Former top exec calls Nokia’s phone business ‘a complete failure’
Under CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia underwent some serious changes that saw Symbian and MeeGo scrapped in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. The company has since …
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Buying BlackBerry: Which company is the best fit?
BlackBerry is on the market and the company reportedly wants to get a deal done by November. But just who would want to buy the …
Apple hit with injunction after being found guilty in eBook antitrust case
A federal judge on Friday hit Apple with a permanent injunction for conspiring with book publishers to fix eBook prices. Reuters reports that the injunction is …
HTC offloads Saffron for less than it paid in scramble for cash
In early 2011, HTC announced that it had acquired U.K.-based digital content company Saffron Digital for $48.5 million. The buy would bolster its media content …
Huawei has no interest in buying BlackBerry
There may be a savior company out there that will bail out BlackBerry but it apparently won’t be Huawei. In an interview with Reuters, Huawei board …
Microsoft beats Motorola in $14 million patent verdict
Google’s plan for using Motorola patents as a protection against Android-related lawsuits is looking more and more like a bust. Reuters reports that a jury …
China Mobile said to have ‘all the power’ in iPhone negotiations
It looks as though Apple will get to sell its iPhones on the world’s largest carrier, but at what cost? Bloomberg reports that Apple seems …
Here’s why Nokia isn’t selling its patents to Microsoft
When Microsoft acquired Nokia this Tuesday, Nokia remained the owner of its own patents. $2.2 billion of the $7.2 billion deal was spent on licensing …
HTC’s infernal autumn
This week brought two calamitous developments for HTC, the hottest Android phone brand of 2011. The August revenue decline was a stunning -45% year-over-year. The …
Labor violations reported in U.S.-owned iPhone factory
In an unfortunate case of déjà vu, an iPhone production facility in China has been caught committing multiple legal and ethical violations ahead of the …
‘Six strikes’ Copyright Alert System has done absolutely nothing to stop piracy
After a great deal of controversy and several extensive delays, the anti-piracy Copyright Alert System was finally implemented this February for five of leading Internet …
Microsoft insiders tamp down notion that Elop is on fast track for CEO job
With Stephen Elop returning to Microsoft after the company agreed to pay $7.2 billion to buy Nokia’s handset division this week, there has been some …
Sony aims to conquer the chip supply market for smartwatches, driverless cars
Sony has a plan for the inevitable saturation of the smartphone market. CMOS image sensors, which capture light and convert it into electronic signals, can …
Samsung plans strategy conference after Galaxy S4 sales stumble
The second quarter of 2013 has not gone as smoothly as Samsung had hoped. According to Reuters, the South Korean electronics conglomerate plans to hold …
WSJ: BlackBerry hopes to finish off sale by November
BlackBerry really needs to figure out what it’s doing with itself quickly and now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company could be …
Microsoft’s Nokia buy may signal the end of Windows Phone as we know it
As we recently observed, it’s not clear whether Microsoft’s longtime software licensing business model can will work in the mobile world, especially when Google is letting …
Arrested HTC exec doesn’t remember how $260,000 cash pile wound up in his car
There are a lot of words to describe someone who leaves $260,000 in allegedly ill-gotten cash stashed in their car, but “quietly brilliant” aren’t some …
When the best isn’t enough: HTC sales tumble another 47% in August
HTC makes the best Android smartphone on the planet, but sometimes the best just isn’t enough. The struggling vendor on Wednesday announced that its unaudited …
Despite Nokia buy, Microsoft reportedly ‘keeping an eye on BlackBerry’
Could Microsoft bail out two struggling smartphone companies? Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that despite agreeing to pay $7.2 billion this week to buy Nokia’s handset …
Microsoft reportedly still refuses to give up on Bing
There have been few bigger money pits for Microsoft over the last several years than its attempts to compete with Google in the online search …
The Grand Elop Conspiracy is suddenly looking less crazy
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve long entertained a crazy conspiracy theory about Microsoft sending Stephen Elop to intentionally sabotage Nokia from within and thus make …
Nokia and Microsoft: ‘The deal that makes no sense’
Microsoft is now in the handset business. The company’s shocking announcement Tuesday morning that it will acquire Nokia’s devices and services businesses for $7.2 billion …
A brief history of Nokia: When the future was Finnish
For a few of years around 1996-1998, Nokia reigned briefly as the most electrifying technology company in the world. This was such an unlikely development that most Finns …
What on Earth will Microsoft do with 200 million feature phones a year?
The timing of Nokia’s handset unit sale to Microsoft came as a profound shock. In the spring quarter, Nokia’s Lumia volumes grew by more than …
Ballmer confirms Elop is a candidate for Microsoft CEO
It wasn’t exactly a well-kept secret but it’s still interesting to hear outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirm that Nokia chief Stephen Elop is a …
Steve Ballmer’s full letter to Microsoft staff on today’s Nokia acquisition
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer might be on his way out the door, but that seemingly won’t stop him from shaking things up as he exits. …
Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s handset, services businesses for $7.2 billion
The deal was years in the making but it finally happened: Microsoft will acquire Nokia’s devices and services business and license its patents for 10 …
AT&T provides DEA with 26 years worth of phone call data
If Walter White is an AT&T subscriber then he’d better start sweating. The New York Times reports that AT&T has been working very closely with …
Departing HTC execs arrested for stealing trade secrets
Five departing HTC employees including top members of the company’s design team were arrested this past weekend on accusations that the group stole trade secrets. …
Verizon to end decade-long Vodafone clash with $130 billion deal [updated]
Verizon and Vodafone reportedly came to terms over the weekend and will jointly announce an historic deal on Monday in which Verizon will exchange $60 …
