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Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8

cnn.com (11 months and 2 days ago)

Jun 21, 2012

It's shaping up to be a huge week for Microsoft. On Monday, the company announced its Surface tablet platform at a hush-hush event in Los Angeles, and now Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8 Apollo at its Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco. full story

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