Microsoft is set to acquire Nokia’s devices and services business — including the Lumia smartphone range — and also license and use Nokia’s mapping service. (Credit: Nokia) The deal will see Microsoft pay Nokia €3.79 billion for the business purchase, and a further €1.65 billion in license fees for the maps. The whole deal will …
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2 September
British app could help 3G reception at footie grounds
If you’ve been to the footie recently, you may have noticed getting decent 3G reception is a bit of an issue. Well one British club has teamed up with its local uni to provide a solution. Brighton & Hove Albion FC has developed the Digital Stadium app in collaboration with the University of Sussex, Stuff reports. The app lets fans …
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2 September
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop to rejoin Microsoft
As part of today’s announcement, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will step down from his role and return to Microsoft to be executive vice president of Devices and Services. Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop at a Microsoft-Nokia event in New York in September 2012. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) In an email to all staff, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who recently announced his …
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2 September
Verizon to pay Vodafone $130B for stake in Verizon Wireless
After years of talks and speculation, Verizon Communications has reached a deal to acquire Vodafone’s stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture for $130 billion. The deal is the third largest corporate acquisition ever, behind Vodafone’s $183 billion deal for Mannesmann AG in 1999 and AOL’s $164 billion deal for Time Warner the next year. Under the terms of the …
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2 September
Acer announces 10
Acer has announced a new 10-inch Android tablet, the Iconia A3, kicking off a week of big announcements from trade show IFA in Berlin. The iPad rival has a 1,280×800-pixel screen and Dolby Digital Plus speakers for beefing up movie sound and music. Inside the silver-trimmed 0.39-inch thick casing is a quad-core 1.2-GHz cortex A7 processor. It boasts a Micro-HDMI …
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2 September
Samsung Galaxy Gear appears here in leaked photos
So close, Samsung: with just days to go before the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch, leaked pictures have emerged of the wrist-worn Android gadget. The Galaxy Gear will be officially unveiled on Wednesday evening at Samsung Unpacked, the Korean company’s press blowout at technology trade show IFA in Berlin. And the watch nearly stayed secret, too, until …
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2 September
iPhone 5C packaging shown off in leaked photos
The iPhone 5C could come in a variety of colours if leaked images of the phone’s packaging are to be believed. The possible packaging for the rumoured iPhone 5C. (Credit: iApps.im) Although the 5C has yet to be confirmed by Apple, photos published by iApps.im show iPod-style plastic packaging, with the iPhone 5C name printed on the side. The packs …
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2 September
Note 3 and Xperia Z1 coming to Three in September, leak says
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Sony Xperia Z1 Honami are expected to be announced on 4 September — that’s Wednesday — at IFA, and should be two of the stars of the show. They could both be out in the UK later that month too, if this leak sent to Engadget is to be believed. It purports to be …
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2 September
HTC One designers jailed for allegedly stealing trade secrets
A trio of top HTC One designers have been arrested in Taiwan for allegedly scheming to steal company trade secrets and start their own mobile design company, according to Engadget. The three designers — vice president of design Thomas Chien, senior manager of design Justin Huang, and development director Wu Chien-Hung — were reportedly arrested by the police on Saturday. …
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2 September
LG reveals wall
With curved screens currently the only option for consumers looking to get an OLED TV in their lounge room, it’s nice to see that companies are still working on flat-panel technology. The Gallery OLED TV in Gallery Mode. (Credit: LG) LG’s Gallery OLED TV (55EA8800) is on display at the IFA Show in Berlin, and LG is claiming that it’s …
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