Nokia Creates Foursquare-Enabled Vending Machine
Location-based technology and vending machines seem like a natural match, but Nokia is among the first, perhaps the first, to make the connection. To celebrate Social Media Week, the mobile brand released the video above detailing how such a machine works: All you have to do is check in to the machine on Foursquare using the #NokiaConnects [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 6-24-2011
ICANN Approves New Top-Level Domains In a monumental decision this week, ICANN gave final approval to allow for the expansion of new Top-Level Domains (TLDs). This means that companies, organizations, and other brands (yes, there is now a .brand TLD) can better express themselves via their domain names. Strings like .CAR, .SPORTS or .BANK are [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 4-22-2011
Your iPhone is Tracking You…So is Your Android Everyone pretty much lost it once it was discovered that their beloved iPhones were tracking their every move. Never mind the fact that locating a device through triangulation is a well-known technique. In reality, there isn’t much to fear about this iPhone tracking thing. It boils down [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft to Pay Nokia $1 Billion to Make Windows Phones?
Sources have told Bloomberg that Microsoft Corp. will pay Nokia over $1 billion to develop Windows-based mobile devices as part of their previously announced strategic partnership. “This gives Microsoft scale and allows Nokia to rip out costs,” said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners in New York, who recommends buying Microsoft shares. “Microsoft is [...]
Read MoreNokia and Microsoft Team Up Against Apple and Google
Nokia and Microsoft have decided to join forces. They say this “broad strategic partnership” will allow them to “create a new global mobile ecosystem.” They will be able to create new products and services while also pushing existing offerings globally. Nokia would help drive the future of Windows Phone. Nokia would contribute its expertise on [...]
Read MoreNokia Meego is a No-Go. Xperia Play Headed to Verizon?
It’s not looking good for Nokia’s sole weapon in the battle against Google and Apple. Android and iOS are the mobile operating systems to beat and Nokia’s Meego was supposed to be the challenger. The N9-00 was to be the first device running the Meego operating system, but Reuters reports the device has already been [...]
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