Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that the company’s Oct. 11 launch of its Windows Phone 7 operating system for cell phones will show that it finally has a compelling story in mobile phones.
In an interview with the Wall …
Microsoft today revealed that it’s promoting three executives to serve as the presidents of its Office, mobile, and interactive entertainment divisions.
Several Microsoft veterans departed this year. Robbie Bach, who managed Microsoft’s move into PC and console gaming, announced plans …
Even though Hewlett-Packard just announced a printer with a curious 7-inch Android tablet, the company has officially given up plans on releasing a stand-alone Android tablet, or an Android smartphone, according to former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein.
Now the head …
Here’s our roundup of week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories we published in the last seven days:
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg now worth more than Steve Jobs — The annual Forbes 400, which attempts to measure and rank …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Researchers make artificial skin from nanowires so a robot can unload your dishwasher — The rise of the machines …
In what will certainly be looked at as a blow for Microsoft, the company revealed today that its upcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system won’t support CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint until the first half of 2011, CNET …
Pretend you’re Microsoft. You’ve just finished working on your hot new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, and it’s now ready for manufacturer consumption. Clearly, a celebration is in order — and what better way to celebrate than by dancing …
Microsoft certainly has a lot of catching up to do with Windows Phone 7 — its upcoming mobile platform. In particular, it’ll be interesting to see how its Internet Explorer 7 mobile browser will compare to Apple’s Mobile Safari and …
Microsoft has finally shown off a bunch of Xbox Live-enabled games that will be available for its Windows Phone 7 mobile devices this fall.
Engadget saw a number of game demos working on Windows Phone 7 handsets. They include familiar …
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen doesn’t seem too broken up about Apple’s refusal to support its Flash technology on the iPhone and iPad. Speaking to the Telegraph, Narayen delves into why he’s moved on from that drama, as well as how …
There’s one thing Microsoft could do to lose the support of third-party game publishers who could make games for Windows Phone 7 devices coming this fall: create its own games.
And that’s apparently, what Microsoft is going to do, based …
Many pundits have written Microsoft off in the mobile platform wars, but based on what I heard during a Windows Phone 7 session at VentureBeat’s MobileBeat 2010 conference in San Francisco at the beginning of the week, I am here …
After weeks of rumors that Microsoft was trying to lure developers away from Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android mobile platforms to bolster its upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft today has finally admitted that it’s offering a “variety of financial …
Not surprisingly, Google’s Android platform is proving to be a godsend for Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. The company has released its June financial numbers today, showing its total second quarter revenue as $1.88 billion (up 58 percent from the same …
Microsoft’s youth-centered Kin smartphone line is dead, according to reports from several sites this afternoon. Slow sales, and increasing competition from much more capable Android phones and the iPhone 4, likely led to the decision.
A Microsoft representative wouldn’t comment …
Despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ endless disdain for Flash and his refusal to allow the software on the iPhone and iPad, Adobe expects that Flash will be on 250 million smartphones by the end of 2012, according to Reuters.
In …
You may not consider Dell a serious contender in the high-end mobile marketplace yet, but that could soon change, according to documents obtained by Engadget, a popular gadget blog. The computer maker is developing a pair of high-end smartphones that …
Microsoft this morning sent out invitations to a mysterious press event set for April 12. Speculation initially ran wild as to the nature of the event, but we’ve since learned that Microsoft is planning to use it to finally unveil …
