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Microsoft bets on making "dumb" phones smarter
Posted by: Reena Jana on August 24
Microsoft today announced a new phone app service—not for smartphones, but instead for the world’s cheapest and low-tech handsets. Called OneApp, the software was developed by Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Group,...
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