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Android and iOS are destroying Microsoft’s Windows Phone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 17, 2014

How times have changed from the days when Microsoft was feared by all within the technology industry. Over the years it has tried desperately to recreate its desktop monopoly in the mobile market, only to to be stopped at every turn by Android and iOS. PC World reports that Android and iOS both increased market share in the second quarter while Microsoft’s Windows Phone has declined.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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