Nokia is back with another music service in the U.S. and this time, it’s completely ad-free and no cost. Lumia 710 and 900 device owners can grab it now from the Windows Phone Marketplace to start streaming or customizing their playlists; even when offline. Read more »
Nokia is launching its Reading app and e-bookstore for the Lumia Windows Phone in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK. In doing so, the company hopes to bring more local-language e-books to countries where e-readers haven’t yet taken off. Read more »
Although Microsoft invested $300 million in a Barnes & Noble spin-off on Monday, this isn’t the first time Microsoft played the e-book game. Typical for the company, it often has great ideas, but it errs on the timing: Microsoft debuted e-book software back in 2000! Read more »
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows was a fact of life for an entire generation raised on the PC. But we live in a different world now, and perha… Read more »
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows was a fact of life for an entire generation raised on the PC. But we live in a different world now, and perha… Read more »
One year after it dramatically altered the course of its history by signing a landmark deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to use Windows Phone… Read more »
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has cleared up some of the confusion regarding its plans for Windows 8 computers that will use ARM processors, the fi… Read more »
Is 2012 “the year of mobile?” No sir. Mobile is simply too disruptive to have just one year. After all, who remembers the year of the TV or… Read more »
Today brings news of yet another round of capital-intensive cost-cutting for the challenged mobile phone maker Nokia: the company today anno… Read more »
For the most part, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has found the mobile industry willing to bow to its patent-licensing strategy. Barnes & Noble (NYS… Read more »
When you read the headlines of how ubiquitous smartphones are becoming, and how in some countries the mobile device is overtaking the PC in… Read more »
Microsoft’s plan for Windows Phone 8–which appears to be moving in step with its overall Windows 8 launch strategy–has been leaked, and th… Read more »
Nokia is working on a Windows Phone model that incorporates NFC (Near Field Communications) technology to connect to external accessories Read more »
Nokia’s Q4 earnings, released on Thursday, make for some challenging reading for even the most hopeful of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) watchers. The ha… Read more »
Nokia’s determination to carve out a niche in the U.S. smartphone market looks like it will start with an awfully enticing offer. According… Read more »
Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is b… Read more »
One day before Nokia is due to announce its next set of quarterly results, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made three announcements: a milestone reach… Read more »
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have shipped more than 1 million of its Lumia Windows Phone devices in the two months since they went on sale in Europ… Read more »
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more »
Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a… Read more »
We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone… Read more »
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more »
Samsung is reportedly getting ready to issue some $1 billion in bonds to expand production facilities. Meanwhile, it is starting to get a bi… Read more »
Four days spent in Vegas five years after the introduction of the iPhone gives me the sense that the tech industry is at a weird crossroads,… Read more »
BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got… Read more »
Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Could Sell 37 Million Windo… Read more »
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a ye… Read more »
Dell is not among the companies announcing a new tablet this week at the CES show in Las Vegas, but it made sure to keep its name in the air… Read more »
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) used its hallmark spot on the CES 2012 schedule to prove just how pointless it is to put on a million-dollar keynote… Read more »
The first day of CES 2012 was a mobile one: dozens of new smartphones and tablets were announced as traditional PC companies and rising smar… Read more »
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop was long on the military metaphors during his company’s press conference at CES 2012, speaking of the nee… Read more »
Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market — over half of all smartphones being use… Read more »
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 »
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have looked westwards for its latest CEO — the Canadian, ex-Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) executive Stephen Elop — but, in… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
