Microsoft Corp. announced it has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world. The completion of the acquisition marks the first step in bringing these two organizations together as one team. “TodayRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO (DNA): Google’s former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, testified in court that he could not recall whether he was told in 2005 by people within his company that it had to pay for a license from Sun Micro systems to use the Java programming language. Oracle sued Google inRead More →
ESPOO, FINLAND ( BMZ REPORT ) Nokia today announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft. The transaction, which also includes an agreement to license patents to Microsoft, was originally announced on September 3, 2013. “As earlier communicated, the transactionRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) We wanted to share some important information about your data privacy and contracts. Chad Fentress Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Nokia and Brendon Lynch Chief Privacy Officer Microsoft assured all nokia consumers privacy and personal data is responsabilty of Microsoft. In joint emailRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO ( MEDIA ) Facebook on Wednesday began pushing smartphone chats between friends to a stand-alone Messenger application The move to make members of the world’s leading online social network resort to Messenger for text exchanges on the move comes shortly after Facebook outlined a strategy to focus onRead More →
Personal computers continued their downward trend, declining 1.7% globally in the first quarter of 2014. Global PC shipments totaled 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7 percent decline from the first quarter of 2013, according to a statemeny by Gartner. However the severity of the declineRead More →
WASHINGTON (DNA) A US appeals court showed few signs that it was prepared to support a request by Apple Inc to block immediately the sale of some Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets. In a high-stakes patent dispute, the court heard arguments about whether a federal trial judge acted correctly inRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO: Tech workers in Silicon Valley debated on Friday whether Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich got the comeuppance he deserved or was himself a victim of intolerance when he resigned under pressure this week amid outrage over his opposition to same-sex marriage. Some, especially a dating website that had urgedRead More →
Espoo, Finland ( MEDIA )Nokia announced that the planned transaction whereby Nokia plans to sell substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft has today received regulatory approval from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China. As previously communicated, the closing of the transaction, whichRead More →
BERLIN Germany( MEDIA ) Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) CEO, Rajeev Suri meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuang on Saturday, March 29. With this, NSN CEO joined an exclusive group of 10 business leaders for a meeting with Chinese President and First Lady. The discussions, aheadRead More →
SAN JOSE (MEDIA ) Samsung knew Apple’s iPhone would be a big seller when it first went on the market, but the South Korean company didn’t have a product that could compete so it stole Apple’s technology, an attorney for Apple told jurors on Tuesday. “The evidence in this caseRead More →
BAIJING (MEDIA ) Chinese telecom network vendor said its revenue rose 8.5 percent to $38.49 billion (CNY239 billion). Its net profit was $3.38 billion (CNY21 billion). Eric Xu, rotating and acting CEO of Huawei, said the company’s all divisions – devices, enterprise IT, telecom network — has performed well. MacroeconomicRead More →