There have been a number of key hires and moves in the Pacific Northwest technology industry in recent days. Here’s a quick look. Sarah Novotny, who previously co-founded Blue Gecko,… Read More
Here’s an unusual one: The head of developer marketing for Nokia in North America has put up a poll asking, well, pretty much everyone what the company should call its series… Read More
Anytime you have this much cash flinging around, lawsuits tend to emerge. So, it’s not a surprise that just a few days after Google announced its intentions to buy Motorola… Read More
Having spent quite a bit of time talking with and covering Nokia CEO Stephen Elop during his tenure as a Microsoft executive, I got a good laugh from the initial coverage… Read More
Some major mobile news tonight: Nokia just announced that it has settled its patent dispute with Apple, resolving all patent claims between the companies. The case dates to 2009, when… Read More
Nokia this morning dropped a bomb with new sales forecasts “substantially below” its previous expectations for the current quarter. The mobile giant, led by former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop, blamed… Read More
Microsoft and three of its key mobile partners — HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson — filed a challenge in Europe today seeking to invalidate Apple’s trademarks on the phrases “App… Read More
Much is made these days about the smartphone operating system wars, as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android fight for position against the likes of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry OS and… Read More
Sealing a deal they announced in February, Microsoft and Nokia have finalized their mobile partnership ahead of schedule, the companies said this morning. If the arrangement works as the companies… Read More
Microsoft and HTC tied their fortunes together in the emerging smartphone market a decade ago, back when people were still using acronyms like PIM and PDA. An HTC exec in… Read More
One of the biggest buzzwords in the mobile industry right now is NFC, or Near Field Communication — a short-range wireless technology for transmitting data. NFC lets people make a… Read More
A new study from the IDC research firm predicts that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will surpass the iPhone and Blackberry in worldwide market share by 2015 — making it second only… Read More
Shortly after Stephen Elop joined Nokia as CEO, speculation arose that Elop’s former employer, Microsoft, might make a move to buy the Finnish mobile phone giant. And while the two… Read More
New details are out this afternoon on the financial terms of Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia — confirming once again that it ain’t easy, or cheap, to outbid Google. Bloomberg News,… Read More
