Microsoft writes off Windows Phone – or does it? | Pocketnow Weekly 156

Laying off 7,800 people (in addition to the 18,000 from a few months back) and taking a $7.6B writedown on your highest-profile mobile acquisition ever isn’t a great way to show your commitment to your smartphone platform … but that’s just what Microsoft did earlier this week, in the Nadella Memo Heard Round the World. But are things really as gloomy as they seem for Windows Phone?We’ll talk about that, plus news from Motorola, OnePlus, Sony and Amazon –and the usual round of listener mail– on Pocketnow Weekly 156! So boot on up and flip your live tiles to the ...

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