Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch-up with Apple Inc and Google Inc in the fast-growing mobile market.

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Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch-up with Apple Inc and Google Inc in the fast-growing mobile market.

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For Microsoft, there will be no next of Kin.

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Curse of Zune lives Microsoft is killing its ill-conceived KIN social network phones, just six weeks after launch. The devices were meant to usher in the next generation of smartphone.…

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Microsoft today surprised the phone industry by ending the Kin phone line just six weeks after it launched in mid-May. The company promised it would still sell the Kin One and Two through Verizon for now but has scrapped all of its international plans. It didn't say how long it expected to keep sales but made clear the shift was solely to its true smartphone lineup...

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Microsoft Corp.'s first efforts in the smart phone market appear to be falling flat, as Verizon has cut the prices on the company's Kin handsets.

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Microsoft's social networking-friendly Kin One and Kin Two handsets haven't even been on sale two months yet, but Verizon Wireless has gone ahead and cut the price by as much as half—never a good sign as far as sales are concerned.

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In 2008, I was involved in an early beta of the new Windows Live Movie Maker, and I interacted with a friendly Microsoft Product Manager for that program. When the Zune HD came out, I started a little email campaign to get Windows Live Movie Maker to support the Zune HD with an optimized output profile - I really wanted to see Microsoft support their own product. If you look to the left, I've ...

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Almost three days after Microsoft began integrating playable search results into Bing, the player isn't working.

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# zune OK, maybe it's not quite cash cash, but the Zune.net store has set aside the mandatory points-based purchase system for real money shopping. Now, if only Xbox Live would follow suit. [ ars technica ] More »

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