Microsoft appoints new head of phone group
Microsoft Corp has appointed a new head for its mobile phone software group as the company continues to search for ways to extend its dominance in the PC market to the fast-growing and highly-competitive smartphone business.
Microsoft Corp launched an update of its Windows phone software on Tuesday, hoping a host of new features will help it close the gap on smartphone leaders Google Inc and Apple Inc. The updated software, code-named Mango, will appear on new Windows phones beginning this autumn, and be available for existing Windows phone users before that, although Microsoft has not set a timetable for making the update available.