A historic decline in worldwide smartphone sales

Global smartphone shipments declined for the first time ever in Q4 2017

The smartphone market has reached its peak, according to a report by Gartner who informs that the Q4 2017 marks the first ever year-on-year decline since the company … Read More

Smartphone OS market shares for the three months ending July 2016

Windows Phone’s market share continues to decline

Market analysis company Kantar has released its new monthly report for some of the key smartphone markets in the world. The latest report, which covers markets live the EU5, US and China, shows … Read More

No Android apps on Windows in the near future

Project Astoria put on hold

Microsoft announced in April different tools through which developers could easily build Windows apps using their existing code for Android and iOS.

Some of the Windows 10 Mobile builds even had an Android … Read More

Microsoft makes its iOS-Windows bridge tool open source

Windows Bridge for iOS is now available for developers

In April this year, Microsoft announced that iOS and Android developers would be able to use their existing app codes to build Windows 10 apps using special tools – bridges.

Today, … Read More

Windows Phone market share grows in Europe, EU5

Smartphone market share for Q1 2015

Kantar World Panel has published its smartphone market report for the first quarter of 2015. The slides show Windows Phone recovering in EU5 (the top 5 European Economies), but still struggling in other major … Read More

Developers can convert iOS and Android apps into universal Windows 10 apps

New software development kits will help developers build Windows 10 apps

Today at the BUILD conference in San Francisco, Microsoft revealed its plans to eliminate the app gap between Windows and rivaling operating system by attracting iOS and Android developers … Read More

Report: Windows OS is far more secure than OS X, iOS and Linux

What are the most vulnerable OS in 2014?

Windows, the most popular Desktop OS, has been widely considered to have many security issues, but new evidence points to a different picture.

GFI’s Blog released an interesting report about security vulnerabilities … Read More

Smartphone sales broken down by price category and operating system

In 2013 the sales of smartphones exceeded 1 billion for the first time and it looks as if the tendency will be continued till the end of this year. Observation of the market shows the weak results of BlackBerry (just … Read More

Windows Phone outsells iOS in 24 countries

A new infographic compiled by Fortumo shows all countries where Windows Phone is more popular than iOS. Microsoft’s mobile platform increased its popularity throughout the last year and in December 2013 Windows Phone outsold iOS in 24 countries, according to … Read More

Windows Phone reaches a double-digit share in Europe, keeps the same level in the US

The new report for the smartphone market has been published by Kantar WorldPanel. According to the publications, Windows Phone has reached its highest ever market share in the top 5 biggest European markets (EU5). In the EU5 countries, the Microsoft’s … Read More

Windows Phone is growing: 15% share in New Zealand, overtakes iOS in India

We have previously reported how Windows Phone has been growing in Europe. The results from July showed that Microsoft’s mobile platform stays firmly on the third position after Android and iOS. In the biggest European markets like Germany, France, the … Read More

Windows Phone overtakes iOS in Russia

MTS – the largest wireless provider in Russia has agreed to promote Windows Phone handsets in its stores. The latest additions to the WP8 family, including the new flagship Nokia Lumia devices will be offered at special Windows Phone zones in … Read More