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You Were Forced to Upgrade to Windows 10, Admits Microsoft

You Were Forced to Upgrade to Windows 10, Admits Microsoft

Posted By: Siddharth Naikon: December 28, 2016In: Gadgets, News

Yes, you heard it right, Microsoft finally admitted that it forced users to upgrade to Windows 10. Windows 10 launched globally on 29 July 2015, marking the end of decades of heavy OS updates. Available as a free upgrade for a year after launch, Windows 10 came with a price from 30 July 2016. Although […] Read more

Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual Launched In India for Rs. 9,199

Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual Launched In India for Rs. 9,199

Posted By: Anand Karwaon: November 27, 2014In: News

Just after a few days of its announcement, Microsoft has launched its first very own Windows smartphone- Microsoft Lumia 535. Yes, Nokia is gone! A few days back Microsoft had announced that it would drop the Nokia label in favour of its own branding. Lumia 535 is not just the first Microsoft branded Windows phone but also […] Read more

Microsoft Acquires Nokia’s Devices & Services Business For $7.17 Bn

Microsoft Acquires Nokia’s Devices & Services Business For $7.17 Bn

Posted By: Ankit Agarwalon: September 03, 2013In: Mobiles

It has finally happened! Microsoft has acquired the devices & services business of Nokia for $7.17 Bn in an all cash transaction. Devices, Services As Well as License to Patents As part of the deal, Microsoft will acquire substantially all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, including the Mobile Phones and Smart Devices business units […] Read more

Microsoft’s new business : Signing Android patent agreements

Posted By: Sriram Vadlamanion: June 30, 2011In: Android

Microsoft’s love for Android has just grown five fold. Microsoft is hoping, make that praying, deep inside their offices that Android would be a massive hit and may god bless HTC and Motorola. Microsoft has ‘convinced’ two more Android phone manufacturers to sign royalty sharing agreements. Velocity Micro and General Dynamics (sells under Itronix brand). […] Read more

Apple vs Microsoft : The big fat infographic

Apple vs Microsoft : The big fat infographic

Posted By: Sriram Vadlamanion: June 23, 2011In: Apple

Apple and Microsoft go long way back. Both of them define what we call as computing – computers, smartphones and everything in between. While Microsoft still holds a tight grip on the desktop OS market, Apple rules the mobile operating system. Though Microsoft and Apple share the same beginnings in the desktop PC market, it […] Read more

Surprise! Android is a money spinner for Microsoft!

Surprise! Android is a money spinner for Microsoft!

Posted By: Sriram Vadlamanion: May 28, 2011In: Android, featured, Mobiles

Tada! Android is a money spinner for Microsoft and if all goes well in the legal department, Microsoft will be making a whole lot more. If that doesn’t shock you enough, get this : Microsoft is making more money from Android phones than from its own Windows phones. Here’s how it is happening. HTC has […] Read more

Samsung Bada beats Windows Phone 7 shipments!

Samsung Bada beats Windows Phone 7 shipments!

Posted By: Sriram Vadlamanion: May 06, 2011In: Mobiles

Samsung’s two prong strategy is paying off. It has used Android for mass shipments which has given itself a shot at the top 5 in the smartphone vendor space. Samsung’s own Bada mobile operating system has quietly made inroads and is now ahead of Windows Phone 7 shipments. As per Canalys report, Samsung has shipped […] Read more

[OMFG] Nokia in bed with Microsoft for a Windows phone?

Posted By: Sriram Vadlamanion: December 20, 2010In: Mobiles

This could come as a shock to many in the gadget world. It is to me. As per this source, Nokia is in talks with Microsoft for a collaboration. There is only one kind of collaboration that can happen between Nokia and Microsoft. Nokia got the hardware and Microsoft got the software. So a Nokia […] Read more

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