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Archive for February 8th, 2014

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ArsTechnica responds to The Guardian – Fork off, “Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android”

ArsTechnica responds to The Guardian – Fork off, “Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android”

| February 8, 2014 | 98 Replies

Advertisements Peter Bright from ArsTechnica responds to Charles Arthur’s suggestion on The Guardian that Microsoft should fork Android. Why? It’s unworkable. He says you can have compatibility or control but not both.  Google has worked to make Android unworkable. For those who might bring in Amazon, Peter discusses those shortcomings too. In the grand scheme of […]

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Lumiappdates: Nokia Story Teller Beta, access point, 6tag, 6snap

Lumiappdates: Nokia Story Teller Beta, access point, 6tag, 6snap

| February 8, 2014 | 13 Replies

Not much in the way of a changelog but the following have been updated: Nokia Story Teller Beta, access point (operator settings updates, robustness improvements) 6tag (bug fixes) 6snap (2.7, change in brush size, keep in memory your groups even after a log off/sign in) Advertisements

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Guardian’s Charles Arthur recommends that Nadella scap WP, go with forked Android

Guardian’s Charles Arthur recommends that Nadella scap WP, go with forked Android

| February 8, 2014 | 156 Replies

The Guardian’s Technology Editor is giving Satya Nadella some advice. Scrap WP and instead, go with a forked Android. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/07/satya-nadella-mobile-windows-phone-android Charles finds that despite WP’s growth, it’s still much too slow and insignificant. The advice is akin to Nokia dumping Symbian. Dump WP, and then save on the development costs. Whilst forking Android wouldn’t be […]

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Nokia and HTC Settle Legal Disputes; Promise to Play Nice

Nokia and HTC Settle Legal Disputes; Promise to Play Nice

| February 8, 2014 | 12 Replies

The Nokia vs. HTC saga has been going on for quite a while now, with Nokia going after HTC’s One, One Mini and One Max for patent infringement on some essential technologies in the devices. Most notably HTC lost a major case in Germany which would have cause them a lot of headache; however yesterday […]

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