Category: Microsoft

Microsoft announces 1850 job cuts in smartphone business

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Microsoft Corporation today announced that it plans to cut 1,850 jobs to streamline the company’s smartphone hardware business. Last year it cut 7,800 jobs from its phone division to refocus its phone efforts, after 18,000 layoffs the previous year that affected the workforce adopted via Nokia. The company recently announced that it will sell its feature phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group and and HMD Global for $350 million.

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Microsoft to sell feature phone business to Foxconn for $350 million

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Microsoft today announced that it has agreed to sell its entry-level feature phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group and and HMD Global for $350 million. FIH Mobile will also acquire Microsoft Mobile Vietnam, it’s manufacturing facility in Hanoi, Vietnam. Continue reading “Microsoft to sell feature phone business to Foxconn for $350 million”

Microsoft Windows 10 anniversary update expected to launch on July 29

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Microsoft is expected to launch Windows Anniversary update on July 29. The company had released Windows 10 Threshold on July 29, 2015.

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Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile to get fingerprint support this summer

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Windows 10 operating system supports fingerprint unlock feature using Windows Hello in addition to face and iris unlock. Microsoft has confirmed at the WinHEC conference earlier this week that it plans to support fingerprint scanners for Windows 10 Mobile as well later this year. The new feature will roll out in the Windows 10 Mobile  Anniversary Update later this summer. Continue reading “Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile to get fingerprint support this summer”

Microsoft Surface Book 2 with 4K display, USB Type-C rumored for June

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Microsoft is rumored to be working on the Surface Book 2, successor of last year’s Surface Book, it’s first laptop. The Surface Book has a 13.5-inch (3000 x 2000 pixels) 3:2, but the Surface Book 2 is rumored to come with a 4K display and could also feature USB Type-C port for faster data transfer speeds, and probably for a secondary display. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Book 2 with 4K display, USB Type-C rumored for June”

Microsoft demos pre-touch sensing smartphone technology

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Microsoft has started testing and also demoed new touchscreen technology that intelligently anticipates your intended action even before you touch the screen. This can call up different controls, options, or menus to suit the current task. This determines how the user is gripping the phone, as well as where the user’s fingers are approaching the display.  Continue reading “Microsoft demos pre-touch sensing smartphone technology”

Windows 10 now running on more than 300 million devices, free upgrade offer ends July 29

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Back in March at the //Build 2016 in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is now running on more than 270 million active devices worldwide after 8 months of its launch, making it the fastest growth on any Windows ever, outpacing Windows 7 in the same time-frame by 145%. Today the company has announced that it is running on more than 300 million active devices worldwide after 9 months of its launch. Continue reading “Windows 10 now running on more than 300 million devices, free upgrade offer ends July 29”

Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone with Arc one-handed typing mode released

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Microsoft has released its Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone users as a part of its Garage project, as it had promised earlier this year, after the closed beta. It has several customization options, including Arc mode for easy, ergonomic one-handed typing using left or right hand. It currently supports only English, but it will add more languages in the future and also get more themes. Continue reading “Microsoft Word Flow Keyboard for iPhone with Arc one-handed typing mode released”

Microsoft Surface Phone could feature Snapdragon 830 SoC and 8GB RAM

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Earlier this month it was reported that Microsoft will release three variants of the Surface Phone in 2017. Now, the company has accidentally leaked some information about the phone.

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Microsoft releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328 for PC and Mobile

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Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328 for both PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. The latest build includes Microsoft’s new Windows Ink Workspace.

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Microsoft and Google drop all regulatory complaints against each other

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Microsoft and Google have mutually reached an agreement to drop all the regulatory complaints against each other across the world. The companies have said they will now try to work together to solve any issues that arise before filing official complaints.

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