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Microsoft chairman and former CEO Bill Gates sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning in which is talked a bit about how Microsoft is doing as well as some of his philanthropical experiences. While philanthropy is a wonderful thing, seeing that here at IntoMobile we have a tendency to stick to technology news,…
O2 will be the first British mobile operator that will sell the Huawei Ascend W1, which is the Chinese company’s first (and still only) Windows Phone 8 device. The smartphone already got a page at the carrier’s website from where we learn it will be available in late March in “Electric Blue” and “Electric Pink.”…
Have you ever wished that your smartphone would charge faster? Sure you have! With battery capacities growing bigger and bigger in our smartphones today, it can take quite a while to fill it up with juice. That said, Qualcomm today announced that many device today ship with Quick Charge, which is said to increase charging…
Former Microsoft employee Joachim Kempin spoke out to ReadWrite in an interview about the company. He wrote a book entitled Resolve and Fortitude: Microsoft’s `Secret Power Broker’ Breaks His Silence in which he doesn’t shy away from criticizing the company’s current executives, products, and business plans. He joined Microsoft in 1983 and stayed there for almost two…
Last night while watching the Grammys, one of the ads to actually catch my attention (aside from the Herbal Essences commercial in which the woman seemed to be a little too sexually aroused by her shampoo) was from none other than Microsoft. It was the new Surface Pro commercial the company put out to advertise…
Microsoft is looking to unify its various Windows products. The Redmond giant has posted a job ad looking for a person that would help them solve the “Windows puzzle” and allow Windows Phone apps to run on Windows RT devices, and vice versa. The ad explains the Windows Phone team was “…leading the charge to…
Nokia may missed this year’s CES but it won’t miss MWC, and could use the big show to launch few new devices. Two phones that could be unveiled in Barcelona are Nokia Lumia 720 (model number RM-885) and Lumia 520 (RM-914), first of which sounds like a mid-ranger while the latter will most likely be…
Vodafone UK is getting its feet in the Windows Phone 8 game, and is now offering no less than 5 devices running the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile platform. Among the devices British users can get are Nokia’s Lumia 920, 820 and 620; as well as HTC’s Windows Phone 8X and 8S. Here are the…
Huawei is piggy-banking on Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative with plans to offer its Ascend W1 smartphone on the continent as Huawei 4Afrika. As you would imagine, this is the same phone as the original Ascend W1 though it will come with a slightly smaller battery with a capacity of 1,730mAh (instead of 1,950mAh). Rest of the…
It’s a sad day for Nokia Lumia 710 owners who bought their device from T-Mobile USA. The Magenta carrier said it will not be providing its users with the Windows Phone 7.8 update. Here’s what they said exactly: At this time, the Nokia Lumia 710 will not receive the software update. T-Mobile is committed to…