Bill Gates recently switched to an unnamed Android phone with ‘a lot of Microsoft software’

After many years of presumably exclusive Microsoft hardware ownership, the time came for Bill Gates to make a big switch... to Android, not iOS.

Bill Gates opposes Apple’s stance on encryption in ‘specific’ San Bernardino case

Apple may have Google and Facebook in its corner as far as a clash with FBI on mobile encryption is concerned, but Bill Gates sides with the authorities.

iPhone 6 Camera, Galaxy S 5 event, Satya Nadella’s Microsoft & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about iOS 7.1 Beta 5, and what this means to the Jailbreak community. We then go through the news of the red Nexus 5 being launched, along with the current Nexus 5 line-up. Samsung follows the news as the company has announced its Unpacked event for MWC in Barcelona, even though return rates for the GS4 have skyrocketed. Then we talk about the iPhone 6 and more news about its new camera technology. We end today’s show talking about Microsoft’s new CEO, the new roll of Bill Gates, and other Microsoft news as well.

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iPhone beats Samsung Galaxy, Bill Gates leaving Microsoft rumors, GS4 Black & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about how the iPhone currently dominates the smartphone market in the US. We then talk about Samsung’s surprising launch of a black-edition Galaxy S 4, though with some setbacks. Then we talk about Microsoft, its possible new CEO, and even a new Chairman to replace Bill Gates as well. Google is next as we talk about the company’s plans to still build a smartwatch, aside from Asus and Acer. We end today’s show talking about how Lenovo’s CEO claims that his company can defeat Apple and Samsung with the purchase of [...]

Satya Nadella to be Microsoft’s CEO, Gates steps down as Chairman says Bloomberg

All this CEO hunt for Microsoft has turned into quite the soap opera, but recent claims from Bloomberg follow on the recent news that we heard yesterday. It seems that Microsoft’s board has reached a decision, or should we say a couple of decisions, and these are quite dramatic.

First of all, Bloomberg points to Satya Nadella as the Microsoft’s next CEO. Nadella has been in Microsoft for 20 years, has been heavily involved in products like Office and Bing, and is currently focused more on Microsoft’s consumer products and also its cloud computing business. Now [...]

iOS 7 jailbreak news, Dell Venue tablets, Microsoft CEO drama & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Dell’s four new tablets, some Android, some Windows 8.1. Then we go through LG’s possible Z line-up of smartphones that will include flexible displays. Microsoft is next as the rumors of Allan Mulally taking over have ceased, but some Bill Gates rumors have begun, and these are bad actually. Then we talk about Qualcomm and their thoughts on Apple’s A7 64-bit chip. We end today’s show talking about the progress that’s been made to jailbreak iOS 7.

All this and more after the [...]

Your thoughts on the iPhone 5S colors, Steve Ballmer, Moto X colors & more – Pocketnow Daily Recap

Pocketnow Daily gets an average of 3 to 500 comments a day, and sometimes even a thousand. We’d like to thank you all for participating in our question of the day, and we love your feedback so much, that we decided that since we can’t respond to ever single one of your comments, we should at least feature a couple in a weekly video.

This is the Pocketnow Daily Recap. Since we only have 3 minutes on every Daily video to go through the hottest news, the weekly recap will serve as a more extensive discussion where we also include your thoughts on the subject. Sadly, for [...]

Microsoft, we want Bill Gates!

We all know that Bill Gates is happy where he is, and doesn’t want to return to Microsoft as a CEO. He’s publicly stated it repeatedly, and that has been a fact for a little over a decade. Still, every time I go through Microsoft’s current situation, I can’t deny how much of a déjà vu this is to the story of one of Microsoft’s closest rivals.

Larry Ellison was recently in the spotlight because of his comments regarding Apple’s leadership. The now billionaire CEO that created Oracle and that made it what it is, was also Steve Jobs’ best [...]

Bill Gates Says Windows Phone Strategy Was a “Mistake”

Read about Bill Gates' recent quote about Microsoft's mobile strategy being a mistake -- and why other tech sites are taking it out of context.