Prediction: Windows Phone, HTML5 and Firefox OS increase significantly

If it goes to the market researchers strategy analytics, Located in 2014 should reduce the number of those who Apps for Windows Phone Write, double next year. According to a survey carried out in September so would have 32 percent of the 1,600 surveyed developers indicated that they want to use next year Microsoft's mobile operating system. This year there are apparently 16 percent, support the Windows Phone.

An equally large growing interest have in the study Firefox OS and can record the development based on HTML5. Uses of this year, about 33 percent of developers to write their HTML5 apps, the market researchers forecast for next year already 43 percent of developers. This HTML5 (84%) and iOS (68%) is located after the two top dogs Android in third place in the favor of the developers. Is located at the fourth position Windows Phone, followed by Black Berry (11%).

Android and iOS continue to be attractive because of their large user base, both are well down in the next year. 3 percent of surveyed developers have written this year already for Firefox OS Apps 2014 will already do 10 percent. Even Tizen, which currently comes to 2 percent, according to the study next year will increase to 5 percent. 

Free Mobile: 11% of the market in 21 months!

Operator Xavier Niel has attracted 7.4 million subscribers in less than two years. An excellent result, even if the share of packages 2 euros remains unknown.

Attracted 7.4 million subscribers in 21 months: all operators dream, Free Mobile has done, and can now take advantage of 11% market share in France. While the group has won "only" 640,000 new customers in the third quarter 2013, its worst performance since its launch in January 2012, but progress is still much better than the competition: 131,000 new customers for Orange, 188,000 for SFR over the same period, according to Les Echos. The troublemaker Xavier Niel has succeeded in settling comfortably on the French mobile market, in addition to its fixed offers.

However, Free does not communicate the proportion of its customers who have purchased a package at zero and two euros. The operator offers a package indeed very cheap (2 euros per month, or zero euro Free box subscribers), which has little or no cost. Presumably many moving lines are created by some 5.6 million subscribers to fixed broadband offers. The only clue Free welcomed in a statement to have "accelerated his conquest of subscribers to users with moderate consumption.

Nokia introduced its first tablet Lumia

The former number one mobile on Tuesday unveiled the Lumia 2520, a touch pad 4G and Wi-Fi, as well as new Lumia and Asha phones.

Nokia unveiled Tuesday morning a touchscreen tablet equipped with Windows 8.1 RT, 2520 Lumia. The CEO of the former number one mobile, Stephen Elop, was very proud to draw his latest gadget on the scene of the Nokia World conference. While Apple must have a new iPad Tuesday, Nokia performs a coup in entering this market with 4G and Wi-Fi enabled product Finn focused on the 6.7 megapixel camera equipped with Carl Zeiss optics (an industry first) but also on the readability outdoors: the 10.1-inch screen offers high brightness and reflections are limited.

The group offers a video editing application, Nokia Video Director, allowing users to make and share clips. A game was also developed in partnership with Dream Works: Dragons Adventure. The tablet Nokia comes the day of the official launch of two new tablets from Microsoft, the Surface 2 (Windows 8.1 RT) and Surface Pro 2 (Windows 8.1). 

New Smartphones

Nokia also unveiled at the same conference new Lumia smartphone models, the 1520 (699 euros) and 1320 (369 euros). These "phablets" (halfway between the phone and tablet) have a six-inch screen (1080p and 720p respectively), and are capable of displaying six columns of "tiles" dynamic dear to Windows Phone. The operating system is gaining passage acclaim, as two heavyweights have announced the launch of dedicated applications: Instagram and Vine. The entry-level Nokia, the Asha phones, is also expanding with the Asha 500, 502 and 503.

Microsoft (MS) launches cloud and mobile start-up in London

Microsoft has launched a UK cloud, mobile gaming start-up company, headquartered in London, the city of accelerator science and technology projects.

Microsoft Ventures, 12 weeks accelerator program will provide up to 20 start-up companies from Microsoft executives, Jenson solutions, Train2Game London, elevator, Lionhead Studios and other guidance.

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At the end of the program, based in Shoreditch central work, the company will present their ideas in the venture capitalists and investors on the panel presentations of the day.

Although there are a growing number of science and technology city and the surrounding accelerators, Microsoft hopes its corporate connections and access to its software and support, you can make fast-growing start-up company an attractive partner.

Earlier this year, Microsoft to boost venture capital start-ups as part of Microsoft's propaganda to encourage them to develop their own business, use Microsoft products.

It provides mentoring, technical guidance, seed capital and joint marketing opportunities. Accelerator in London is the latest Microsoft programs around the world 10: it already has accelerators Bangalore, Beijing, Paris, Seattle and Tel Aviv to join in Berlin, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro.

Has participated in Microsoft's global venture capital program 119 companies, the company said , 85% of demo days or six months the funds received .

Selected companies will also get BizSpark startups get three free software and support members.

Microsoft will not take any interest in a start-up company, but according to Microsoft narrator, "Ideally, the establishment of a relationship will lead to an early start with Microsoft's long-term effective partnerships and establish the work of our platform preferences".

Microsoft narrator said: "Microsoft's venture capital firm , and not a dedicated , external funding , on the contrary , we have to invest in start-ups in line with our strategic objectives and investment criteria , we help their corporate strategy , business development, and technology portfolio companies , Microsoft 's venture capital firms to start-ups to customers, a wide range of routes in the world and we have a very large footprint in the enterprise - partnerships such as the Microsoft Partner Network , for example through our network".