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Microsoft sells its feature phone unit for $350m, Nokia devices coming

Microsoft’s mobile divisions are no stranger to upheaval. After all, the US company added Nokia’s mobile unit to the stable several years ago and mobile saw plenty of layoffs…

WhatsApp will no longer support BlackBerry, Nokia S40, Windows 7.1, earlier Android versions

By end of this year, WhatsApp users on BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10, will no longer be able to use the instant messaging sevice.In addition…

HERE leaves Nokia, plans to build maps for self-driving cars

The sale of Nokia’s mapping business unit, HERE, was no small issue. It was quite the funfair. Uber was in the running for it,…

Tech brands dominate the top 10 spots in Interbrand global brands list

Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy firm, puts together an annual best global brands report, in which it details the 100 most valuable brands…

Nokia sells its Here mapping business to Audi, BMW, and Mercedes for $3 billion

Nokia, after much speculation and bidding, has announced that it has agreed to sell its HERE digital mapping and location service business to an…

Samsung will make fewer smartphone models next year

Samsung executives have confirmed that the company is betting on a more streamlined range of smart devices as it looks to claw back some…

Windows Phone fans rejoice: Instagram set to arrive in ‘coming weeks’

This should have Windows Phone users jumping up and down in their seats with excitement. Instagram is officially coming to the platform, with its…

Nokia Lumia sales reportedly hit record high for fourth consecutive quarter

This should please Microsoft. Sales of Nokia‘s Lumia range of smartphones have reportedly hit record highs for the fourth consecutive quarter. According to the…

Trouble in Finland: Nokia’s CEO Elop refuses to reduce his $25M payday

Nokia’s soon to be ex-CEO, Stephen Elop, is reportedly refusing to reduce the stipulated US$25-million payday he is to be awarded by the company…

5 great brand responses to Apple’s iPhone announcement

Over the past couple of years it’s become fairly common practice for brands to leverage on big, newsworthy events on social media. And, unlike…

Microsoft’s Nokia, Galaxy Gear, Yahoo!’s meh logo: #StuffToKnow on the web

It’s been a pretty big week in tech: Microsoft bought Nokia for US$7.2-billion in a bid to increase its tiny slice of the global…

Microsoft’s Nokia buyout bound to be a massive boost to Elop’s CEO chances

Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed in an interview with The Seattle Times that Stephen Elop is not only on the shortlist for the…

Microsoft’s Nokia purchase will change the technology landscape and its own future

Microsoft has announced that it intends to buy Nokia’s devices and services business for €5.4-billion. In one fell swoop Microsoft has reshaped the technology…

Microsoft set to buy Nokia for €5.4 billion

This is big. Microsoft is set to buy Nokia’s devices and services division for €5.4-billion (US$7.1-billion). The move, confirmed by both parties, will see…

Microsoft explains why it bought Nokia [slides]

So by now you most likely know that Microsoft has bought Nokia’s devices and services division for US$7.17-billion, bringing CEO and former Microsoft man…

Read Ballmer and Elop’s open letter on the Microsoft, Nokia deal

It looks like Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop anticipated that people might be a little shocked at Microsoft’s decision to buy out Nokia for…

Desperate for Instagram on Windows Phone? Nokia understands your pain

Tell people that you’ve got a Windows Phone and, if they’re of the right kind of bent, they’ll wince and say something along the…

Nokia’s new mapping service is HERE and set to hit iOS and Android

Maps are important, just ask Apple. There is superior mapping software though, and it belongs to Nokia. Nokia’s new mapping product HERE is not yet…

RIM vs. Nokia: The fall from grace, divergent strategies and the future

In the wake of Nokia’s announcement of an additional 10 000 layoffs, the media has devolved into histrionics. Some are writing eulogies, while others…

Microsoft scrapped 2011 plans to buy Nokia

The ties between Microsoft and Nokia run deep. But apparently not deep enough for the Redmond-based giant to consider buying the Finnish phone maker….

Why different mobile users think their devices are better than everyone else’s

I have done extensive research, performing interviews with countless mobile users (well, four actually, but who’s counting) to get to the bottom of which…

Samsung, Android still winning in shrinking mobile market

Samsung is winning the mobile wars and at the same time helping Android kill in the mobile OS stakes. Thing is all of the…

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