Windows phone’s business apps to be shut down in May

Microsoft pulls support for Teams, Skype Business and Yammer

Redmond has completely given up on Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile, even though the latter will be officially supported until late 2019. Microsoft is now sunsetting three of the business … Read More

Satya Nadella voted against the Nokia deal

Nadella advised Ballmer not to buy Nokia’s phone business

Microsoft’s current mobile strategy could be different if the company didn’t changed its CEO from Steve Ballmer to Satya Nadella. Apparently, Steve Ballmer wanted to purchase Nokia in order to build … Read More

Office Delve for Windows 10 Mobile published in the Store

Office 365 subscribers can now use Delve on Windows 10 Phones

Microsoft has published a mobile version of its Office Delve app for Windows 10 Mobile. Available for Office 365 Subscribers as a Preview, the app allows business and school … Read More

SharePoint app available for Windows 10 Mobile as a Preview

Microsoft released the first Preview version of SharePoint

An official Preview of the new SharePoint app for Windows Phone is now available to download from the Store. Version number 0.8.3.0 allows you to test many of the features Microsoft is … Read More

Skype Teams will be a new messaging service for business users

Microsoft is working on a Slack competitor

Earlier this year, Microsoft was in talks to buy Slack – a popular business-oriented messaging app. Now, as it’s clear that the deal has fallen apart, we learn that Microsoft is working on … Read More

Outlook Groups app updated for Windows Phones

Business messaging app gets an update

The business-oriented email messaging app Outlook Groups has been updated for both Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone 8.1. The new update adds support to attach recent files, connectors card, and more.

This … Read More

Slack released as Beta on Windows Phone

The app even picked up first update

The business messaging platform Slack has made its app available for public testing on Windows Phone devices.

Slack (Beta) for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile is now available to install in … Read More

Microsoft has acquired Wunderlist – popular “to-do list” app

6Wunderkinder joins Microsoft

Microsoft has officially confirmed the acquisition of the German-based company 6Wunderkinder and its popular mobile application called Wunderlist. According to sources close to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has agreed to pay between $100 and $200 million … Read More

Calendar for Windows Phone 8.1 has a new agenda view

A Small update to the Calendar app

Windows Phone’s default Calendar app has received an update for smartphones running WP 8.1. After updating this system app you can have a look at the appointments at a glance thanks to the … Read More

Short Idea Note is a modern card type database

Windows Phone Area received the following press release from tnksoft.com. Short Idea Note is the most modern card type (has an user interface imitated cards) database developed with the latest technology. Because it is easy-to-use just as much as simple than relational … Read More

Microsoft’s brand valued at $63 billion

Apple, Microsoft and Google and the top 3 most valuable brands

Microsoft has been ranked the second most valuable brand in the world in a new report evaluating industry weight, sales and earnings. Microsoft is valued at $63 billion which … Read More

Automate employee administration using Windows Phone and Piilo HR app

The Piilo HR Pocket App for Windows Phone helps small business automate their employee administration using only a smartphone. There is no need to spend money on desktop or cloud based software. The App simplifies HR and employee admin for small business and … Read More