Windows Phone

WhatsApp rolls out Restrict Group feature, where admins can curb member activity by preventing them from sending messages, photos or videos

In Admin Settings, the administrator can restrict who can change the group info. Administrators can keep sharing media and chat as normal as they restrict other members.

Microsoft ends push notifications support for Windows Phone 8.0 and 7.5 devices

Last year in July, Microsoft ended all support to Windows Phone 8.1 and millions of devices running on this operating system.

New WhatsApp beta update for Windows Phone devices introduces live location and 'heart' notification for stickers

WhatsApp has submitted a new beta update for Windows devices, taking the version to 2.18.24.

Microsoft Surface Phone hardware with foldable display and Snapdragon 845 is almost ready for 2018: Report

For a company that once held a funeral for iPhone and Blackberry, Microsoft’s phone future hasn’t really been looking that rosy.

WhatsApp stops working on BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8.0 and older platforms

WhatsApp would also end support for Nokia S40 after 31 December, 2018 and Android versions 2.3.7 and older after 1 February, 2020.

WhatsApp to stop services for users of BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0 from 31 December

Also mentioned on the blog is the fact that WhatsApp on Android versions 2.3.7 and older will also stop working from 1 February 2020.

Apple sued for copyright infringement by Chinese clothing firm over the Apple App Store logo

The company said the logo design was inspired by singer Johnny Rotten of the British punk band The Sex Pistols.

Microsoft begins selling the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 on its online store; to come preloaded with Microsoft launcher

Dubbed as the Microsoft Edition, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 includes Microsoft Launcher as well as apps like like Cortana, Word, Excel, OneNote and Outlook.

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore confirms that Windows 10 Mobile is not longer the ‘focus’ for the company

What is more ironic is the fact that Belfiore himself has switched away from Windows Phone platform because of the lack of apps and more diverse hardware.

Microsoft hammers final nail into Windows Phone coffin: Where this leaves WP aficionados

If Windows Phone wasn’t dead as a concept in the past, it certainly is now.