The global market share of Windows smartphones fell below 1 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, according to research firm Gartner. Microsoft bought the troubled phone business in 2014 from Nokia, Finland's biggest company. As a result, Nokia and Microsoft slashed thousands of Finnish jobs over the past decade. Also Read: Microsoft to stop designing, making mobile phones: ReportRemaking Microsoft, known primarily for its software, into a more device-focused company was a hallmark of previous chief executive Steve Ballmer. Also Read: Microsoft says bye bye Lumia, burns dead Nokia: 5 key developments"One example is that the data center did not materialize despite the company's promise."

Source: India Today May 27, 2016 00:28 UTC