aimed At Brands
In an effort to lure more brand advertisers to Windows 8, the company has introduced a new Ads In Apps solution called Ad Pano. The new...
Mobile App Developers Must Update Windows Phone Ad Units By September 12 To Continue Receiving Ads
After launching a number of pubCenter changes, Microsoft announced today that mobile app developers will need to update all existing Windows...
Survey: Windows Phone Gaining At Android’s Expense
New consumer survey data from Kantar argues that Windows Phones “have begun to capture consumers from across the competitor set.”...
Tablet Shipments To Overtake Laptops This Year — Report
Tech research firm IDC says in its latest forecast that tablet shipments will exceed what it calls “portable PCs” (laptops) this...
Microsoft Posts $20.49B Quarterly Revs: Online Ads Worth $784M, Rev Per Search Up
Earlier today, Microsoft reported $20.49 billion in fiscal quarterly revenue (Q3 13). That figure was just shy of analysts’ consensus...
Awkward: Microsoft Rips Facebook, Says Windows Phone Is Real “People First” Device
It was pretty obvious that both Google and Apple had reasons not to like Facebook’s push into the phone space yesterday. But, while those...
Duopoly Time: Apple And Samsung Combine For Almost 90 Percent Of 2012 Global Smartphone Market
Woe be to any mobile phone maker that isn’t named Apple or Samsung. Numbers out today from IDC show the two combining for a staggering...
Global Handset Sales Fall But Smartphones Continue To Gain
People are starting to shun conventional mobile phones also known as “feature phones.” But sales of smartphones continue to grow....
Windows Phone, Microsoft Surface And The “Battle Of The Ecosystems”
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stood on stage at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium and ticked off the ways that Windows...
Report: Mobile Safari Users Generate More Clicks, Longest Queries
Ad network Chitika provided us with some interesting data comparing click through rates (CTRs) and query lengths on the various desktop and...
September Smartphone Market: Once Again The Apple-Android Show
It’s getting very boring to write about the US smartphone market, which is a two horse race. Notwithstanding all the investment, splash...
Live Blog: The Windows Phone 8 Launch Event
Live from San Francisco, it’s Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 launch event. Our live blogging will begin when the event starts at 10am,...
Dueling Apple, Microsoft, Google Press Events Promise Onslaught Of Mobile Devices For Holiday Buyers
Hold on to your wallets folks, a new crop of mobile devices is imminent. Just in time for the ramp up to holiday shopping, Apple is expected to...
Microsoft Revenues Soft As Company Awaits Windows 8 Rollout
Post PC era indeed. Microsoft announced quarterly results yesterday and, although they were massive, they were flat or down compared with a year...
RIM, Windows Continue To Lose Mobile Market Share, Android Near 53 Percent — comScore
Today comScore reported August US mobile market share data. Consistent with the pattern of the last several months Samsung continued to lead...
A Blizzard Of Smartphones Announced In Run Up To iPhone 5
Yesterday Nokia announced two new Lumia-Windows (8) Phones. Google’s Motorola division also announced three new RAZR smartphones. Today...
