Verizon Backing Microsoft in Smartphone War posts
Business Insider There's a chance neither the next-generation Surface Pro 5 tablet nor the long-rumored Surface Phone will appear at Microsoft's next big event.
Microsoft is caught in an impossible smartphone situation
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Microsoft's next great smartphone may have lost before it's even been officially announced.
107 months ago
Techmeme Google announces several new high-profile Google Cloud clients, including Verizon, eBay, HSBC, and Colgate-Palmolive; source says Verizon moved from Microsoft (Mark Bergen / Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-08/google-adds-mor Read more ... e-cloud-customers-nabbing-verizon-from-microsoft
108 months ago
Mashable - Business The hammer has fallen on Microsoft's smartphone division.
The Microsoft smartphone retreat continues with another 1,850 layoffs
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This is essentially ending Microsoft's efforts to make something of its disastrous 2013 acquisition of Nokia.
118 months ago
Yahoo Tech Verizon wants your cash.
Verizon is going to charge you $20 just to upgrade to a new phone
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Are you thinking of ditching your old smartphone for the new Samsung Galaxy S7? If you’re a Verizon customer, you might have to pay just for the privilege of upgrading. The $20 fee will be charged to those with smartphones on a Device Payment finan Read more ... cing plan or those buying a device at full retail pr…
119 months ago
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Google, Microsoft, and Comcast say Verizon's LTE-U cellular tech will degrade consumer Wi-Fi
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Tech Giants Say Verizon's New Cellular Tech Could Wreck Wi-Fi — Google, Microsoft, and Comcast are fighting a Verizon-led push into unlicensed spectrum.
124 months ago
Techmeme "Under the revamped system, there are no single-line options or family plans...The 'small' bucket will offer 1 gigabyte of data for $30 a month, the 'medium' will get 3GB of data for $45, 'large' gets 6GB of data for $60 and 'x-large' gets 12GB for $ Read more ... 80. Verizon also charges an 'access' fee to connect the device. It will cost $20 a month to connect a smartphone."
Verizon eliminates subsidized phones and contracts, simplifies smartphone plans
Roger Cheng / CNET
Verizon kills off service contracts, smartphone subsidies — In a radical shift, the company will only offer new plans — which offer a mix of discounts and price hikes …
128 months ago
The Wall Street Journal Microsoft is betting on consumer tendencies in India to edge its way into the big time in the smartphone business.
Microsoft Bets Big on India, Hoping to Contend in Global Smartphone Wars at Last
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Microsoft is turning its focus on developing countries like India, hoping that consumer willingness to try something new to save a few dollars will at last make it a superpower in the worldwide smartphone wars.
129 months ago
Mashable - Business You might just wake up one day and realize you're a Microsoft smartphone user too.
134 months ago
Mashable - Tech Microsoft will be on your smartphone whether you like it or not.
134 months ago
Los Angeles Times Business Microsoft unveiled a pair of glasses today that wrap around the head and serve as a standalone computer.
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have used Microsoft's HoloLens to put themselves on the surface of Mars.
Microsoft bets that the next smartphone will look a lot like glasses
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Microsoft's version of the smartphone that you wear is here.
134 months ago