Microsoft should have moved much faster to make its own smartphone hardware, said former CEO Steve Ballmer, in a recent interview with Bloomberg. "I would have moved into the hardware business ...

Microsoft is not getting out of the smartphone business, at least not entirely. However, the company is dramatically changing its approach to the market with the news today that it will be ...

Microsoft has had a vested interest in smartphones for some time. The problem is, they haven’t really had much impact, at least in the U.S. In the U.K. and other parts of Europe, however ...

Microsoft says it will scale back its smartphone hardware business even more, cutting 1,850 additional jobs and taking a $950 million charge as the company pulls back further from its ill-fated ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just unveiled the latest of the “tough choices” Microsoft is making to streamline its business, and it’s a doozy: the company is significantly cutting back its ...

Microsoft maintains big ambitions for Office, Bing, Skype and its other apps, but it’s minimizing a once heady quest to get vast numbers of people to use the software on Windows smartphones.

Jealous of Apple’s Handoff feature for seamlessly using apps across Mac and iOS devices? Windows 11 could get a take on this ...

Even Microsoft made Android phones years after ditching its Windows Mobile and Windows Phone platforms. Since then, Microsoft has pivoted on software, and its apps can take over your mobile ...

In-house development delays are putting a stealth Microsoft-Verizon smartphone project in danger of collapse, Channelweb.com has learned. Microsoft and Verizon Wireless have reportedly been ...

Redmond has lowered the specification bar for vendors looking to make a Windows Phone, which could appeal to more cost-conscious customers and first-time smartphone buyers. The Lumia 610 ...