Microsoft gives up on Kin

Microsoft has discontinued Kin, its smartphone for kids, after giving it just 48 days in the playground. Sales of the phone have been poor and will be hugely disappointing to Microsoft. The gadget was two years in development, no doubt the name itself was the product of many man hours, consultancy fees and focus groups, it has its own web site and was he focus of a big marteking push, yet it untimately failed in the shops. "We have made the decision to focus...