Microsoft are getting ‘cool' again, according to a poll on Reuters/Ipsos although they fall behind Google who were voted as the coolest company. The polling organisation asked America's 18 to 29 year old's to vote for the coolest tech brands. Around half of them answered Microsoft, which surprised everyone. It …

Apple have been battling against the jailbreaking crowd for as long as we can remember. The latest version called evasiOn has been a long time coming, but according to information received, it appears that it has been installed more than 7 million times in only six days. According to Apple …

The end of Symbian has been coming for a while now and in Nokia's Q4 2012 earnings report that Finnish company has finally confirmed it. Nokia says that the 808 PureView, which was announced nearly a year ago, will be the last Symbian device from them. “During our transition to …

Throughout the second half of 2012 there were several rumours surrounding two Windows Phone handsets from Huawei. One of these devices, the Ascend W1, was announced last week at CES in Las Vegas. The Ascend W1 is their modest low to mid-range offering. The other, as yet unannounced handset is …

Nokia were once one of the market leaders however in recent years they have dropped off the radar, leaving the market open to Android and iOS devices. Two years ago Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO painted their future as a difficult battle to regain market share. He ditched the in house …

HTC took the fast track to smartphone fame in 2010 but spent much of 2012 going nowhere. While we were relatively impressed by the One X flagship Android smartphone and its Windows Phone 8 devices are impressive, HTC went on to release many handsets for no apparent reason – an act …

The trend for the smartphone market at the moment is undoubtedly bigger is better. A few years ago, we were looking at 3.5 inch displays; a figure that has since jumped to the higher ranks of the 4 inch range. Thus far, Windows Phone devices has for the most part …

Google's Android operating system is growing and it has accounted for a very high percentage of the mobile market share this year. According to a report, they will hold strong in top position for at least another four years. We see a lot of debate about mobile operating systems on …

In a recent interview Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has talked down the threat from other mobile platforms including Google's Android and Apple's iOS on its own Windows Phone platform. The interview was conducted by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Ballmer said that Google's mobile platform is “wild,” “uncontrolled” and relatively …

While we might have discussed a fair bit here about how the Wii U could potentially open up some interesting new avenues of gaming, thanks to its inclusion of a tablet controller in the standard gaming environment, Microsoft Smartglass for Xbox has even more potential – and it launches tomorrow, …

Nokia has just unveiled the Lumia 510, the lowest end Windows Phone handset from the Finnish company to date. The 510 is primarily aimed at developing smartphone markets and as such it will launch firstly in India and China in November. This will be followed by other Asia-Pacific countries and …

Huawei was set to unveil their Windows Phone 8 line-up last month but was later delayed for reasons unknown. Fortunately, announcement delays don't affect leaks of rumoured devices and the Huawei Ascend W1 has been given that treatment. Straight away the pictures of the Ascend W1 reveal that Huawei's engineers have had …

Just under three weeks ago Nokia presented their Windows Phone 8 line-up, part of which was the Lumia 920. The flagship device includes PureView technology and one its main features is improved image stabilisation for smoother video and better low-light camera performance. The former has been uniquely tested, and compared …

In a recent interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was questioned over the upcoming Surface tablet launch. The passionate CEO believes they have a “very competitive product from the features perspective.” Ballmer also went on to hint at possible Surface pricing; from “$300 to about $700 or $800,” is the “sweet …

While Research In Motion's BlackBerry 10 platform is still a few months away from launching, a fellow smartphone struggler may join in. HTC was once the dominant Android manufacturer and have since slipped behind Samsung. Their Windows Phone 7 line-up, while of a decent quality has not been able to …

Android has been growing by a noticeable amount in recent months, highlighted by Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, announcing that Android had reached 1.3 million daily activations last week. Now, Hugo Barra, Google's director of product management for Android has announced that the mobile platform has reach the half a billion …

ASUS is very familiar with the Android tablet game, in our opinion they produce the best Android tablets out there by combining hardware grunt, design and software functionality and frequent updates. Now, the Taiwanese manufacturer has teamed up with Google to bring all of this to an almost impulse purchase …

A patent recently granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office has revealed one of two Windows Phone 8 devices expected to be unveiled by Nokia and Microsoft next week. The design in the patent looks rather similar to the current low-end Nokia Windows Phone, the Lumia 610. This …

Apple had a big win this week in America – against Samsung. The court ruled in their favour, hitting Samsung for over a billion dollars in damages. The ramifications for this ruling however will sweep the industry over the coming year. Many analysts are already highlighting that the Apple victory …

Microsoft made a monumental announcement this morning. No, it's not a revamped Windows 8, no the next Xbox isn't just around the corner. Microsoft has a new logo and it's inspiration is clearly Metro. The design language, not a shortening of another word. This is the first time Microsoft has …

It isn't surprising any more that HTC is not performing as well as they did a couple of years ago. This is happening regardless of impressive products such as the flagship One X and a focus on quality over quantity. In an effort to turn this financial misfortune around, the …

Just a couple of weeks after Hotmail became Outlook with a completely revamped interface, SkyDrive has been given the same treatment in anticipation for the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 later this year. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaWw0zLT67E'] Obvious tweaks include the presence of the not Metro but “modern” interface, as well …

Microsoft's Surface tablet has been in the news recently, however their partners don't seem to happy with the planned October release. We spoke to an industry insider a couple of hours ago who said that a handful of leading executives are thinking of pulling out of the Windows 8 tablet …

Following the leak of two Windows Phone 8 devices just yesterday, Samsung's plans for a 11.8 inch tablet have also been revealed as part of their court case against Apple. There have been rumours of a 11.8 inch tablet from Samsung for many months now but this is the first …

Silicon Valley veteran Jean Louis Gassée said that the Nokia leadership should be fired, including CEO Stephen Elop, who took over Nokia after a stint within Microsoft. Gassée told Computing in an exclusive interview “I think that Elop will have to go, but I also think that the board also …

Nokia could have chosen a better date for their own Monday press conference considering Microsoft's announcement of the Surface tablets, but what is done, is done. Yesterday, the falling giant announced that their 808 PureView camera-phone is destined for the US market. It will be available for $699 (roughly the …

Its has been a tough couple of years for Research In Motion and Nokia. Both companies have been struggling in the face of competition from Apple and Android powered devices. A handful of years ago Nokia were one of the world's biggest phone makers. Since then they have lost 90% …

Nokia said today that they are planning to cut another 10,000 staff globally by the end of 2013. They are also selling luxury phone maker Vertu in a bid to cut costs even though they plan to boost investments in creating new smartphones based on Windows Phone. Nokia also announced …

Google have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission stating that Microsoft and Nokia have conspired to use their patents against smartphone industry rivals. The complaint says that Nokia and Microsoft are using proxy computers to brandish patents and to damage the future of the Android operating system. Google …

Nokia are enjoying a raft of sales in China thanks to the release of their Lumia smartphones. They launched two new Windows Phone 7 Lumia phones, the Lumia 610C and 800C in China, in cooperation with China Telecom. Michel van der Bel, COO of the Greater China region at Microsoft …