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European Mobile Operators not happy about Nokia Lumia
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European Mobile Operators not happy about Nokia Lumia

It appears that people of Europe are not much interested in Nokia Lumia Windows Phones. Four major European carriers are saying that Nokia’s new Lumia line of smartphones are just not good enough to compete against rivals in the market such as the iPhone or Android devices. Read More…

Nokia buys Smarterphone
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Nokia buys Smarterphone

The Finnish handset maker has purchased Smarterphone, a small Norwegian company that has an operating system designed for more basic cell phones, known in the industry as feature phones. Smarterphone provides a complete and licensable software solution for mass­market smart phones, Smarterphone OS, pre­integrating all software components and applications, enables manufacturers to rapidly create low­cost [...]

Facebook Timeline won’t be available for IE7 users
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Facebook Timeline won’t be available for IE7 users

Facebook has started phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. The browser is not allowed to show the new Timeline profile, and renders the old one instead. According to multiple reports, the new social networking site presentation does not appear on the old Microsoft browser version and users visiting Timeline-enabled Facebook profile pages are reportedly [...]

IE9 usage on Windows 7 is higher than other browsers
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IE9 usage on Windows 7 is higher than other browsers

Microsoft has claimed that Internet Explorer 9 has topped rivals Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on computers running Windows 7. Roger Capriotti, Internet Explorer Marketing director, said IE9 usage share on Windows 7 worldwide was higher than all versions of Chrome and Firefox and second only to IE8 as of November. “Based on where the December data [...]

Nokia refuses Microsoft takeover
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Nokia refuses Microsoft takeover

Nokia described rumours that Microsoft was planning a bid for its core devices business as “completely baseless” and people close to both companies said there had been no talks about such a deal. Speculation over a possible bid for Nokia has intensified after its shares plunged by nearly 18 per cent on Tuesday when the [...]

Microsoft to buy Nokia for $30billion [Rumor]
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Microsoft to buy Nokia for $30billion [Rumor]

According to the rumors spreading allover the net, Microsoft would buy Mobile phone division of Nokia for 30 billion dollars. The deal is expected to complete by the end of 2011. A report by a Russian blogger with good sources inside Nokia has prompted rumors that Microsoft is looking to buy the Finnish giant’s phone business. The [...]