Nokia Buys Norway's Smarterphone To Spruce Up Its Feature Phone OS
Just as Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is gearing up for a splash at CES to kick off the U.S. launch of its new line of Microsoft-powered smartphones, it… Read more »
Samsung/HTC: Two Sides Of An Android Coin. Why's Samsung Winning The Toss?
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Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market — over half of all smartphones being use… Read more »
Jumptap: Apple Has Highest Click-Through Rates Among Mobile Ad Platforms
The latest monthly figures from independent mobile ad network Jumptap reveal that Android has continued to solidify its lead as the most dom… Read more »
Is A Finnish IT Security Entrepreneur In Line To Be Nokia's Next Chairman?
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have looked westwards for its latest CEO — the Canadian, ex-Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) executive Stephen Elop — but, in… Read more »
Microsoft Resolves 'Really?!' Ad Lawsuit Over Windows 7 Phone
A novelty company has ended its dispute with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) in which it had accused the Seattle giant of ripping off its concept for… Read more »
Report: Yahoo To Name PayPal Head As CEO. Sign Of A More Commercial Push?
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Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) faced a pretty big whack of upheavals in 2011 — not least of which was the none-too-quiet departure of their outspoken f… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: The Age Of Ubiquity (For Some)
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This is the last in a series of posts that highlighted key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes
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This is the third in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: The Year In Advertising, By The Numbers
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This is the fourth in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we c… Read more »
Report: Nokia Lumia Accounted For Only 0.17 Percent Of UK Sales In November
Some pretty damning early statistics out today for Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and the Lumia 800: according to a new survey, i… Read more »
Updated: Microsoft Cashes Out Of Vegas: 2012 Its Last CES Keynote Speech
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has officially opened the Consumer Electronics Show for years with keynotes from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, but 20… Read more »
Both Sides Claim Victory In Microsoft-Motorola Patent Dispute At ITC
The aftermath of a modern patent ruling looks more and more like the spin room following a presidential debate, a place where everyone belie… Read more »
Millennial Media Says Kindle Fire Impressions Growing 19 Percent Each Day
We still don’t have any exact figures from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) for how many Kindle Fire tablets it has sold, but the latest figures out from… Read more »
Can Apple Shake Up TV Like It Has Mobile With Its iPhone?
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The anticipation and speculation surrounding what could be the next product on the cards for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) — Apple TV — raises some q… Read more »
France Telecom's Orange Looks To 3D And Xbox For New TV Bells And Whistles
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With the growth of over-the-top services that let users access the video they want over the internet (and often, for free), those companies… Read more »
Nielsen: Android And Apple Dominate The App Space But Mobile Browser Rules
Apple’s and Android’s stronghold on the U.S. smartphone market has been the case for many quarters already, and figures out today from Niels… Read more »
Take A Seat, Andy: Report Says Microsoft's Lees 'Benched' For WP7 Efforts
So who exactly is running the show when it comes to Microsoft’s mobile efforts? A few more details emerged Wednesday about the reassignment… Read more »
Nokia's First Windows Phone For The U.S., The Lumia 710 With T-Mobile
Confirming earlier reports, T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to sell a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Windows Phone in the U.S. — a key market for… Read more »
For The iCloud Disaffected, Microsoft Offers iPhone Users Skydrive Storage
When Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launched its iCloud service earlier this year, it automatically gave users of its own devices 5GB of free cloud-base… Read more »
If Netflix Is In Play, Here's Some Companies That Would Be In The Hunt
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Verizon is getting its full turn in the rumor mill. Last week, word had it that Verizon is looking to launch an OTT subscription service. Ne… Read more »
Microsoft And Nokia Pay Perform For A Mobile Soccer App
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Illustrating how rival platforms are keen to attract quality apps from iOS to their stores, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) are… Read more »
Get Ready For Another Streaming Music Service: The Ad-Free Rara.com
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Spotify and Pandora (NYSE: P) may be the music brands people think of today when it comes to streaming services. But with only five million… Read more »
Pontiflex/Harris Survey: Incentive And Video Ads Turn Off Mobile Users
Mobile ads today make up less than one percent of all money spent on media advertising, and a poll just out from Harris Interactive, commiss… Read more »
Microsoft's Windows Phone Head Lees Taking On New Role Ahead Of Huge Year
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is shaking up the leadership of its Windows Phone unit heading into a huge year for its revamped mobile strategy. And… Read more »
Biting At Nokia's Heels, Samsung's Device Sales In 2011 Pass 300 Million
Samsung may be still be trying to crack the tablet market, but in mobile devices it is continuing to pick up steam: it sold 300 million devi… Read more »
Nokia Ships Its Second, Cheaper Windows Phone Handset, The Lumia 710
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is taking its new device strategy up one more notch: today, it started to ship the second of its first two Windows Phone d… Read more »
Updated: Apple TV Streaming Quietly Goes International
Back in August, we wrote about how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had started to offer U.S.-based users of its Apple TV device the ability to stream sho… Read more »
Diamonds Are Forever, But Nokia Is Reportedly Selling Luxury Brand Vertu
Nokia’s luxury device brand Vertu — the epitome of conspicuous consumption with gold-and-diamond handsets priced in the six figures — has… Read more »
Facebook's Video Views Rising, But Mostly For Discovery
Consumers are increasingly using Facebook for video – but, despite studios and broadcasters hosting more of their content on the social netw… Read more »
HTC Highlights How Fickle The Mobile Market Can Be: That Spells Opportunity
Looking at HTC over the last week or two, it’s almost hard to believe that it is the top-ranking smartphone maker that the analysts claim it… Read more »
7digital Music Adds Microsoft To Its App List, Still Awaits Apple Approval
Music downloads may have taken a backseat to streaming services like Spotify in the buzz stakes, but with iTunes still driving more music sa… Read more »
In Russia, DST's Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence
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Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ub… Read more »
The End Of The Streak: Dells Stops Selling Android Tablet In U.S.
Another chapter in the ongoing consolidation of the tablet market — specifically in the area of those many Android vendors that have failed… Read more »
Xbox 360 Leads The Way To Engaged TV
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Interactive TV, a phrase still used but painful to hear, grates like the name of an old girlfriend, conjuring up hopes long since unfulfille… Read more »
Update 2: The Next Chapter For Apple vs. Android: HTC At The ITC Next Week
Update: After this story was posted, the ITC announced it would delay the date of the hearing by eight days, to December 14, to give it more… Read more »
Report: Microsoft's Windows 8 ARM Tablets To Be All About The Metro UI
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) may have finally resolved an internal debate about how to present the first Windows 8 tablets running on ARM processo… Read more »
Facebook Appoints A New Head Of Mobile Developer Relations
If you had any doubt about Facebook’s ambitions in mobile, here’s another move that underscores the social network’s priorities. It has hire… Read more »
Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late?
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A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimous… Read more »
Has Microsoft Missed The Boat With A Tablet OS? Forrester Says Yes
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Android device makers, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) and (catastrophically) HP (NYSE: HPQ) have made little dent so far in the tablet market, currently d… Read more »
One More Step In The Google/Motorola Merger: EU Approval Sought
The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-M… Read more »
