Earlier this year Microsoft filed a motion in the U.S. to fight Apple obtaining a trademark on the term ‘App Store’. Apparently they along with a few others have decided to do the same in Europe. HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft have joined forces against Apple in this fight. A Microsoft rep has this to […]
Apps, NewsWe all know that lots of people choose to buy a smartphone because they have done a good job of marketing the fact that their app store has an abundance of apps. PCWorld did an analysis of all the popular OS markets to figure out what it really means to have that many apps, and […]
Apps, NewsMicrosoft recently received some more patent muscle as they just got granted their 2004 filing for apps that sell the user stuff. That ‘stuff’ can either be products from amazon, eBooks, pretty much anything you can think of. The patent is pretty broad so it should hold with anything you throw at it. Wonder what […]
NewsThough they are definitely in the minority, the people who use both Apple computers and a Windows Phone 7 will be happy to know that Windows Phone Connector is finally out of the beta stage. Through the Windows Phone Connector application you are able to connect your WP7 to your Mac without needing the Zune […]
AppsIn 2008 Apple applied to trademark the term “app store”, obviously making it unusable for other companies with an app market. Microsoft is going against Apple to get that trademark removed. Currently WP7 is using the term Marketplace as the place where WP7 users go to purchase applications. Microsoft argues that the term “app store” […]
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