Monday, October 31, 2011
Technology News Gallery: October 31, 2011 Our weekly roundup of IT industry-related images includes the first glimpse at Nokia's new phones, IBM's new boss and an inspiration for the 10-year-old iPod
Monday, October 03, 2011
Technology News Gallery: Oct. 3 Our weekly look at the happenings of the IT industry through images gathered via IDG News Service. This week: the other tablet launch, the war on supercookies and 3D without the glasses
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Nokia lays off 3,500 employees The company plans to close a factory in Romania and some operations in Germany and the U.S.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Nokia ships the N9, its first and last MeeGo phone The company announced the N9 four months after unveiling the Windows Phone move. It has no physical buttons and instead relies on the 3.9-inch AMOLED touch screen for navigation
Friday, September 23, 2011
Nokia appoints new CTO The mobile phone company has appointed its fifth CTO in six years. Henry Tirri was previously head of the Nokia Research Centre
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Industry-watchers divided on Googorola's impact BLOGOSPHERE Industry-watchers are divided on what Google's buy of Motorola mobile means to the industry. But they're nearly unanimous that it's about patents, not hardware
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
African development hubs focus on mobile apps Mobile apps driven by the surge in mobile service adoption in Africa
Monday, June 20, 2011
Nokia needs to pick a market, consultant says With the handset maker continuing to struggle, one New York-based industry observer argues that Nokia should better define itself before moving forward. This means choosing between the consumer space and the enterprise market
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Apple will pay Nokia to settle patent suit Nokia had alleged Apple was infringing its patents in the iPhone, iPad and other devices. The financial terms and structure of the contract were not disclosed by Nokia
Monday, June 13, 2011
Nokia Siemens talks up QoS in mobile networks The company sees it as a billing alternative for carriers when mobile networks are congested. Find out why one analyst thinks it will be a hard sell
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
New 'Mango' Windows Phone version integrates apps The next version of Windows Phone software will come to handsets later this year, but Microsoft has made developer tools available now so that applications can be prepared. The company unveiled some of the 500 updates that will come to Windows Phone later this year
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
How can Microsoft monetize Skype? Analysts pick apart Redmond's options for turning its nearly $8.6 billion acquisition of the voice and video chat application. Why did Microsoft pay 10 times Skype's revenue?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Nokia hands Symbian OS work to Accenture The company also plans to cut a further 4,000 jobs by the end of next year. Accenture will initially provide Nokia with software development and support services for the Symbian mobile platform, and later with software and services around the Windows Phone platform
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Nokia launches two phones running on Symbian OS The handset maker has updated its Symbian OS with a new version, Symbian Anna, and launched two phones running it, the X7 and E6. Both phones will start shipping during the second quarter
Monday, April 04, 2011
Google stalking Nortel patents The search engine company's bid has been chosen as the base for an upcoming auction on Nortel's intellectual property, the remaining valuable assets of the bankrupt company
Friday, March 04, 2011
Nokia takes lead role in mobile drama WORLDVIEW: The Finnish smart phone maker’s decision to adopt Microsoft Corp.’s mobile OS for its ailing smart phones took on the air of well-written theatre complete with anguish, suspense and, finally, perseverance. In case you missed the performance
Monday, February 14, 2011
Multitasking and IE9 coming to Windows Phone MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: CEO Steve Ballmer said the new features would come out later this year. The newly announced capabilities also include the ability to access SkyDrive, the online storage service that lets users save Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents online
Friday, February 11, 2011
Nokia, Microsoft pact leaves out Symbian developers Nokia has decided which operating system will succeed its Symbian, but now mobile app developers must place their bets on which platform to move to
Friday, February 11, 2011
Nokia partners with Microsoft, adopts Windows Phone 7 Nokia announced its new strategy Friday to make Windows Phone 7 its primary smart phone operating system and to partner with Microsoft on mobile ads and mapping
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Nokia 'on a burning platform,' CEO says Stephen Elop compares the company to a man on a flaming North Sea oil rig in an internal memo, ahead of a strategy announcement Friday and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Android or Phone 7?
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Lotus on mobile devices needs consistency: IBM exec At IBM Lotusphere 2011, Big Blue commits to four major mobile platforms while acknowledging user device preferences and a fast-evolving device market. One Research In Motion exec explains the PlayBook has the foundational technology for Lotus apps
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Battle for developers to heat up at Mobile World Congress Developers will be key as competition between smart phone operating systems grows. Find out more about what is expected at next year's event
Monday, November 29, 2010
Symbian Foundation takes source code offline Dec. 17 is the set date. Developers who can't download it all then will have to pay for a physical copy to be shipped some time next year
Thursday, September 30, 2010
SAP puts mobile CRM on BlackBerry SAP/Sybase has made its customer relationship management software available for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry. A recent Sybase study illustrates business users’ hunger for smart phone capabilities on the job
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Nokia setting up enterprise mail servers in India Nokia will set up servers in India by November for its push e-mail service in the country to comply with government regulations