According to a study conducted by Kantar Worldpanel, 2.5% of UK buyers purchased a Nokia Windows Phone, while 2.4% purchased a Symbian device.

Microsoft has appointed marketing veteran Thom Gruhler as the corporate vice president of Windows Phone Marketing.

Bing marketing executives Eric Hadley and Sean Carver were fired from the company following an internal investigation, which revealed that they had mismanaged company assets.

Microsoft has donated its PhotoDNA image matching technology to law enforcement agencies at no cost to help them fight child pornography.

According to a Bloomberg report, Windows 8 will be finalized (RTM) sometime this summer and subsequently will go on sale in October (GA).

Earlier today, the Bing team announced a set of changes to improve the design and usability of map pushpins, popups, and the transit system.

Microsoft is hosting a special event on March 21st to celebrate the launch of Tango — and the Windows Phone platform as a whole — in China.

Nokia are hosting a special Lumia event on March 28th in China, where they are slated to announce the devices they will have to offer in the region.

Apple lost a significant amount of market share in Q4 2011, following the launch of the Kindle Fire by Amazon. Its market share dropped from 61.5% to 54.7%, while Android saw its market share increase to 44.6%.

A new rumor has surfaced claiming that the Nokia Lumia 900 will be available for online purchase on the 8th, and will hit AT&T store shelves on the 9th.

According to the I’m a WP7 app, it would appear that someone installed it — a Windows Phone app — on a Windows 8 PC.

It’s that Tuesday of the month again: Patch Tuesday has rolled around, this time bringing us six updates, one of which is critical.

Former Sony exec Phil Harrison will be joining Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business Division as a corporate vice president, mainly to cultivate the division’s European business.

Nokia may be working to launch a Windows 8 tablet in Q4 2012. It is rumored to be powered by Qualcomm’s SoC and will run Windows on ARM.

Since Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released, there has been a lot of noise about usability. Is it justified?