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Microsoft’s ecosystem hit and curious pivot this week: a community-fueled revival of the Windows Phone concept via a third‑party device that can run Windows 11, while Microsoft’s flagship desktop OS continues to wrestle with a fresh wave of stability bugs affecting apps and core features. The...

A one‑off hardware hack and a string of enthusiastic community proofs‑of‑concept have produced a tidy headline: “Windows Phone is back from the dead... kind of.” The reality is both less dramatic and far more revealing — what we’re seeing right now is not a corporate resurrection but a fertile...

A one-off hardware hack has reminded the tech world that Windows Phone isn't entirely gone — at least not in the imaginations and garage workshops of enthusiasts. An enterprising hobbyist took the hulking shell of a classic Lumia 1020 and transplanted the internals of a modern iPhone SE (3rd...

When a veteran tech commentator wrote that “Windows Phone was never alive,” the line landed less as provocation than as a shorthand for a longer, deeper collapse that had been visible to anyone watching the numbers, product cadence, and ecosystem for years. The immediate spark for the renewed...

The grassroots petition calling for Microsoft to “Bring Back Windows Phone” has quietly gained traction on Change.org, drawing the familiar glow of nostalgia and a fresh round of debate about whether a third mobile ecosystem could — or should — return. The petition, started by Σπύρος Κ. from...

The Microsoft mobile dream never fully died — it simply migrated into the workshop, the concept studio, and the kernel of enthusiast forums where a small-but-persistent community keeps rebuilding, reimagining, and sometimes actually running Windows on phones again. Overview What started as...

When Microsoft’s updated Windows Camera app added a simple turtle icon for slow‑motion capture, it marked a small but meaningful victory for Windows Phone users: the Lumia 930, Lumia 1520 and Icon could now record at 720p, 120 frames per second, and the phone did the heavy lifting to output a...

Microsoft’s release of a Windows SDK for Facebook — a native, open-source library that brings full Facebook login, Graph API access, feeds, photo uploads and Like functionality into Universal Windows apps — marks a deliberate push to make Windows a more attractive, social-first platform for...

Artificial intelligence would have told Pete Carroll to hand the ball to Marshawn Lynch. The verdict — blunt, repeatable and nearly universal among modern analysts — is now being echoed by the same generative models that pundits and teams are experimenting with at the edge of NFL operations. Yet...

Microsoft's public posture toward Windows Mobile has quietly shifted from product-led ambition to maintenance-mode realism: the company will keep the platform alive for security patches, enterprise deployments and compatibility with Windows 10's broader ecosystem, but it will no longer...

Microsoft’s design reset for Windows 10 — long-rumored as Project NEON — was always pitched as more than a fresh coat of paint: it was meant to be the visual glue that would finally make the Universal Windows Platform feel truly uniform across PCs, tablets and phones. That plan surfaced publicly...

A terse rumor out of a regional tech blog says Samsung may be reconsidering a return to Windows on smartphones — allegedly proposing a Windows 10 Mobile variant based on Galaxy S8-class hardware, possibly branded ATIV S8 and timed to appear around Microsoft’s early‑May education event. The...

Google just turned Apple’s AI delay into a punchline—and a launch date. In a slick 30‑second Pixel 10 teaser set to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s The Next Episode, the narrator jabs, “If you buy a new phone because of a feature that’s ‘coming soon,’ but it’s been ‘coming soon’ for a full year… you...

A flurry of newly surfaced images and documentation has finally revealed the true face of one of Microsoft's boldest—yet most elusive—hardware ambitions: the purist, Windows-powered Surface Duo, codenamed Andromeda. Initially conceived as a successor to the aging Windows Phone line, Andromeda...

The seamless connectivity between Android smartphones and Windows 11 PCs has taken considerable strides over the past few years, but the latest update to Microsoft’s Link to Windows app introduces a powerful capability that redefines remote PC management: the ability to lock your Windows 11 PC...

For many Windows 10 users, the persistent presence of certain built-in applications such as Phone Link—previously branded as Your Phone—has sparked persistent curiosity and sometimes frustration. Windows has evolved to include an ecosystem of services designed to integrate devices and platforms...

Microsoft's strategic evolution under CEO Satya Nadella has been marked by a significant shift from consumer-focused products to enterprise solutions, particularly emphasizing cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). This transition has led to a sense of disconnection among long-time...

In an era when seamless connectivity across devices is no longer a luxury but an expectation, Microsoft’s release of the Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Windows Home Server 2011 ushered in a significant—albeit underappreciated—development in the ecosystem of home and small business...

For years, Microsoft has made steady—if sometimes understated—efforts to draw Windows and Android closer, shaping a cross-device experience that aims to rival Apple’s vaunted synergy with iPhone and Mac. Now, with a significant new update, Windows 11 is set to erase even more barriers between...

The latest release for Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary Channel, build 27871, underscores Microsoft's ongoing push to make the operating system not only more feature-rich but also more sustainable, secure, and user-friendly. As new builds surface at an accelerated pace, each iteration offers...