Nokia is planning to get back into the smartphone business almost a year after Microsoft acquired its devices and services business, according to a new report from Re/code. The company… Read More
Nokia announced a deal to acquire French telecom company Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion, taking the biggest step yet to rebuild its business following the sale of its smartphone division to Microsoft last… Read More
When Microsoft acquired Nokia’s devices and services business last year, the deal included some of the company’s manufacturing plants. Around that time, the company announced that it would be moving… Read More
Microsoft has dropped the Nokia branding from its line of Lumia smartphones, but it lives on with a new budget cell phone named the Nokia 215. The phone, which will retail… Read More
On this week’s GeekWire radio show, we’re counting down our top 10 picks from our most popular stories of the year. For this show, we analyzed the top posts of 2014 on GeekWire,… Read More
Microsoft sold its MixRadio streaming service to Line, the popular Japan-based messaging app. The two companies announced the deal today, though neither disclosed the financial terms of the purchase. It’s hardly… Read More
Nokia, the company that sold its devices and services business to Microsoft earlier this year for more than $7 billion, this morning announced the new Nokia N1 tablet — an… Read More
Microsoft may have acquired Nokia’s Devices and Services division earlier this year, but the company hasn’t given up its pursuit of new products. A post to the official Nokia Twitter… Read More
Microsoft said goodbye to the Nokia brand on Monday evening, unveiling the new Microsoft Lumia 535. The Lumia 535, Microsoft’s first without the Nokia name, will hit shelves this month for… Read More
Microsoft will reveal its first Lumia device next Tuesday, as the company today teased an announcement with the picture on the right and a tagline of “Microsoft is delivering the power of everyday mobile… Read More
Nokia launched a version of its HERE maps app for Android today that can be installed on most Android devices. The company first launched a version of its Android app… Read More
Apple’s amazing innovations over the years have caused some of the biggest names in technology to take a back seat, everyone from Dell to Microsoft. But who knew that the… Read More
Windows Phone may be floundering, but Android’s success has been a fiscal boon to Microsoft. The company made $1 billion last year from a patent licensing deal that it struck… Read More
Stephen Elop announced today that the Nokia Lumia 830 smartphone will launch on AT&T’s network this holiday season. Elop, the former Nokia CEO who has returned to Microsoft as part… Read More
Tired of taking blurry and pixelated selfies? Microsoft has a solution for you. The company’s new Lumia 730 and 735 smartphones, unveiled this morning, come with 5 megapixel front-facing cameras,… Read More
HTC this morning confirmed that it will expand its flagship HTC One (M8) device to Windows Phone, marking an important step for Microsoft in the company’s attempt to create an… Read More
As of June 30, for the first time in its history, Microsoft’s employed fewer people in the United States than it did internationally — 62,000 compared with 66,000 — according to new numbers… Read More
Microsoft is facing more pressure in China. Five days after a report surfaced that Chinese officials were investigating Microsoft’s offices in the country, protests reportedly have erupted in the country… Read More
The launch of Amazon’s Fire phone today marks an important step for Nokia’s HERE location-technology business, which is supplying the underlying mapping platform used by the new smartphone. But it’s just part of a… Read More
Nokia’s MixRadio music streaming service is aiming to spin off from Microsoft as a part of the layoffs the company announced yesterday. The service will still be pre-loaded onto Windows… Read More
Microsoft’s brief tenure as an Android phone maker is coming to an end. As part of the 18,000 job cuts announced by the company today, Microsoft says it will be moving future… Read More
One of the major problems facing Windows Phone is the relative immaturity of its app ecosystem. Microsoft has worked hard to encourage developers to work with the platform, but many aren’t releasing… Read More
International customers interested in picking up the next flagship Windows Phone will get their chance soon, starting this week. Microsoft announced today that the Nokia Lumia 930 will be available… Read More
Yes, you read that headline correctly: Despite questions about Microsoft’s long-term commitment to Nokia’s fledgling Android lineup, the Redmond company today unveiled the latest addition to the Nokia X family —… Read More
Nokia today announced its acquisition of Medio Systems, a Seattle-based mobile predictive analytics startup. Nokia ‘Here‘ location platform — which is not part of Microsoft’s Nokia devices acquisition — will use Medio’s predictive technology… Read More
Nokia’s smartphones are known for their cameras and imaging technology, but a key engineer on the team won’t be joining Microsoft as part of its acquisition of Nokia’s devices business. Ari Partinen, a… Read More
Nokia’s Devices & Services Group posted an operating loss of 326 million euros, or $452 million, in the quarter prior to Microsoft’s $7.2 billion acquisition of the group — illustrating the… Read More
Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO who has returned to Microsoft as part of its $7.2 billion Nokia acquisition, this morning defended his tenure at the smartphone maker and denied… Read More
Microsoft this morning completed its purchase of Nokia’s devices and services business for more than $7 billion, bringing aboard another 25,000 employees and transforming itself into a smartphone maker overnight. The… Read More
“Microsoft Mobile” — that’s a name you might hear more often once Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to acquire Nokia’s Devices and Services business officially closes on Friday. In a letter obtained… Read More