News Business New layoffs are Microsoft's 'last gasp' in the smartphone business KUOW | By Andy Hurst, Kim Malcolm Published May 26, 2016 at 9:57 AM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:20 Flickr Photo/Vernon Chan (CC BY 2.0)/https://flic.kr/p/bWZ4L4 Nokia Lumia Windows phone. Kim Malcolm talks with Geekwire's Todd Bishop about why Microsoft is scaling back its smartphone business and laying off 1,850 employees.