Cloud-computing growth drives Microsoft quarterly earnings beat
Microsoft reported better-than-expected fiscal Q4 earnings and revenues yesterday on the strength of its cloud business. It was a strong...
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Android 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...
Death To The Dumb Phone: Soon, Nearly 80% Of Mobile Phones In The US Will Be Smartphones
Nearly 80 percent of Americans will own smartphones shortly. Media measurement firm comScore just released figures showing smartphone...
Microsoft’s $25.7 Billion In Quarterly Revenue & $0.78 EPS Beat, Shares Up
Microsoft this afternoon announced non-GAAP holiday quarterly revenue of $25.7 billion, net income of $6.3 billion and $0.78 EPS. These...
Report: 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,...
Microsoft Announces Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 & New Lumia Phones
Today, Microsoft announced its first-ever full-fledged laptop, the Surface Book. It also announced the latest in its tablet line, the...
Love, Not War: Microsoft & Google End Patent Suits
Yesterday Google and Microsoft agreed to dismiss multiple patent lawsuits against one another. While the settlement terms were not...
Comscore: Smartphone Penetration Above 77 Percent In US
The July smartphone numbers are out this afternoon from comScore. According to the measurement firm, smartphone penetration has reached...
Bing Lures App Developers With New Knowledge Graph API
Bing has announced a new Knowledge and Actions Graph API for Android developers. The objective is to get Android developers to deeply...
Microsoft Mobile Share Reaches Lowest Level Since comScore Tracking Began
While Android continues its march as the dominant global operating system, its market share in the US is essentially flat and roughly at...
Microsoft CEO Nadella Rebukes Ballmer With Nokia Write-Down
Current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is very pragmatic. He’s trying to focus the company on clear growth opportunities and areas where...
Report: 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...
Snapchat Displaces Google+ App From ComScore Top 15 Chart
On Friday comScore released its latest monthly smartphone data for the US. Over the past quarter the iPhone is the only major device that...
Cortana For Android, iOS Coming Very Soon, Windows 10 To Sync With iPhones, Android
Microsoft is making Windows 10 cross-device friendly. To that end the new operating system will work with Android and the iPhone to sync...
Smartphone Share Stabilizes In US, Competitive Only At Margins
The US smartphone market seems to have reached a kind of homeostatic equilibrium. According to many months of comScore data, Android...
How 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...
Highlights From MSFT Earnings: Surface Sells, Bing Revenue Up, Windows Struggles
Microsoft announced fiscal quarterly revenues this afternoon. The company had $26.5 million in revenue (up 8 percent YoY) and $7.8...
Microsoft Brings Cortana To Desktop; Announces HoloLens To Bring Holograms Everywhere
Two big news events came out of Microsoft’s “Windows 10 Briefing” today.” First, Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana is coming to...
Report: Google Play Finally Passes iOS App Store In Number Of Apps, Developers
According to data from appFigures, Google Play finally passed The App Store (Apple) in number of total mobile apps. It thus also makes...
Google Updates iOS Search App, MSN Rolls Out Verticals For iOS, Android
Google has updated its iOS search app in accordance with its new “material design” aesthetic and functionality, now making its debut in...
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