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Nokia Siemens Buys Motorola Gear and Equipment Branch for $1.2 Billion
Nokia Siemens Networks has confirmed that it has purchased Motorola’s infrastructure business for $1.2 billion, a cash deal emerging as Motorola preps for its corporate break-down, protecting its assets in phone manufacturing. For Nokia, the mobile company gains a stronger foothold in both the U.S. and Japan. The deal will also provide NSN access to ...
Steve Jobs Knows the iPhone 4 Isn’t Perfect. What Comes After Free Bumper Cases?
Steve Jobs held an unexpected press conference today, addressing the public about the iPhone 4’s antenna issues. Good thing–consumers were starting to get really pissed about the smart phone’s mounting connectivity problems. At least, it should be a good thing. Jobs promised iPhone 4 buyers a free bumper case, which is known to minimize dropped ...
Microsoft Leads Nintendo, Sony, Game Industry Still Pushing Personal Cloud Adoption
The video gaming industry may still be in a slump, but Microsoft has prevailed with this year’s sales report, topping Nintendo and Sony with top game Red Dead Redemption. The release of the slimmer Xbox 360 console earlier this year helped boost Microsoft’s overall gaming position, taking it to the number 2 spot behind the ...
Firefox on iPhone Stays Simple, Browser Wars Eventually Win in Mobile
Firefox has finally made its way to the iPhone, after announcing the app in May. Since Apple’s not too keen on letting through apps that duplicate its own products, the Firefox iPhone app is quite limited. It works in tandem with the Safari browser, letting you access your Firefox bookmarks, desktop browsing history and tabs. ...
HP Leads Rising PC Sales, Convergance through the Cloud
You may have an iPad, the iPhone 4 and a random Android device, but there are still a lot of folks still buying PCs. A report released from Gartner today shows 21% increase in PC sales for the second quarter of 2010, with HP, Dell and Acer leading the pack. Worldwide PC shipments reached 82.9 ...
Google Deepens India Reach, Teams with Tata Communications
Google Apps is expanding its reach in India, thanks to a partnership with Tata Communications. The deal will provide access of Google Apps through Tata’s services, aimed towards business seeking more integrated web-based tools. Given India’s fast-growing market for SaaS, it’s a great area for Google to target its cloud-computing initiatives. Beyond India, Tata Communications ...
Facebook Reaches 150M Mobile Users, Great for App Developers
Facebook Mobile has reported a 50% growth rate since April, growing from 100 million to 150 million users. The extreme expansion means Facebook has no choice but to pour more resources into its smartphone apps, growing and maintaining its mobile user base. It’s yet another signal of social media’s growing influence, as the two trends ...
Foursquare Founders Sell Shares for $4M, Prep for Another Game of Start-up Catch Up
The initial piece TechCrunch ran on Foursquare co-founders $4 million windfall put Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai in a not-so-flattering light, considering that payout was 32 percent of the startup’s recent $20 million Series B funding round raised from Andreesen Horowitz, Union Square and O’Reilly AlphaTech. We later found out that the $4 million founder ...
World Cup iPhone Apps Ruled June, 2010: Millennial Media MobileMix Report
Millennial Media has released its US Mobile Media Mix report for June today, showing Apple still in the lead taking 56% of market share and an 8% growth rate month-after-month. In the same time frame, Apple ad requests grew 36% within the Millennial network. The iPad is also taking off, with ad requests growing 206% ...
ZocDoc’s $15M Series B and Twitter Earlybird’s Disney Deal: Serving Two Ends of Consumer-Brand Interests
ZocDoc has raised $15 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Founders Fund, which put $12 million into the pot. Serving people with immediate information about nearby doctors for setting appointments or making last-minute changes, ZocDoc has built a business around serving a niche. While I’ve always been interested in ZocDoc’s service, ...