Fahad HJul 21, 20172 min readCloud-computing growth drives Microsoft quarterly earnings beatMicrosoft reported better-than-expected fiscal Q4 earnings and revenues yesterday on the strength of its cloud business. It was a strong...
Fahad HMay 12, 20161 min readAndroid grows its share vs. iOS, Windows in all major markets [Report]On a day when Google parent Alphabet passed Apple’s market cap, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reported that the Android operating system is...
Fahad HFeb 4, 20161 min readDeath To The Dumb Phone: Soon, Nearly 80% Of Mobile Phones In The US Will Be SmartphonesNearly 80 percent of Americans will own smartphones shortly. Media measurement firm comScore just released figures showing smartphone...
Fahad HJan 28, 20163 min readMicrosoft’s $25.7 Billion In Quarterly Revenue & $0.78 EPS Beat, Shares UpMicrosoft this afternoon announced non-GAAP holiday quarterly revenue of $25.7 billion, net income of $6.3 billion and $0.78 EPS. These...
Fahad HJan 15, 20161 min readReport: Microsoft To Buy Global Mobile Ad Platform InMobi — [Updated]According to an unconfirmed report, Microsoft is buying mobile ad network/platform InMobi. The company, which is based in Bangalore,...
Fahad HOct 6, 20153 min readMicrosoft Announces Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 & New Lumia PhonesToday, Microsoft announced its first-ever full-fledged laptop, the Surface Book. It also announced the latest in its tablet line, the...
Fahad HOct 1, 20152 min readLove, Not War: Microsoft & Google End Patent SuitsYesterday Google and Microsoft agreed to dismiss multiple patent lawsuits against one another. While the settlement terms were not...
Fahad HSep 3, 20151 min readComscore: Smartphone Penetration Above 77 Percent In USThe July smartphone numbers are out this afternoon from comScore. According to the measurement firm, smartphone penetration has reached...
Fahad HAug 20, 20152 min readBing Lures App Developers With New Knowledge Graph APIBing has announced a new Knowledge and Actions Graph API for Android developers. The objective is to get Android developers to deeply...
Fahad HAug 8, 20152 min readMicrosoft Mobile Share Reaches Lowest Level Since comScore Tracking BeganWhile Android continues its march as the dominant global operating system, its market share in the US is essentially flat and roughly at...
Fahad HJul 9, 20153 min readMicrosoft CEO Nadella Rebukes Ballmer With Nokia Write-DownCurrent Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is very pragmatic. He’s trying to focus the company on clear growth opportunities and areas where...
Fahad HJul 3, 20152 min readReport: Microsoft Mobile OS Share Drops, Will It Be Discontinued?The US smartphone market is relatively stable and has been for awhile. Android remains the dominant OS, yet Apple continues to...
Fahad HJun 7, 20152 min readSnapchat Displaces Google+ App From ComScore Top 15 ChartOn Friday comScore released its latest monthly smartphone data for the US. Over the past quarter the iPhone is the only major device that...
Fahad HMay 26, 20152 min readCortana For Android, iOS Coming Very Soon, Windows 10 To Sync With iPhones, AndroidMicrosoft is making Windows 10 cross-device friendly. To that end the new operating system will work with Android and the iPhone to sync...
Fahad HMay 8, 20151 min readSmartphone Share Stabilizes In US, Competitive Only At MarginsThe US smartphone market seems to have reached a kind of homeostatic equilibrium. According to many months of comScore data, Android...
Fahad HApr 29, 20152 min readHow Microsoft Plans For Windows 10 To Rule The World By Leveraging iOS & Android“All your code bases are belong us.” Let me modify that internet meme to sum up the big news from Microsoft’s Build developer conference...
Fahad HJan 26, 20152 min readHighlights From MSFT Earnings: Surface Sells, Bing Revenue Up, Windows StrugglesMicrosoft announced fiscal quarterly revenues this afternoon. The company had $26.5 million in revenue (up 8 percent YoY) and $7.8...
Fahad HJan 21, 20151 min readMicrosoft Brings Cortana To Desktop; Announces HoloLens To Bring Holograms EverywhereTwo big news events came out of Microsoft’s “Windows 10 Briefing” today.” First, Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana is coming to...
Fahad HJan 13, 20152 min readReport: Google Play Finally Passes iOS App Store In Number Of Apps, DevelopersAccording to data from appFigures, Google Play finally passed The App Store (Apple) in number of total mobile apps. It thus also makes...
Fahad HDec 11, 20142 min readGoogle Updates iOS Search App, MSN Rolls Out Verticals For iOS, AndroidGoogle has updated its iOS search app in accordance with its new “material design” aesthetic and functionality, now making its debut in...
