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Microsoft, Toyota Bring Cloud to Cars
Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:46 pm | By Kendra Srivastava
Microsoft and Toyota will be first to bring cloud computing to the road, announcing a $12 million partnership to equip vehicles with Windows Azure cloud software.
Group Calling to Everyone
Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:52 pm | By Amanda Serfozo
Smartphone owners can now talk to groups, or all, of their friends at once with the push a button, regardless of their wireless carrier, bringing the classic push-to-talk feature to everyone.
Windows Phone Hits 10,000 Apps
Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:44 pm | By Daithi hAnluain
The Windows Phone Market registered its 10,000th app just four and half months after the store launched, showing keen developer interest in the new platform.
Microsoft Hits 9,000 Apps, Spurs Development With Policy Changes
Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:54 pm | By Kat Asharya
Windows Marketplace recently hit the 9,000-app mark, just as Microsoft announced a series of policy changes aiming to spur further growth for the operating system.
Apps to Keep Your Smartphone Safe, Secure
Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:02 pm | By Doug Rule
A growing crop of security apps are helping to protect smartphones from cyber-criminal threats, as popularity of mobile devices now outsell PCs.
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Angry Birds Coming to Windows Phones on April 6
Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:11 pm | By Allen Tsai
It was only a matter of time. After 50 million downloads, "Angry Birds" is finally coming to Windows Phone 7 on April 6.
SlingPlayer Mobile Debuts on Windows Phone 7 for $30
Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:06 am | By Amanda Serfozo
Sling Media today released its "SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Phone 7," an application that lets users watch streaming television from their Microsoft smartphones, for $30.
Amazon Introduces Kindle App for Windows Phone 7
Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:03 pm | By Kat Asharya
Amazon unveiled on Thursday a Kindle app for Windows Phone 7, adding new features not yet available on other versions of the software.
Sign Language Tested on Smartphones
Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:50 pm | By Kat Asharya
Engineers at the University of Washington are testing a system that uses motion detection to help deaf people communicate using smartphones.
Microsoft to Pay People to Create Apps for Windows Phone 7
Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:45 am | By Allen Tsai
Microsoft is paying programmers to develop mobile applications for its new Windows Phone 7 software, in hopes of catching up to the number of third-party programs available to rivals Apple and Google.
