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Microsoft Windows Phone Executive Departs
Microsoft executive Charlie Kindel is leaving the company after 21 years. As general manager for Windows Phone’s developer ecosystem, he played a key role in the development of Windows Phone, which represents Microsoft s best hope for re-establishing a presence in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. Kindel s is apparently heading to a startup, although an…
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Amazon Defies Apple With Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon is taking another step forward in the e-reader game with the launch of its Kindle Cloud Reader, which lets users read Kindle e-books via their Web browser without the need to download and install an app. We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can also access their…
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Nokia Bets It All on Windows Phone in U.S.
Live in the United States? Have your eyes on a Nokia smartphone running Symbian? Tough luck. According to reports, the Finnish phone maker is planning to end sales of its Symbian-based smartphones and feature phones in North America, effectively doubling down on its bet that Microsoft s Windows Phone will reverse its recent market-share declines.…
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Citrix Buys Virtual Desktop Specialist RingCube
Citrix Systems added a measure of versatility to its virtual desktop product offering Aug. 10 with the acquisition of Mountain View, Calif.-based RingCube, which makes user personalization software for VDI systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. RingCube s’ product, vDesk, is a high-performance enterprise workspace virtualization package that makes more efficient the rollout…
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Motorola Considering Windows Phone: Report
Motorola is apparently willing to consider the merits of Microsoft s Windows Phone, despite the well-publicized patent issues between the two companies. I would have to consider whether defocusing from Android to Windows will be the right thing for us to do, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha said during a speech at the Oppenheimer Technology &…
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Acer Aspire Ultrabook Prepped for Fall Release
Acer ‘s upcoming ultrabook laptop could hit the shelves as early as October, according to the latest reports. Acer is one of several OEMs that have said they plan to adopt Intel s ultrabook concept for very thin and light notebooks, which could challenge Apple s MacBook Air systems. At the Computex 2011 show in…