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- 1 Aug 2014
BlackBerry, Microsoft Roll out BBM for Windows Phone Users
BlackBerry Limited, a global leader in mobile communications, on Thursday announced collaboration with Microsoft to bring BBM™ to Windows Phone 8 and higher. Speaking on the collaboration, Bryan…
- 12 Dec 2014
Minecraft: Pocket Edition Comes To Windows Phone 8.1
Minecraf, a cultural phenomenon with more than 100 million players across the world now comes to Windows Phone 8.1. This offers Windows Phone users the ability to play one of the world’s most…
- 8 Aug 2013
Android Surges, Windows Phone Gains @ Smartphone OpS Market
Android and Windows Phone both managed slight increases in the worldwide smartphone operating system market for the second quarter of 2013. Despite beating some expectations in terms of shipment…
- 11 Apr 2013
Nokia's Lumia 920 Tops Windows Phone OS Usage Charts
Nokia's Lumia 920 is now the most used Windows Phone device in the world, according to analysis by the Windows Phone specific mobile ad agency, AdDuplex. Based on a modest sample size taken on just…
- 29 May 2014
Nokia Launches First Windows Phone 8.1 Lumia 630
Nokia has unveiled new Lumia 630, first smartphone to run Windows Phone 8.1. Windows 8.1 is a new version of the operating system that Microsoft, owners of Nokia, hopes will finally allow it to…
- 13 Nov 2013
Windows Phone, Android Gain Market Share As Apple Slips
Android pushes past 80% market share while windows phone shipments leap 156.0% year over year in the third quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) third quarter of 2013 (3Q13)…
- 31 May 2017
Windows Phone 2017 Volumes to Decline 80.9%- Report
As worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to rebound slightly in 2017 with expected growth of 3.0% over the previous year, it is all bad news for Windows Phone as Microsoft is yet to get a…
- 5 Mar 2014
Kaspersky Unveils Anti-phishing App for Windows Phone
Kaspersky Lab is looking to safeguard Microsoft devices from fraudulent and inappropriate sites with a new Kaspersky Safe Browser for Windows Phone app. The free app is meant to safeguard web surfing…
- 19 Apr 2015
Microsoft Unveils Touch-friendly Office apps for Windows phones
Microsoft Corp has unveiled a long-awaited suite of touch-friendly Office apps that allow Windows phone users to work on Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents on their phones with touch commands and…
- 12 Aug 2014
Jumia App Launches on Windows Phone
Jumia Nigeria’s e-Commerce giant has launched its new app on windows app store for customers to get unlimited shopping experience on the largest online store in Nigeria. The app launch will accord…
- 24 Feb 2014
BlackBerry Unleashes BBM to Windows Phone, Nokia X platforms
BlackBerry limited said, on Monday, it will make its messaging service BBM available to Microsoft's Windows Phone and the upcoming Nokia X platforms in the coming months. BlackBerry Messaging, or…
- 30 Sept 2013
Microsoft 4Afrika App Stars Training Begins in Nigeria
This week is the first Microsoft 4Afrika App Stars training in Nigeria. Microsoft has equally extended calls to developers to apply to benefit from the programme. 4Afrika App Stars is a Microsoft…
- 11 Oct 2013
Winners Emerge in Microsoft's 9japps Challenge
Microsoft Nigeria has announced winners in the Windows Phone category of the inaugural 9japps Competition, a local app development contest for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications. The…
- 19 May 2013
Android, iOS Claim 92.3% Smartphone OS Shipments in Q1 2013
Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked Smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 92.3% of all Smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as Windows…
- 9 Dec 2016
Microsoft Windows Laptops for 2017 to be Like a Phone
Windows 10 devices will be compatible with Qualcomm's latest processor, the same chips that power high-end phones and tablets. To that goal, the Qualcomm announced at Microsoft's Windows Hardware…
- 1 Apr 2013
Microsoft Nigeria, Nokia Collaborate to Launch 9jApps Contest
Microsoft Nigeria in partnership with Nokia Nigeria, today has formally declared open its 9jApps contest, a challenge designed to empower local developers to take advantage of Microsoft’s new tools…
- 5 Aug 2014
Microsoft Adds BBM app on Lumia Smartphones
Microsoft Mobile has announced that popular mobile messaging application, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available for download on its Windows Phone based Lumia smartphones. Microsoft made…
- 19 May 2015
Gamsole Boss Attributes Success Story to Microsoft Mentorship Programme
Abiola Olaniran is my name and I am the Chief Executive Officer of Gamsole, a mobile game apps development company that currently develops games for Windows phone mobile and Windows 8 PC. Our games…
- 23 Jan 2015
Microsoft Lumia 535: The Right Dual Sim Device
Lumia 535, the first Windows Phone handset from Microsoft that ditched Nokia branding, goes a long way, improving on the shortcomings of Lumia 530, to say the least. ..........Thumb Up: 5-inch,…
- 4 Sept 2013
Financial Bankruptcy Forced Nokia's Acquisition by Microsoft-Analyst
Francisco Jeronimo, research director, European Consumer Wireless and Mobile Communications, IDC EMEA, has said that Tuesday’s announcement on Nokia's acquisition by Microsoft signals the end of an…
- 12 Dec 2013
Nokia Extends Developers Rewards Program to Nigeria, Ghana
Nokia, global phone manufacturer, has extended its rewards program for developers, DVLUP, to Nigeria and Ghana. DVLUP is a rewards program for Windows Phone developers across the globe which enables…
- 30 Apr 2015
Microsoft Opens Door to Android, Apple Phone Apps
Microsoft Corp is making it easier for apps written for rival Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS systems to work on Windows phones, in a bid to attract users to its unpopular mobile devices,…
- 4 Sept 2014
Microsoft, Mansard Insurance Partner to Unveil Lumia 930 in Nigeria
Microsoft has announced that its latest addition to the Lumia range of smartphones, the Lumia 930, running Windows Phone 8.1 is now available in Nigeria. The Lumia 930 smartphone comes with the best…
- 15 May 2013
Nokia Unveils Lumia 520, 720 in Nigeria
Consumers across Nigeria can now get their hands on Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 powered Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. A blend of premium style and innovation for a socially active crowd, the Nokia Lumia…
- 27 Mar 2013
Microsoft Dangles Car, Cash on 9jApps Developers
Microsoft Nigeria partnering with Nokia, Dell and Co-Creation Hub, has formally declared open its 9jApps contest, designed to empower local developers to take advantage of Microsoft’s new tools and…
- 23 Feb 2016
Microsoft Lumia 550: What's In The Box
Microsoft Lumia 550, to start with, comes in a much smaller box than others more expensive in the range. Actually, Microsoft’s Windows Phone has been pointed at the low-end of the smartphone market…
- 14 May 2013
Microsoft Trains 400 Nigerian Youth at UNILAG, Co-Creation Hub
Microsoft recently kicked off a series of developer camps across the country to support the growth of a vibrant developers community in Nigeria. Participants registered at no cost and had the…
- 27 May 2013
Airtel Aligns with Huawei, Microsoft to Launch Windows 8 Smartphone
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications service provider, has partnered with Huawei and Microsoft to unveil Ascend W1, its first Smartphone that runs on the Microsoft windows Phone 8 operating…
- 14 May 2013
Nokia Lumia 925 Comes to Town
Nokia has taken the wraps off Lumia 925,its latest flagship Windows Phone, and there's a slight twist: it's made from aluminum. Nokia's latest smartphone is trading a full polycarbonate unibody…
- 23 Jan 2015
Microsoft Windows 10 Comes With Free Upgrade, Group Computing
Microsoft Corporation on has launched a new generation of Windows, with a wide range of experiences designed to usher in a new era of more personal computing, as well as two new devices designed to…