Microsoft has apparently discontinued the Lumia 830 and while retailers may have it in stock, that stock will not be replenished once its over. This is most likely to pave way for the successor; the Lumia 840.
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The Redmond giant on Thursday announced that company’s quarterly revenue ending March 2015 period grew to $21.7 billion, which is overall 6 percent growth from the same quarter last year, but the net $4.99 billion profit this time around is down from last year’s $5.66 billion in the same quarter. Continue reading “Microsoft Q3 FY15 results: Cloud strengthens, Windows stumble”
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks that Yahoo can take on mobile search/personal assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Google’s Google Now and Microsoft’s Cortana.
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Microsoft released Outlook for iOS in January along with a preview of Outlook for Android. Today Microsoft are announcing that the application has now exited the preview stage for Android and brings a lot of improvements and features to the table.
According to a new rumor, Microsoft is readying two new flagship Lumia devices to be launched this year – the Lumia 940 and the 940 XL. Both the phones will be will be running Windows 10 out of the box.
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Microsoft has released Windows 10 Build 10052 for phones. The release follows up the previous build, 10051, that was released a several days ago but had stability issues.
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Microsoft has announced that it will add Office Universal apps to Windows 10 phone preview later this month. The Office universal apps for Windows 10 phones so far include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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The Lumia 640 is one of the latest phones that Microsoft announced post the Nokia takeover. It is the successor to the Lumia 630. The 640 was announced alongside its larger brother, the 640 XL at MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Spain last month. Both the handsets run Windows 8.1 out of the box. Let’s dive into the review to see whether the handset is a good bang for the buck you pay.
Microsoft is bringing Maps apps to Windows 10 Technical preview in the latest 10051 build. The Maps app looks similar to the one on the desktop as it is based on the Windows Universal app platform.
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Microsoft launched the Lumia 532 Dual SIM in India earlier this year for Rs. 6,499. We recently brought you the complete review of the smartphone, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The phone packs a 1560mAh Lithium Ion removable battery. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen and a quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, which should not drains its battery much. Check out the test results below.
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Microsoft Studios and 343 Industries, in partnership with Vanguard Games, launched Halo: Spartan Strike, a touch-based top-down shooter. This is set during the events of Halo 2 within the Halo universe. In this game you lead UNSC troops through numerous missions battling against new enemies to save Earth from being overtaken, making use of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog. There are 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles. Continue reading “Halo: Spartan Strike for Windows Phone, Windows, iPhone and iPad released”
Yahoo has revised its search partnership with Microsoft with some changes. The duo will renew their search alliance started in 2009 and under the partnership, Microsoft will continue to provide search results for Yahoo.
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Microsoft announced the Lumia 532 Dual SIM smartphone along with the single SIM variant earlier this year. It was launched in India in February at Rs. 6,499. As a successor of last year’s Lumia 530, the Lumia 532 has more (1GB) RAM, more internal storage and a front-facing camera. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out.
Cyanogen Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have announced a partnership to integrate several Microsoft apps on its Cyanogen OS later this year. This will include Microsoft services such as Bing services, Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, and Microsoft Office. Microsoft will create native integration on Cyanogen OS, said the company. Continue reading “Cyanogen to pre-install Microsoft apps later this year”
Microsoft has released Office Delve apps for Android and iPhone. Delve, is a collaboration tool for Office 365 users and the Delve mobile apps are natively written on the respective platform.
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