> As a result of a new agreement where Bing powers Yahoo searches, Compete is now tracking Bing and Yahoo search queries under the heading “Bing-powered.” Bing-powered searches accounted for 26% of the US search market, with 3.8 million queries. > > However, splitting the combined Bing-powered search entity into Bing and Yahoo, it becomes clear that Bing is gaining individual popularity while Yahoo is losing individual popularity. Bing’s 12.4% August 2010 share grew 17% from 10.6% in July 2010 and 37.8% from 9% in August 2009, two…

> Amit Midha of Dell also indicated that his company plans to launch “a whole slew” of new products in the next 6-12 months, including a 10-inch tablet closer in size to Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad. Midha said his company will offer products in multiple sizes, including three and four inches, and some of them will run Microsoft Windows instead of Android. > > He also revealed that Dell will provide tablets running Google’s lightweight Chrome OS operating system, designed for low-cost netbooks and lightweight [portable devices](http://www.appleinsider.com/…

> ### Windowsphone > > **8** articles about **windowsphone** from the LukeW [writing archives](http://www.lukew.com/ff/). > > - [Touch Target Sizes](http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1085) —May 4, 2010 > - [Touch Gesture Diagrams](http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1073) —Apr 22, 2010 > - [MIX10: Designing & Developing for the Rich Mobile Web](http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1028) —Mar 18, 2010 > - [Windows Phone: Input Controls](http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1021) —Mar 16, 2010 > - [MIX10: Windows Phone UI and Design Language](http:…

> In fact, Nokia, Samsung and LG combined sold roughly 400M mobile handsets worldwide in the first half of 2010 with a combined value share of 32% of handset industry profits, while Apple sold roughly 17M units over the same time period and captured an estimated 39% of industry profits, or greater than the top three global handset OEMs combined. Apple leads the industry in every metric except for unit share… via [tech.fortune.cnn.com](http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/21/pie-chart-apples-outrageous-share-of-the-mobile-industrys-profits/)Apple figured out a long time…

> Verizon Wireless confirmed Thursday that the [Android](http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178688/Android_news_reviews_more) 2.2 update known as Froyo will not be provided for the Droid Eris [smartphone](http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/75/Smartphones) , outraging some customers. > > Rumors that the Eris, built by HTC, would not be updated with Froyo started in June, but as other phones running earlier versions of the Android operating system began getting the update, Eris customers became restless to know if they would get Flash support and other…