Make no mistake, Microsoft isn’t playing coy in the smartphone market any longer. The folks in Redmond are making a significant jump forward in the mobile arena, announcing that the upcoming version of Windows Phone, codenamed “Mango,” will be heading to a device near you in time for the holidays. As its competitors have raised [...]

Microsoft has previewed Windows 8, described as “a reimagining” of the platform that’s now designed to scale from small screens to large, with or without touch and/or a keyboard. In a new video demo, which you can see after the cut, Microsoft shows its new Windows 8 Start screen, heavily influenced by the Metro UI [...]

The rumor mill has been busy the past few days trying to predict exactly what Apple had up its sleeve for iOS 5 at WWDC, but today CEO Steve Jobs made it all nice and official. First up is something that I’m sure many iOS users have strong feelings about: notifications. Included in iOS 5 [...]