While Microsoft is prepping for the release of Windows 8.1 next week for Windows 8 and Windows RT, details on whether or not the company's smartphone OS will also be receiving a refresh on the same scale has been scarce until this week.
Just 36 percent of IT organizations surveyed had fully deployed or are deploying mobile device management solutions, according to an industry study.
According to a report released this week by IDC, the gap between Microsoft's smartphone operating system and market leaders Google Android and Apple iOS will narrow slightly over the next four years.
Judging from new figures published last week by analyst firm Strategy Analytics, Microsoft's Windows Phone is making sales gains in the smartphone market.
The Federal Trade Commission this week issued a modified final order regarding Google's standard-essential patents licensing practices.
Microsoft this week released Outlook Web Apps for Apple mobile devices.
Microsoft filed a legal complaint on Friday against the U.S. government for not enforcing a ban on the import of some Motorola Mobility smartphone devices.
A deal that could have resulted in Microsoft buying Nokia to acquire the mobile phone manufacturer's device-manufacturing business is no more reported The Wall Street Journal today.
Google this week sent a cease-and-desist letter to Microsoft this week that demanded the removal of the YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 over violations of Google's Terms of Service.
IT is now challenged with implementing personal device security procedures that keeps networks safe from infection and protects data from being lost or stolen.
Microsoft announced an intellectual property deal with Taiwan-based Hon Hai, the investment holding company for Foxconn Ltd.
Traditional PC shipments will continue to decline over the next four years, even as global shipments increase for mobile phones, tablets and "ultramobile" devices, according to new first-quarter data announced today by Gartner Inc.
Microsoft's Xbox gaming consoles do not infringe a patent held by Google, a judge for the ITC indicated on Friday.
Microsoft today released two of its new Windows Embedded 8 operating system products today, with a third product expected next month.
Google today announced an executive shuffle that affects its highly successful Android mobile operating system efforts.
Apple would like to remind you that attackers like infect Android customers with malware.
Apple's release of iOS 6.1.2 last week seems to have unleashed problems for some device users.
Apple issued an iOS update on Tuesday to fix a calendar bug that was overloading Microsoft Exchange 2010.
Microsoft announced a few firsts during an opening keynote talk at its Lync 2013 Conference in San Diego on Tuesday.
The built-in security capabilities of Windows 8 devices could simplify matters for IT organizations considering BYOD scenarios.