In a heavily cited recent interview, Satya Nadella allegedly claims that killing Windows Phone was his biggest regret. But that's not true. Instead, he had to be prodded into going down that rabb...
The “at a glance” functionality in Live tiles was one of the central innovations in Windows Phone 7 Series. But this feature is now making a comeback. I always expected this to happen. But ...
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/268208/the-return-of-at-a-glance
Microsoft is well-known for its uncomfortable relationship with branding, but Cortana is an exception. It almost didn’t happen. The post Bingo Was Almost Cortana’s Name-O appeared first on...
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/windows-phone/260423/bingo-was-almost-cortanas-name-o
The Nokia Lumia 1020 changed everything when it arrived in July 2013, three years after Microsoft first launched its Windows phone platform. Nokia had had some excellent near misses, including th...
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/windows-phone/238142/throwback-nokia-lumia-1020
In an interview on CNBC, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, in the midst of a career rehabilitation effort, reiterated his earlier---and horribly incorrect---claim that his biggest mistake was not ...
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/221547/gates-gets-it-wrong-again-on-windows-mobile
I’ll be evaluating the recently-announced Google Pixel 3a XL this week. But let’s see. A mid-range smartphone with a high-end camera that’s marketed as an affordable alternative to expensiv...
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/206538/remembering-the-affordable-flagship
The reaction to the news this week that Microsoft is killing the ebook support in Edge and the Microsoft Store was fairly muted compared to previous retreats from consumer product and services. T...
https://www.thurrott.com/microsoft/204273/bring-out-your-dead
I was reading yet another article about what we can expect from the streaming video service that Apple will announce next week and my mind suddenly jumped to an uncomfortable place. What Apple is...
https://www.thurrott.com/apple/203579/apples-video-service-will-succeed-where-microsoft-failed
Microsoft recommends users to switch to Android or iOS as Windows 10 Mobile nears End of Support. The post Windows 10 Mobile Is Dead Dead appeared first on Thurrott.com .
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/197932/windows-10-mobile-is-dead-dead
Anyone still pining away for Windows phone needs to pay attention to how Google is evolving Android with AI capabilities. And no, this platform isn't somehow "catching up" to Windows phone. It's ...
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/166030/android-using-ai-fulfill-promise-windows-phone