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Try as it may, Microsoft simply can’t compete in a smartphone market still dominated by Apple’s iPhone and an assortment of Android handsets

I reviewed a Windows Phone once…it was different. Not particularly bad but not particularly good either. Unfortunately, in the world of Google and Apple, being king of good isn’t enough

Microsoft is doing a lot of things right these days and not just in the realm of enterprise software and services that have traditionally been its main strength

Back in May, Microsoft announced that its digital assistant Cortana would be expanding to platforms other than Windows in the future

At the launch of the premium HTC One M9+ in India today, Chia-Lin Chang (the company’s Chief Financial Officer and President of Global Sales) was asked if a Windows version of the handset might be on the way

Recently, Bank of America and Chase announced that their official banking apps would be unpublished from the Windows Phone Store soon, much to the disappointment of Windows Phone users

Acer was among the first companies to join Windows Phone, but after releasing its W4 handset back in 2012, the company decided to abandon the platform, choosing instead to focus its mobile efforts exclusively on Android. But all that will soon change, as Acer prepares to return to Windows Phone in the coming weeks.

Microsoft this week is going to unveil some crucial new details on Windows 10, reportedly including a single code base that will make it much easier for programmers who write desktop Windows apps to write apps for Windows Phone.

OneDrive on Windows has the ability to store all of your files locally and sync the changes as and when they happen in the specified folder. However, such functionality does not exist on the OneDrive mobile apps - but it could become available in the future, judging by a Microsoft exec’s statement.

Sadly, not much is known about Windows 10 for Phones at this point. In fact, it has only started showing up in web logs this past month and little else is known about the OS. Depending on which direction the Microsoft team will take at the end of this month, we'll probably have to wait until Build 2015, which takes place in May, to really see where the mobile operating system is heading.

Alcatel has just announced a new budget friendly Pixi 3 smartphone, which comes in three different flavors running Windows Phone, Android and Firefox OS.

After iBall launched its first Windows 8.1 tablet, the 8-inch Slide WQ32, back in September, the company’s first Windows Phone handset was spotted a couple of weeks ago, in promotional panels photographed at a retail store. Now, the Indian hardware brand has officially announced the new device: the Andi 4L Pulse.

Microsoft has landed another key app in its Windows Phone Store today with the addition of Candy Crush Saga. The game, which has grown in popularity over the last two years or so, has a huge following and millions of players.

The W4 was released in the days of Windows Phone 7.5, but Acer decided to bail from the platform before the launch of the next OS version, Windows Phone 8. In June 2013, however, Acer showed a slide at a company event, which indicated that it was planning to launch a new handset in the first half of 2014, with the intention of providing “a unique experience across Win8 and WP8”.

Ever since announcing Cortana back in April, Microsoft has been regularly expanding the capabilities of its digital personal assistant. Just a few days ago, Microsoft launched a Cortana preview in France, Germany, Italy and Spain - but she’s also gained new features elsewhere in recent months, such as flight tracking and word definitions, along with fun stuff like speaking Klingon.

If you signed up to participate in the VLC Windows Phone beta, the app has finally been approved by Microsoft and you can download it right now by heading to the source link at the bottom of this post.

Yesterday Sprint stopped selling its two Windows Phones, the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV S Neo after more than 18 months on the market. A respectable period, especially when compared to Verizon’s calendar.

Microsoft is keeping busy by releasing the last major previews and updates for the year, with the Xbox One receiving its update at the start of the month, followed by a new preview version of Windows 10last night.

Last month, Microsoft rolled out a major update for its OneDrive app on Windows Phone, introducing support for OneDrive for Business in the app for the first time. But the update also brought with it a new user interface, which has proven divisive among its users.