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Anssi Vanjoki, or Dr. Evil as I like to call him because his square jaw and crisp suits make him look like a James Bond villan, was supposed to be the next CEO of Nokia. After he found out that Stephen Elop was going to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Vanjoki immediately resigned. For those who don’t…
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Nokia is going to close two of their four sales offices in China. To be more specific, the offices in Chengdu and Shanghai will be shut down and people will get laid off. Nokia isn’t saying how many people will lose their jobs, or when the…
There’s a term in the consumer electronics industry called the “Osborne effect“. Without getting into the whole story, once upon a time there was a company that launched a product. People loved said product. The company said the next version would be even better, so people decided to just wait. Sales dried up to such…
Ask Nokia how the Lumia 900 is doing in the United States and they’ll tell you that it’s been getting great reviews on Amazon. Ask them to give you some sales numbers, and they’ll just dodge the question and point you to a consumer survey that says Lumia owners are very satisfied with their purchase.…
Genius Brands International is teaming-up with Nokia to launch mobile apps for Lumia Windows Phone devices. Under the deal, a number of Baby Genius Ready, Play, Learn educational apps will be unveiled in the future, starting with Rexi the Dinosaur and Bubbles the Bear, which will hit the Marketplace later this summer. The applications will…
Windows Phone Senior Director of Business Development Robert Williams has left his post at Microsoft to take on the role of App Store Director for Amazon, according to a Win Gadget News report. This is not the first high-profile Windows Phone employee departing Microsoft recently; Windows Phone’s Director of Developer Experience Brandon Watson made a similar…
Three months ago I took a shot at guessing how many Windows Phones Nokia sold during the first quarter of 2012. Using some simple multiplication, a few statistics published by a couple of analyst firms, and after making some assumptions, I cranked out the number 2.2 million. The actual result? 2 million. Nokia is going…
In a lengthy interview at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is back in direct competition with Apple thanks to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. For a while it seemed like Microsoft was doing its own thing peacefully contributing to the mobile industry while Apple and Google battled…
Over 5% of all free mobile applications contain some form of overly aggressive adware, according to a report released by Lookout. These aggressive ad networks can access personal information on your device, such as email, phone number, and contact information, and can also change some phone settings and deliver ads in areas outside of the…
Metrotube, which is arguably the best YouTube client for Windows Phone, is back. Previously LazyWorm (the app’s developer) pulled it out from the Marketplace citing the lack of official support from Microsoft and Google as a reason. They’ve reconsidered the decision and are re-launching its popular application. According to the “official blog post,” LazyWorm didn’t…