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Micrsoft backs off in smartphone battle, 1,850 employees laid off

Micrsoft backs off in smartphone battle, 1,850 employees laid off

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced more layoffs in its smartphone business, just two years after its acquisition of Nokia and attempt to take market leaders and rivals Apple and Samsung. According to the announcement made by the company they will shed up to 1,850 jobs, most of which will be from Finland, which is the base of operation for Nokia. They will also write down $950 million from the…

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Das Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM exklusiv bei Amazon.de erhältlich

Das Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM exklusiv bei Amazon.de erhältlich

Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual-SIM ab Ende April vorerst exklusiv bei Amazon.de erhältlich

Das Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual-SIM Smartphone mit Windows 10 Mobile bei amazon.de

Das Lumia 650 als Dual-SIM-Modell ist ab Ende April vorerst exklusiv bei Amazon.de verfügbar. Lumia-Fans können das Smartphone ab Mitte Mai auch von weiteren ausgewählten Händlern in den Farben Schwarz und Weiß beziehen.

Das Lumia 650…

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A Surprise Potential Beneficiary Of Ad Blocking

A Surprise Potential Beneficiary Of Ad Blocking

As this column has noted before, worries over ad blocking are over-done and almost certainly louder and more extreme than the damage this innovation will actually do to media companies and advertisers. For a moment, though, let’s imagine that ad blocking makes a meaningful impact. If that happens, there’s an unlikely beneficiary: Microsoft. Here’s how this scenario might play out.

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Thanks to Qualcomm, $80 quad-core Windows 10 smartphones are possible

Thanks to Qualcomm, $80 quad-core Windows 10 smartphones are possible

Pushed to the wall by MediaTek and Spreadtrum’s low-cost chip competitiveness, the San Diego-based semiconductor giant reportedly “cooperates with Microsoft closely” to deliver a killer dirt-cheap Snapdragon 210 solution for Windows 10 handhelds. It’s no big secret Snapdragon 810’s failures have...

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Microsoft should stick to Lumia phones for at least two more years, sources say

Microsoft should stick to Lumia phones for at least two more years, sources say

Despite another massive round of mobile-related layoffs, a walloping write-down and reorganization of its product roster, Microsoft can’t afford to abandon the smartphone ship just yet, according to Bloomberg. Rumors are swirling about the next step in Redmond’s Lumia brand transformation, as ro...

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Yes, 512 MB RAM phones will be supported by Windows 10's first preview

Yes, 512 MB RAM phones will be supported by Windows 10's first preview

Some 512 MB models, at least, with rumors quad-core power will be needed to drive the OS sans a glitch. The desktop-customized iteration of Windows 10 is coming together rather nicely, from what we’ve been able to see in recent Technical Preview builds, clearly having the potential to make a...

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Nokia Lumias are no more, enter Microsoft Lumia

Nokia Lumias are no more, enter Microsoft Lumia

Microsoft’s transition of Nokia Windows Phones to own-brand Lumias is nearing completion, according to The Verge, and the new Microsoft Lumia name could become official in a matter of weeks. Brace yourselves, the Microsoft Lumias are coming. Technically, they’ve been around for a while, as Red...

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Microsoft teases IFA product announcement as Nokia Lumia 830 specs surface

Microsoft teases IFA product announcement as Nokia Lumia 830 specs surface

Next month’s IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin is shaping up to be quite plentiful in mobile device announcements, with Samsung, Sony, Huawei and now Microsoft confirmed to bring new gear in the capital of Germany. While the remainder of the old, mighty Nokia is cooking up an u...

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