Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have looked westwards for its latest CEO—the Canadian, ex-Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) executive Stephen Elop—but, in picking its new chairman, it appears the handset maker may remain Finn.

After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boost the on-demand programming available through Xbox Live. It took a shift in strategy to make room for broadcasters like the BBC, the trend toward authentication to bring on…

No one ever said turnarounds were easy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK)—currently the world’s largest handset maker—is one big ship. Today the company announced that it would be downsizing its manufacturing, as well as its mapping and commerce divisions, which will result in job losses totalling 3,500.

Many consumers were never completely sure of the correct way to pronounce it, and it has had mixed success as a household name synonymous with cloud-based entertainment, so it comes as not too much of a surprise to hear that Sony (NYSE: SNE) has now dropped the Qriocity brand. Instead,…

At our paidContent Mobile conference in May, Andrew Stalbow and Peter Vesterbacka paired up to tout the value of a major studio partnering with a popular game developer on the successful Angry Birds Rio. Now Stalbow has shifted from SVP-Mobile for *Fox* Digital to working with Vesterbacka directly as the…

Despite the big stories about the iPad 2 selling out in the U.S., and the question marks over how events in Japan might affect consumer electronics supplies, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is going ahead with its scheduled launch of the iPad 2 outside the U.S.

Big news today from Rovio, the Finland-based developers behind the hugely successful Angry Birds mobile game: the company has picked up $42 million in funding, a first round round led by no less than Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures, the VC firm founded and led by Skype/Kazaa/Joost founders Niklas Zennstrom…

Is Nokia feeling the heat, or making itself lean and mean for competitive times ahead? The handset maker today said that it would be cutting 800 staff in its home market of Finland. This is on top part of the 1,800 layoffs worldwide that it announced in October. The news…

Deals for exclusive mobile video rights to Verizon Wireless and Bell Mobility made sense for the National Hockey League in 2007. Now they are the reason for the greatest gap in a North American digital strategy aimed at growing audience as well as dollars. The NHL hopes to bridge that…

THQ (NSDQ: THQI) has confirmed that its mobile game studio in Finland has entered into liquidation, putting an end to a decision made a year ago to make the Universomo office the hub of its smartphone game development. In January 2009, THQ conducted a significant restructuring that included focusing on…

Mika Salmi, the former global digital head for MTV Networks/Viacom (NYSE: VIA), has joined Sulake, the parent of the virtual world Habbo, as Chairman of its board. Ever since leaving MTVN earlier this year, Salmi has been on an extended break from work, but has kept in touch with the…

If Nokia (NYSE: NOK) were on Facebook, perhaps its relationship status would be “it’s complicated.” The WSJ is reporting today that the two companies have been in negotiations for months and at this point it is completely up in the air as to whether Nokia will opt to team up…

THQ (NSDQ: THQI), the global game developer and publisher, told employees yesterday that it plans to restructure its wireless division based on plans announced in November to return the company to profitability. As part of the restructuring, the company will close the U.K. and Germany offices, focus its efforts on…