Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Finnish cell phone maker Nokia is optimistic about Brazil, currently its fifth largest market behind China, India, the United States and Japan. During the Brazilian launch of the Lumia 920, 820 and 620, Almir Luiz Narcizo, Nokia Brazil's general manager, said that if the...
Microsoft's Surface Pro is set to go on sale Saturday, and the tablet is getting mixed reviews from the tech community. On the positive side, the Pro appears to successfully marry the convenience of a tablet with the functionality of a personal computer. The...
We are going through a radical shift in the way people work and use computers. Increasing availability and affordability of wireless broadband is giving
Software and mobile manufacturer Nokia has teamed up with Avanade, a joint venture of Accenture and Microsoft, to sell Nokia Lumia devices, applications and services to large enterprise customers.
Under the agreement, Avanade and Nokia plan to deliver packaged offerings combining Avanade's application development and...
Microsoft should be happy following this week’s announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013 – check out all pieces) as a pair of U.S.-based carriers released plans to offer devices powered by its Windows Phone 8 operating system.
Sprint Nextel is adding a pair...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Microsoft (MSFT) says the public reaction to its new Surface tablet has been "exciting to see," and now the world's largest software company is putting its first tablet into retail stores other than its own. Until now, the Surface has only been available on...
The latest numbers from Microsoft suggest that the software giant has not lost its touch - indeed it may be gaining a new touch with Windows 8, its operating system based on the touchscreen interface. Microsoft says it has sold 40 million Windows 8...
Microsoft announced earlier this week that the company is dropping its "Messenger" product and replacing it with Skype, which it acquired last year, for its online chat service. In a blog post, Microsoft said "Skype and Messenger are coming together, and that by updating...
President Obama probably used his iPad to post the most popular tweet in history Tuesday night. The fact that the President is stepping out with an iPad instead of his BlackBerry is a coup for Apple, but like the President the Cupertino company has...
The software giant Microsoft announced it will invest U.S.$98.24 million (R$200 million) focused on research, development and innovation in Brazil. The company said it will boost national competitiveness, while unveiling a series of planned initiatives to establish an advanced technology laboratory (ATL) located in Rio de...
While Microsoft was busy unveiling its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet today, Google's new Nexus 10 tablet surfaced a little earlier than planned. Today a Korean website posted two photos of a what appears to be the user manual for the...
It was not an easy quarter for Microsoft and Google. The two giant companies both presented their results for the quarter ending Sept. 30.
The acquisition of Motorola Mobility pushed down Google’s results, since Motorola Mobility posted an operating loss of $527 million in its...
Microsoft and Apple are gearing up for what promises to be one of the fiercest battles in the tablet wars next week. The world's largest software company will start shipping its Surface RT tablets with prices starting at $499, right in line with the...
A milestone for financial markets: at the close of trading in New York on Monday, Google (GOOG) was the world’s second-largest technology company based on its market capitalization, temporarily stealing that honor from Microsoft (MSFT).
Both companies are worth just under $250 billion, although Microsoft...
This week reinforced to me that a real competition is not really real unless there are more than two involved. Sure, a boxing match is usually just between two combatants, and many sporting events take place between two teams,
By now, just about anyone who follows technology knows that on Aug. 24, nine jurors in California voted in favor of Apple with the largest patent lawsuit victory
The PBX market is down slightly on a global basis in the second quarter of 2012, both sequentially and year-over-year, and enterprises are generally remaining cautious with spending on telephony equipment, according to the latest Infonetics Research report. In 2Q12, the enterprise PBX phone...
In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with marketing strategies,
For a while there (before the introduction of the iPhone), it seemed Research In Motion just about had it all. BlackBerry sales were growing worldwide and the devices were so addictive that the public called it “CrackBerry.”
