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It increasingly looks like Microsoft may really need to review and overhaul Windows Phone apps approval process. We have heard many cases where trademarks and official names like “Facebook” and “YouTube” are misused by developers for their 3rd party apps. But, seems one of...

After coming out with a couple of devices, Huawei is still not confident that it will make another Windows Phone devoice anytime soon. Huawei CMO was quoted as calling Windows Phone very closed and because Windows Phone devices look all the same, its hard...

A report from leading Indian newspaper TOI claims that Indian manufacturers came on-board with Windows Phone OS device plans, only when Microsoft agreed to waive off the licensing fees. Microsoft has announced some 9 new hardware partners at MWC 2014 including Indian manufacturers Lava...

Korean manufacturers have joined their Chinese counterparts in petitioning against Nokia-Microsoft deal now. The Korea Electronics Association has submitted a petition to FTC against Microsoft’s likely move to keep the local manufacturers in check on the strength of Nokia’s patents, which doesn’t make any...

Microsoft-Nokia deal which involves Nokia’s Devices and services unit sales to Microsoft for $7.2 billion is going to be closed within Q1 2014 as per the latest information. But, a new report from Bloomberg claims that the original proposed deal (which was rejected by...

Kantar WorldPanel’s report for 3 months ending January 2014 is out and here are some of the important points, Windows Phone keeps it steady in EU5 countries with 10% sales share though YoY it represents a change of 3.9% In Italy it is at 17% sale...

Seems, Microsoft has realized it ( albeit quite late), how important it is to have some compelling services like YouTube for competing and succeeding as the 3rd eco-system. So, the latest reports claim it considering to buy a stake in DailyMotion, the popular video...

It is a well-known fact that Microsoft has been earning more in patent licensing to Android vendors, than by licensing its own Windows Phone operating system. It has as many as 21 Android vendors as patent licensees and Voxx Electronics happens to be the...

So much has been revealed about Windows Phone 8.1 via Windows Phone 8.1 SDK leaks, but still there is always something more to cover. So, here we are with some new stuff which was either not revealed or highlighted earlier, New thread settings and speak...

The first ever dual-sim Lumia, Lumia 630 is under intense testing in India. The two dual-sim variants of Lumia 630, RM-977 and RM-978 were found by us in Zauba records. Now, RM-978 has seen lots of travel to India in last few days, as...

While we have a feeling that Lumia 630 / Lumia 635, 5.2 inch flagship RM-964, 8.2 inch Tablet RX-115 and Nokia Normandy may be unveiled at MWC 2014, a tip received by us claims that there will be no new Lumia announcement at MWC. This leaves...

Latest report from Wall Street Journal claims that Microsoft Board is already negotiating contract terms with Satya Nadella to become next chief executive. Now, we have to give more weightage to this report from WSJ, as report from Bloomberg and Recode also pitted Satya...