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TheVerge: ‘Microsoft puts the final nail in Nokia’s coffin’

TheVerge: ‘Microsoft puts the final nail in Nokia’s coffin’

| June 18, 2015 | 16 Replies

Advertisements TheVerge have an editorial by Vlad about how Microsoft has put the nail on Nokia’s coffin. With the exit of Elop and Harlow, Vlad says: Any glimmer of hope that Nokia wouldn’t be subsumed into the Microsoft monolith and would continue along its own path, albeit under a different name, has today been extinguished. […]

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Jolla tells us why updating their Sailfish OS really pays off!

Jolla tells us why updating their Sailfish OS really pays off!

| June 18, 2015 | 1 Reply

Folks at the official blog for Jolla want you to know that updating Sailfish OS really pays off. They want you to know that at Jolla, they work differently to other mobile OS devs. We think and operate in an iterative way, meaning that our development is a continuous flow of ideas, updates, fixes, new […]

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Hello Future: Hololens Halo 5 #Halolens #E3

Hello Future: Hololens Halo 5 #Halolens #E3

| June 17, 2015 | Reply

At E3, Microsoft built a pretty cool Halo 5 Hololens experience. They’ve built the inside of a UNSC ship and with Hololens, mixed digital with the physical reality. As opposed to VR where you’re looking completely and only at a screen, Hololens superimposes objects into your real life surroundings. Your eyes have a direct line […]

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Microsoft is One – Hardware and Software division Unite

Microsoft is One – Hardware and Software division Unite

| June 17, 2015 | 4 Replies

OK, just reiterating quite an important thing that seemed to take less prominence here because of the Elop news… Microsoft is merging both Hardware and Software divisions into ONE Unit.Windows, Windows Phone/Mobile, Surface, Xbox, Lumia, HoloLens, Surface Hub and Band. Terry Myerson is getting this even bigger responsibility, essentially the next top guy after Nadella, […]

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Ex Nokians and Microsofties, Elop and Harlow out? Myerson head of Windows and Devices group

Ex Nokians and Microsofties, Elop and Harlow out? Myerson head of Windows and Devices group

| June 17, 2015 | 27 Replies

There’s another shift to the positions at Microsoft. Quite a big name is heading out for retirement. Stephen Elop! Once from Microsoft, he took the helm at Nokia as the first non-Finnish CEO with much controversy. Burning platform, Feb 11 Partnership with MS Lumia No more MeeGo The results were not to everyone’s expectations to […]

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Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10136 – One handed use, UI changes, better Cortana and more!

Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10136 – One handed use, UI changes, better Cortana and more!

| June 16, 2015 | 1 Reply

Microsoft have announced build 10136 for Windows 10 Mobile Insider preview. If you were already on 1008, you cannot update to this. You have to go back to 8.1 via Windows Phone Recovery Tool and then update via Windows Insider. This is due to a migration bug. Instead of waiting for that to get fixed, you can do […]

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‘Good News’ for commuters – Microsoft publishing own newspaper “Five to Nine”

‘Good News’ for commuters – Microsoft publishing own newspaper “Five to Nine”

| June 16, 2015 | Reply

In the UK, free newspapers amongst those you pay for are quite common. Usually found on public transport routes, it means commuters have something to read on their journey whilst the paper has a huge ad target audience. Today, capitalising on that “free” exposure, Microsoft Lumia are putting together a 5 day limited edition newspaper […]

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LG Electronics and Nokia Technologies agree on smartphone patent license

LG Electronics and Nokia Technologies agree on smartphone patent license

| June 16, 2015 | Reply

LG Electronics and Nokia Technologies agree on smartphone patent license Espoo, Finland – LG Electronics has agreed to take a royalty-bearing smartphone patent license from Nokia Technologies. The Korean company is the latest of more than 60 licensees for Nokia’s 2G, 3G and 4G mobile communication technologies and the first major smartphone manufacturer to join […]

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Lumia 940 clear render

Lumia 940 clear render

| June 16, 2015 | 4 Replies

Anytime there’s a leaked device, PhoneDesigner over on facebook creates impressive renders that are almost always what the final design looks like. Based on @evleaks’ blurred leak, we get this. A modest hump triple LED camera. This older concept was probably just based on the leaked info alone. Below is more 1520/925 like vs the […]

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