Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, kicks off Tuesday at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center. …

Microsoft has stopped identifying specific Windows Phone handsets when it collects location data from them, and will soon stop any unique device identifiers at all being sent to its location services, the company said yesterday. In a blog post, Windows Phone chief Andy Lees said the data Microsoft collected from the smartphones was for identifying local “landmarks”–nearby Wi-Fi access points …

A significant update to Windows Phone 7 will be released within a fortnight. It’s widely expected to be version 7.5, code-named ‘Mango’. Microsoft will hold a special event on 24 May in New York City to announce the upgrade. Microsoft developers have revealed a number of consumer-friendly features that will be included in the next release, Windows Phone Secrets reports. Bing on …