When things don't turn out the way we want

Manila Bulletin - Allan D. Francisco - 14 Feb, 2011
As you grow older, you realize that not everything turns out the way you want it to. Of course, this happens much more infrequently ...

Did Nokia take Microsoft to the cleaners by getting billions in Windows Phone ...

Computerworld (blog) - 14 Feb, 2011
Microsoft outbid Google to get Nokia to place its bet on Windows Phone 7, and that tab will run into the billions, says Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. ...

Nokia: Windows Phone 7 to be market challenger

ZDNet Asia - Liau Yun - 14 Feb, 2011
CEO says the smartphone maker chose to partner software giant, instead of Google, to prevent Android from monopolizing market, and adds decision supported ...

How Nokia and Microsoft will carve up mobile services

Register - Bill Ray - 14 Feb, 2011
Nokia smartphones will be running Windows Phone, but the company is hoping to hang on to some of its ...

Samsung and Apple go to war as Nokia jumps into bed with Microsoft

Sydney Morning Herald - Asher Moses - 14 Feb, 2011
Samsung has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple with a new version of its popular Galaxy S smartphone and a new tablet that is the same size as the iPad but ...

Nokia’s Elop Proclaims 3-way Mobile Race

InformationWeek - Gina Smith - 14 Feb, 2011
In a boastful address at Mobile World Congress, Nokia's new chief dismisses Blackberry and casts his company as an industry savior. ...

Home > Breaking News > Money

Straits Times - 14 Feb, 2011
BARCELONA (Spain) - NOKIA Corp will get billions of dollars from Microsoft Corp to ditch its current smart-phone software in favour of Windows Phone 7, ...

Nokia's Ice Castle Melts as `Boring' Phones Force R&D Cuts

Bloomberg - Diana ben-Aaron, Mehul Srivastava - 14 Feb, 2011
Nokia Oyj Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop, left, shakes hands with Microsoft ...

These turkeys just might fly

Times LIVE - Toby Shapshak - 14 Feb, 2011
Toby Shapshak: "Two turkeys do not make an eagle" as the now famous tweet by Google vice-president Vic Gundotra pointed out the day before the unthinkable ...

Mobile World Congress: tablets and phones and more Elop

The Guardian (blog) - 14 Feb, 2011
The Mobile World Congress gets underway properly (officially) in Barcelona on Monday, but that only means that Sunday is the perfect day to get something ...

Nokia CEO sees billions from Microsoft deal

Reuters Canada - 14 Feb, 2011
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Nokia's CEO on Sunday touted its recent alliance with Microsoft, saying it would be worth billions to the Finnish cellphone maker, ...

Nokia moves to reassure investors

Financial Times - Andrew Parker - 14 Feb, 2011
Nokia is trying to reassure investors that it has struck a good deal with Microsoft under which the Finnish handset maker will ...

As Nokia hugs Microsoft, Sasken may feel the ache

Daily News & Analysis - Lison Joseph - 14 Feb, 2011
When Nokia, likened to a 'burning oil platform' by its CEO Stephen Elop, entered into a strategic tie up with ...

Microsoft to Pay out 'Billions' as Part of Nokia Deal

PC World (blog) - Nancy Gohring - 14 Feb, 2011
It also suggested that the first phones running Windows Phone software are likely to come out this year. ...

Nokia's Elop to sell remaining Microsoft shares

ZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 14 Feb, 2011
Nokia chief Stephen Elop is trying to rid himself of his numerous shares in Microsoft, ...

Nokia's big bet

Financial Times - 14 Feb, 2011
Business alliances do not have a distinguished history, which may be one reason why investors were disappointed in Friday's announcement of one between ...

Nokia CEO states he is not a Trojan horse, conspiracy theories killed

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 14 Feb, 2011
It seems that many Nokia fans and employees are fired up and feeling betrayed by the Nokia Microsoft ...

Shark weeks

Business Standard - Robert Cyran - 14 Feb, 2011
Nokia: It's feeding time for Nokia's rivals. Whether Windows can help the Finnish giant get its smartphone groove back is debatable. ...

Tech heavyweights now looking to play catch-up

JoongAng Daily - Kim Hyung-eun - 14 Feb, 2011
Traditional IT powerhouses like Nokia, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard - which feel more threatened than ever by innovative rivals such as Apple these days ...

Factbox: Repercussions of the Nokia-Microsoft pact

Reuters - Tarmo Virki, Greg Mahlich - 14 Feb, 2011
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Nokia's decision to use Microsoft's Windows Phone operating software in its smartphones will have repercussions for many companies ...

Nokia-Microsoft's marriage: a marginal future

ZDNet UK (blog) - Rupert Goodwins - 14 Feb, 2011
There is no conceivable end to the Microsoft Nokia deal other than a full merger of the companies. ...

FACTBOX-The smartphone software race

Reuters - Tarmo Virki, Greg Mahlich - 14 Feb, 2011
BARCELONA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Software developers for smartphones have been put centre of stage at this week's Mobile World Congress industry fair in ...

Microsoft, Nokia, and MeeGo: Are they all doomed?

Register - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
The beat from the Silicon Valley drums has been that Microsoft is doomed because Windows is a PC operating system, phones outsell PCs, and Windows has ...

Elop gambles Nokia's future on Microsoft partnership

Economic Times - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
HELSINKI: The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled this week a radical new strategy by partnering with Microsoft, but warned of substantial job ...

Tech excitement hits SA

Times LIVE - Tshepo Mashego - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
KNOCK-ON EFFECT: A shopper talks on a cellphone while passing an advert for the new Nokia N8 in London. Nokia and Microsoft have teamed up to take on Google ...

Mike Elgan: Why Nokia is toast

Computerworld - Mike Elgan - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
Computerworld - It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Finland was at the center of the cell phone universe. ...

Nokia, Microsoft in smart phone alliance

BusinessWeek - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
Nokia Corp. has announced that it will adopt Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone as its main platform on smart phones, in a major change of strategy. ...

7 Things to know about Nokia-Microsoft deal

Times of India - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
Cellphone giant Nokia has teamed up with Microsoft to build an 'iPhone killer'. Standing alongside Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer, ...

What the deal means

Ottawa Citizen - Vito Pilieci - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop, left, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the partnership Friday ...

Nokia's Windows Phone 7 concept pictures leaked

Techtree.com - Prasad Naik - ‎Feb 12, 2011‎
Engadget has gotten their hands on some exclusive pictures of a concept Nokia phone running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS. The device that you see in the ...

 

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