Microsoft made a YouTube app for Windows Phone. Google says it ignores YouTube's terms of service. What's going on here?

May 20 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note is

Microsoft has formed a new "deep tech" team of executives whose duties will include recruiting non-Microsoft developers to build apps using its products. The idea is to get Microsoft closer to next-generation developers who are making tons of money b

Rear Window? NYC residents livid over artist's photos taken through apartment windows NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a co

By Gregory Vousvounis:Good news for Microsoft (MSFT) continues to come, strengthening the bull case for the stock. According to the latest IDC report for Q1 2013 Windows Phone surpassed BlackBerry (BBRY) in sales and climbed to third place in the sma

May 17 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note is

It's back to target practice at the podiatrist shooting range.

IDC releases its estimate on smartphone platforms in the first quarter. Years after launching Windows Phone with the goal of overtaking BlackBerry, Microsoft has succeeded... for now.

Nokia helped the Windows Phone OS make global gains, while BlackBerry shipped more than 1 million phones with its new OS.

We're not sure if this is a good sign for Microsoft or a bad sign for BlackBerry, but Windows Phone is now the third largest smartphone operating system, according to IDC. Since we're optimists, we'll say it's a good sign for Microsoft. It's trying t

Google's Android and Apple's iOS still make up the vast majority of the market.

May 16 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes and Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note is

May 15 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) re-design of iOS under the management of famed Apple hardware designer Jony Ive has gone from rumor to generally accepted as fact. Among the most notable changes is the reported flat graphical design.

ByKarl Pratt:Much has been written recently that paints Nokia (NOK) in a very negative light. The latest has to do with shareholders who are very upset with CEO Stephen Elop for betting the company's fortunes on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone platf

Six months after the release of Windows 8, Microsoft's top Windows executives Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller have been forced to explain some of the design decisions that went into it. For instance, why did Microsoft kill the Start button from th

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's forthcoming update to its personal computer operating system will be called Windows 8.1 and will be available later this year free to existing Windows 8 customers, the marketing chief for the Windows unit said on

SEATTLE, May 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's forthcoming update to its personal computer operating system will be called Windows 8.1 and will be available later this year free to existing Windows 8 customers, the marketing chief for the Windows unit

Windows boss Tami Reller stands by claims of 100 million licenses sold, says Windows 8.1 upgrade soon to be released.

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft says a planned update to its Windows 8 operating system will be made available for free later this year. The...

One of the big gripes about Windows 8 is the lack of apps. Last week, there were 60,000 apps in the store, Tami Reller, Microsoft's chief marketing officer for Windows said in an interview. Today, she says there's 70,000 apps. That's a big jump. Rell

Microsoft isn't ditching its ARM strategy and Windows RT operating system anytime soon, says Tami Reller, the chief of marketing for Windows, speaking at the JP Morgan Technology conference. There's been a lot of speculation that Microsoft might be r

SEATTLE, May 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp executive Tami Reller said on Tuesday the company's forthcoming update to its Windows operating system will be called Windows 8.1 and will be available later this year free to existing Windows 8 customers.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp.executive Tami Reller on Tuesday sought to counter recent claims that the software giant's release of Windows 8 has been a failure. Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Rell

"What has been code-named Windows Blue will now be officially called Windows 8.1," Tami Reller, the chief of marketing for Windows, speaking at the JP Morgan Technology conference. It will be free for everyone with a Windows 8 or Windows RT device. L

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Nokia announced another variation of its top-tier Lumia line of smartphones today called the Lumia 925. Internally, the phone is nearly identical to two other phones in the company's Windows Phone lineup, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 928. However, since t

Nokia officially launched its new flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 925, at a press event Tuesday morning in London.  We first saw the news on The Verge. The Lumia 925 body sports a metal frame, plastic back, and glass screen.  Similar to t

Scrambling to catch U.S. and Asian rivals in the growing global smartphone market, Finnish mobile device-maker Nokia Corp. Tuesday launched another addition to its Lumia Windows phone lineup, emphasizing high-end camera features, wireless charging an

Good morning! Nokia came out with a new flagship phone, the 925. It's just like the 920, except its made out of aluminium. Instagram remains unavailable on Windows Phone, so Nokia is including an app from Hipstamatic called Oggl. Activist share

Nokia launched another addition to its Lumia Windows phone lineup, emphasizing high-end camera features, wireless charging and use of lightweight components.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Samsung is the world's largest smartphone maker, dominating Androidand with a tiny market share in Windows 8. The Galaxy S4 is itsflagship Android smartphone, going up against the iPhone, Nokia's highest-end Windows Phone 8, a

The software giant was steadily growing its app availability, but growth has slowed in recent months. Microsoft has the high-profile names, but those apps aren't what truly matter to platform innovation.

Hint: It’s not only in emerging markets.

In June, Microsoft will release its next big update to Windows 8 called Windows Blue. With this update, Microsoft will hopefully fix a lot of things that have annoyed people about Microsoft's new touch-friendly operating system. A lot is riding on th

Nokia's newest flagship Windows Phone in the US, the Lumia 928, launches this week as a Verizon exclusive. We just got our hands on one this morning, so here a few initial impressions. The Lumia 928 is nearly identical from a hardware standpoint to i

A photo of Nokia's next flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 925, has leaked on Twitter via @evleaks, who is almost always accurate with gadget scoops. This is the phone that Nokia is expected to announce at its big press conference in London tomorrow m

May 13 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

May 13 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates for potential Freddie Mac reference notes, Fannie Mae benchmark and FHLB global notes for 2013. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said the dates below are windows of optional note issua

This was rough.

In the middle of a longer story about how people should stop critizing Microsoft for making changes to Windows 8, Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reveals more looming changes to Windows 8: In addition to the optional Start Button and boot-to-desktop options,

When Microsoft honcho Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows 8 last October, he called it a "bet-the-company moment."

By Jacob Steinberg:When the Windows Phone 8 (MSFT) project was first announced, there were several takers for the project in the mobile phone industry. LG Electronics, Samsung (SSNLF.PK), Nokia (NOK), HTC, Huawei and Sony (SNE) were among the compani

Nokia released a teaser for its upcoming smartphone today, showing off a device with a metal body and a 41 megapixel camera.  The video was obtained by The Verge's Tom Warren, who says this will be the next-generation Lumia Windows Phone that No

A convenient roundup of the Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week.

Microsoft's new operating system is being compared to Coca-Cola's notorious introduction, but it could be worse than that.

Frank Shaw, Microsoft's head of corporate communications, thinks some of the Windows 8 critics out there need to take a chill pill.  In a Friday blog post, Shaw linked to stories that ran this week in The Economist and Financial Times 

With its latest features, the Mac is starting to resemble a souped-up iPad. But it is not clear that this progressive retrofit will be a hit with users

Nokia, aiming to more aggressively challenge Apple and Samsung in the critical U.S. smartphone market, will next week release another upgrade to its lineup of Windows phones with the $99 Lumia 928.

Nokia just announced its newest flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 928.  As has been widely reported before, the Lumia 928 will be a Verizon exclusive. It'll cost $100 with a two-year contract. The timing of the announcement is a bit odd though.