Microsoft Corporation Releases Latest Windows 10 Mobile OS Update For Nokia Lumia Phones

Microsoft Corporation has been a company which has been coming out with a large number of updates and upgrades over the years. The company has been in existence for over 40 years, and over the years it has been one of the most smart, profitable business units of all times. Microsoft, by now has fully realized about what works and what does not work in the markets, and the company has taken turns accordingly. The latest move from the company has been around coming out with the Windows 10 Mobile OS update for the Nokia Lumia users.Windows-10-Mobile-Lumia


Microsoft realizes that the Nokia Lumia users, who were among one of their biggest markets at one point of time, are now feeling rather left out. The company has now updated their Nokia Lumia devices with the latest Windows 10 Mobile OS update. The update was supposed to originally reach them by December 2015, but was delayed thrice before it finally came out in March.

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Apple Loop: iPhone SE's Hidden Profit, PlayStation Arrives On Apple, FBI's Hacking Limits

Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes the iPhone SE selling out, why the SE is really the 5S with a new marketing spin, the latest bugs in iOS 9.3.1., the FBI’s hacking limits, Apple Pay’s increased reach, the Sony PlayStation 4 client for Mac OS, Apple’s Autism awareness video, and Reddit officially arrives on the iPhone.

Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many discussions that have happened around Apple over the last seven days (and you can read the weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes).

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Android Circuit: Android Beats Apple, Microsoft's Android Ambitions, S7 Edge Saves Samsung

Taking a look back at seven days of news across the Android world, this week’s Android Circuit includes the Chinese smartphone market moving towards Android, how the Galaxy S7 is saving Samsung, the rise of Marshmallow, Google’s monthly update of bug fixes and patches, BlackBerry’s disappointing sales, OnePlus’s OxygenOS update, Microsoft’s improvements to Cortana for Android, and some new icons from Google Play.

Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).

Chinese Markets Bend Towards Android

The last three months have seen Android gain ground on Apple in the crucial Chinese market (reports Kantar Worldpanel’s data). iOS has seen no growth in its share over the Chinese New Year period, and year-on-year Apple has lost 3.2% share. That has moved over to Android which is up 3.4% and now represents 76.4% of a vital growth market. Natasha Lomas for TechCrunch:

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Sorry, Everyone: The iPhone SE is an apology to big-phone haters everywhere

Here at Ars, one of the things we like to focus on in reviews is new technology. There are a few reasons: new stuff draws readers, new stuff is fast and shiny, and new stuff points the way to where technology is headed.

The thing about the iPhone SE is that there’s basically nothing that’s new about it. It’s a four-year-old phone design filled with six-month-old parts, and it’s the rare product that amounts to exactly the sum of its parts. You could almost write a review of it without laying hands on it.

So we’ll spend a little time with the tech inside, but this review is going to focus primarily on the Big Questions: Who should buy this? Why should they buy it? Who shouldn’t buy it? And where does it fit into Apple’s Grand Plan for the iPhone?

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Samsung Pay sees virtual reality, in-app purchases in the future

Samsung is looking to step up its effort in electronic payments and is considering catching up with Apple in rolling out in-app purchases using its Samsung Pay – as well looking at the potential of paying in virtual reality (VR).

The South Korean electronics giant launched Samsung Pay last year, its answer to Apply Pay which allows users to tap their phones on a reader to pay for anything.

Samsung Pay recently launched in the U.S. and Chinaafter a debut in South Korea. Now the company is considering the next steps to build out the product, which could include loyalty schemes and in-app purchases.

"Gift cards I think provide us with a unique way to provide offers, we have in-app, that is on our road map, online commerce, being able to pay online with Samsung Pay is very important," Nathalie Oestmann, head of Samsung Pay Europe, told CNBC in an interview at the Money 2020 conference on Tuesday.

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iPhone SE seen getting off to a ‘lackluster’ start

Apple’s recently released iPhone SE was supposed to be Apple’s saving grace, a mid-year release designed to help keep iPhone sales somewhat afloat ahead of the iPhone 7. Packed with the same advanced features as the iPhone 6s and affordably priced, it was widely assumed that the iPhone SE would get off to a strong start following its debut on store shelves this past Thursday.

Now it’s no secret that Apple, whenever it records impressive sales figures, likes to put out a press release boasting of how consumers simply can’t get enough of the company’s latest and greatest product. But with the iPhone SE, Monday morning came and went and we haven’t heard a peep from Apple about sales or even demand.

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Samsung’s Good Lock alternate UI gets updated w/ a plethora of bug fixes

“24.0.6 Feedback applied. More feedback will be provided soon,” Samsung says to open up the changelog for a substantial update rolling out for its alternate Good Lock UI today. Besides a less-than-perfect translation, the changelog also features a huge list of much-requested bug fixes and additions. Among other changes, this update adds a swipe gesture to delete in the recent apps view, fixes an issue that caused the SD card to stop working, removal of the permanent location prompt, and more…

In case you’re out of the loop, Good Lock basically gives you a completely revamped user interface on your Galaxy device. The app brings a redesigned lock screen, a new notification shade (which very closely resembles stock Android), some new status bar icons, a unique app multitasking screen, and more.

Here’s the complete change log for version 24.0.6, which comes in at 18.71 MB:

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