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Microsoft’s enterprise phone strategy flops as revenue evaporates

Best move was to stop throwing more money into enterprise phones, says analyst

May 1, 2017 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones Technology Industry

MIT’s WiGait uses wireless signals to step up detection of health issues

MIT CSAIL researchers create wireless technology for continuously — and unobtrusively — measuring walking speed in an effort to detect signs of cognitive and other health deteriorations

By Bob Brown

May 1, 2017 2 mins

IT Skills and Training Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi

Google focuses on a future of even better mobile cameras

Google’s nighttime photo experiments shed light on how smartphone cameras could get even better

By Steven Patterson

May 1, 2017 5 mins

Google Small and Medium Business Smartphones

NSA suggests using virtualization to secure smartphones

It's now feasible to secure smartphones using virtualization, a technology the NSA currently requires only on tablets and laptops

By Peter Sayer

May 1, 2017 3 mins

Android Small and Medium Business Virtualization

Windows Phone brought in just $5 million last quarter

Microsoft reported Windows Phone revenue declined $730 million in its third fiscal quarter of 2016. It’s time to pull the plug on it.

By Andy Patrizio

May 1, 2017 2 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Smartphones

iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: long live the battery, here come the cases, plus a new concept design

The iPhone 8 could feature a more powerful battery, plus improved charging technology

By Bob Brown

Apr 30, 2017 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones iOS

Legal war with Apple hits Qualcomm’s revenue projections

Qualcomm's reduced its third quarter revenue projections as it expects not to receive a large chunk of licensing revenue from Apple's partners

By Agam Shah

Apr 28, 2017 3 mins

Apple Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business

Q1 2017 smartphone shipments: Samsung rebounds, Apple goes sideways, Chinese makers roar

Samsung and Apple find smartphone growth elusive as the center of gravity shifts west to east and budget phones improve

By Steven Patterson

Apr 28, 2017 5 mins

Apple Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Why 2×2 Wave 2 access points make no sense

A 2x2 Wave 2 AP will cost about twice the price of a 2x2 Wave 1 AP—and it has limited benefits. So, companies should pass on this Wi-Fi technology.

By Zeus Kerravala

Apr 28, 2017 4 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi

Windows 10 adoption faster than any previous OS

As much as 85% of businesses will have migrated to Windows 10 before the year ends. Security improvements drive the move.

By Andy Patrizio

Apr 28, 2017 2 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows