Android smartphones now have majority mobile web traffic share

In a major turn-around, Android smartphones now account for a majority of mobile web traffic in the U.S and Canada. That's a massive change from May of this very year, when Apple owned 72 percent of smartphone traffic, compared to only 26% for all Android phones.

Microsoft’s ‘Surface phone’ could hit next year (especially if Windows Phone 8 fails)

You have to hand it to Microsoft -- the company knows how to persevere.

Microsoft opens Windows Phone 8 SDK preview signups

While the world may be wetting itself over news of the brand spanking new iPhone, Microsoft has just opened signups for its Windows Phone 8 SDK preview.

Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 leak shows off Windows Phone 8′s promise

Nokia's new flagship Windows Phone 8 devices, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, have reportedly leaked to the web.

Apple and Samsung respond to patent verdict (while Microsoft folks poke fun)

Following Apple’s mammoth victory over Samsung in court Friday, both companies have issued fairly predictable statements to the media. Microsoft employees, meanwhile, haven’t been afraid to shout from the peanut gallery.

Windows Phone could surpass BlackBerry’s U.S. market share this year

Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will likely overtake Research in Motion's BlackBerry market share in the U.S. by the end of this year.

Ready for Windows Phone 8 Lumias? Nokia and Microsoft holding NYC press event Sept. 5

Now that the date is locked in, it's even clearer that the companies are trying to preempt Apple's iPhone 5 announcement, which is rumored for Sept. 12.

Microsoft starts banning Windows Store apps with ‘Metro’ in the title (update: now

Microsoft is taking to task developers who are using the word 'Metro' in their app titles.

Worldwide cellphone sales fell 2.9% as users wait for iPhone 5, says Gartner

Consumer anticipation for the iPhone 5 is so high that it helped to slow global sales of mobile phones in the second quarter, according to the latest research from Gartner.

85 free e-books on developing for Windows, Azure, Windows Phone, SQL Server, and more

Just a few days ago Eric Ligman, Microsoft’s director of partner experience, posted a massive list of free e-books from Microsoft on programming everything Redmondish.

It’s a potential treasure trove for those who develop for Microsoft, or work in a …

Smartphone wars: Google and Samsung largest, Apple growing faster

ComScore just released its June 2012 U.S. mobile report, and the results were mostly predictable.

The unholy trinity of Google, Samsung, and Apple captured 50 percent of the mobile phone market, and 84 percent of all smartphones run either Android …

Box launches sleek Windows Phone app, partners with Qualcomm for pre-installs

Enterprise cloud storage startup Box has launched an app for Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform and partnered with chip-maker Qualcomm in hopes of getting more pre-installs on phones and tablets, the company announced Tuesday.

Box lets you store content in the …

Developers are abandoning BlackBerry 10, survey says

If developers are the lifeblood of a platform, then RIM is about to be bled dry.

According to a survey by Baird Equity Research developers are defecting from RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry operating system months before it even reaches consumers’ hands.…

Amazon snatches up another Windows Phone exec amid rumors it’s making its own smartphone

If Amazon really wants to launch its own smartphone, it’s going to need some help from people who really know smartphones.

That’s one the explanations for why the company has hired former Windows Phone director Robert Williams as the new …

Microsoft could bring curved, one-handed software keyboard to Windows Phone

As with 8Pen and Flit, we’ve seen more than a few unconventional mobile keyboards. The latest oddball effort, however, could come from Microsoft.

Windows Phone gadget blog WMPowerUser has unearthed a leaked screenshot of a new keyboard, which was taken …

Can Windows Phone 8 save RIM?

After Research in Motion’s disastrous earnings report yesterday — with a loss of 37 cents a share, an additional BlackBerry 10 delay to 2013, and the reveal that it would cut 5,000 jobs — it’s no surprise that shareholders are …