Nokia may have slumped by $19 million in 2011 market value, but its first attempt at selling their new phones with the Microsoft operating system boosted investor confidence enough. In the final two months of 2011, Nokia sold 1.3 million Lumia handsets worldwide, or so a group of Bloomberg assembled […]
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Microsoft revamps the Windows Store User Experience
At the CES earlier this month Windows unveiled a few demo aspects about their new Store experience and it looked impressive. Now they are finally taking the liberty of describing the entire Store customer experience from simple browsing to searching the catalog and even updating/roaming apps. The Windows Store was […]
A recent study revealed that half of the Computing Device Sales are Mobile
Some say that the fact that you can access your PC’s computing power remotely via mobile devices, that the PC already has one foot in the grave. Let me tell you, that the PC started smelling like road kill around 2005. It is long past burying. There will always be […]
What should you know about Windows 8 Bootloader
Windows has taken the brunt of attacks from hackers over the decades. No one will argue against that statement. Very few, however, in the Open world give Microsoft credit from not locking down the hardware Mac-style. This liberal mindset has allowed alternatives to flourish, particularly in the Linux world. The […]
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 will power TVs, Notebooks and Smartphones
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs announced at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday that the S4 processor, their latest creation, will be loaded later in 2012 into notebooks, smart TVs, and smartphones, and digital media adapters. They are not joking either. There are more than 70 devices designed around this new chip, […]
Microsoft will deliver their last CES Keynote in 2012
Microsoft is giving up on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company will not longer sign as an exhibitor, starting next year. Frank Shaw, head of corporate communications at the Redmond company, revealed, “January will mark our final keynote presentation and booth at CES.” The first keynote given by Bill […]
Apple and Google rule the Smartphone Market, while others are Crying
The smartphone industry in America was overtaken by Apple iOS and Google Android. Yet, many of the formative companies had to rethink and rebuild their strategies. Microsoft and RIM were among them. As far as shares of the U.S. market are concerned, Android maintained 53% in 2011. Apple’s share ballooned […]
