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Huawei to invest $2B in U.K. amid ongoing ‘spying’ claims

British PM David Cameron meets Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei at Downing Street, London Huawei Chinese telecom giant Huawei has pledged to invest $2 billion (£1.3 billion) in the U.K. economy, in an apparent bid for goodwill as the U.S. Congress opens a probe of the company’s relationship with the Chinese government. (See the embedded press release below.) Huawei will plow …

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Windows Phone 7 was doomed by design, Microsoft admits

Microsoft’s consolation prize to anyone who owns a current Windows Phone is a new homescreen landing in an update known as Windows Phone 7.8, pictured above running on the Nokia Lumia 900. It’s best described as a sweetener to coat the bitter truth that anyone who’s shelled out for a Windows Phone in the last 20 months isn’t getting the …

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