The nerdy past-time of comparing Android and iOS device sales figures is once again at the front of minds, as Nielsen today posted some interesting U.S. smartphone sales figures for the past three months ending in May. After undergoing a tremendous growth spurt, sales of Android devices have flattened out at 27%. Sales of Apple’s [...]

  Since RIM’s dismal Q1 numbers were released, analysts have been very verbal with their idea that RIM will either go under within the year or simply be bought out - while many have agreed with this forecast, many have also strongly disagreed. Some of the potential suitors mentioned frequently in regard to this are: Microsoft, [...]

[UPDATED] First and foremost, we want to thank all who entered, as this was one of the best received contests to date. We received a LOT of entries, which made picking a winner very, very difficult - but, we had to. The winner of the Windows Phone 7 powered HTC HD7 is…….Martin Hauck or @martinhauck_ca on Twitter. [...]

Windows’s new operating system (Codenamed Windows 8 ) has been in development for quite some time and some have speculated that it would be a tablet-compatible operating system. Well, at D9 Microsoft gave a preview of what they’ve been working on and it seems tailored for a touch screen; the user interface looks startlingly similar [...]

Here’s a story to talk about today at the water cooler: wireless industry insider Eldar Murtazin is claiming that Microsoft has struck a deal with Nokia to purchase their mobile arm for $19 billion dollars - wow. Word has it that the deal could close as soon as the end of the year. What makes this [...]

  Despite having a flailing OS (Symbian), one thing Nokia has developed a solid reputation for are the superb camera’s installed in their devices; whether high-end or low-end, the resolution generally starts at 5MP on newer devices (C6) and goes up to 12MP (N8). This benchmark has also set Nokia ahead, because no other manufacturer [...]

The title might be a bit misleading to some. Yes, the phenomena that is Google’s Android OS is going nowhere but forward and analysts predict that it will become the most used mobile OS very, very soon, but that isn’t why the OS makes Microsoft more money than its own Windows Phone OS. The truth [...]

Apple has surpassed Google to be considered the world’s most valuable brand at $135 billion according to Millward Brown Optimor and fortune 500 has placed it #35 most revenue-earning companies in the world. These are big titles for Apple who, earlier today it was revealed that they’re the number 2 smartphone makers, and are closing in [...]

According to BBC News, Microsoft is paying $8.5 billion to acquire Skype. It’s unclear why Microsoft is so interested in Skype, whose growth has been stagnant over the past few years, but BBC news business editor Tim Weber speculates that Microsoft could have plans to integrate the technology into the Xbox Kinect and Windows 7 [...]

Alright, alright, Windows Phone 7 early adopters your day has seemingly arrived. The day in question is Tuesday May 24th, 2011. Microsoft is set to unveil “Mango”, the new update to their ever-growing-in-popularity Windows Phone 7 platform, which is set to include the following updates: better multi-tasking, IE9, and of course, Twitter integration. Also rumored to [...]