Microsoft cuts Jobs from phone division – FreeDistrict

Past builds of the store have suffered from reliability issues during downloads, so the improvements will likely be a welcome addition for Windows 10 Mobile users who want to download new apps or update those they already have on their phones. Gates was called before the Senate to answer charges that Microsoft had become a monopoly and was using its powers to unfairly dominate the operating system business. Also, the old Store app is no longer in the build. Both now and at the time that the deal was announced in 2013, Nokia was the most important manufacturer of Windows Phones.

Microsoft started releasing the new builds last week; Build 10158 was released on June 29 and was succeeded by Build 10159 on Tuesday and Build 10162 on Thursday.

Following the acquisition, Microsoft’s smartphone arm has gone from bad to worse, with poor sales and low market penetration compared to rivals Apple and Google. The Microsoft Store now has 17 different Lumia models available for sale, spanning an array of sizes and specification. The company had a awful time with Vista but its successor, Windows 7, did great. While we expect to see the RTM milestone coming sometime next week, Microsoft has just ended the week with a Windows 10 Mobile release. Statistically speaking, most people have never used a Windows Phone, prompting Re/Code’s Lauren Goode to write an article on “what it’s really like to use a Windows Phone”, an excellent read for the curious.

By the end of this month tens of millions of devices all over the world will be running Windows 10, the next-generation operating system Microsoft believes can keep it on top on the desktop front. The company plans to lay off nearly 8.000 employees, primarily in the phone business. This ill-advised acquisition has now cost Microsoft a fortune, taken a good global handset maker out of the game, and killed any chances Windows Phone may have had. “I am committed to our first-party devices including phones,” he said. To the question, “can any Microsoft product endure future competition, anything we offer today?’ the answer is absolutely no”, he said.

There weren’t many Microsoft-related events in the news this week, but the firm will probably be hoping to move swiftly on from those that did hit the headlines.

You can point to Microsoft for some mistakes – it was charging handset makers for the OS while Google gives away Android for free, for example – but the problems were spread all around. This can help convince customers to persist with Windows PCs and tablets. Users enrolled in Fast ring receive updates first; however, they also encounter more bugs in the new release.