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Microsoft to Take Over Nokia’s Landmark Headquarters
Microsoft Corp. will take over Nokia Oyj (NOK1V)’s glass-walled headquarters, one of Finland’s best-known buildings, once the software giant’s deal to buy the Finnish company’s mobile-phone business is completed. Microsoft gains occupancy of a landmark complex whose construction in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Espoo, Finland, Headquarter, HQ, Microsoft, Nokia
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Though today is my birthday
but obviously I’m not one of Gen M … @ 04:44 Hey, don’t forget the “Connecting People”! Director Guillermo del Toro showcase “PACIFIC RIM” trailer is here: @ 01:54 ~ 03:41 More on Qualcomm’s insane CES 2013 keynote in pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Wireless
Tagged 2013, Born Mobile, CES, Gen M, Guillermo del Toro, Keynote, Microsoft, PACIFIC RIM, Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Steve Ballmer
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ITU Patent Roundtable – UPDATE
While the meeting apparently didn’t result in any resolution, ZDnet reports the ITU’s Malcolm Johnson said the ‘heated debate’ “has gone a long way to help clarify the positions” of the companies involved: “Today’s event has gone a long way … Continue reading
ITU holds patent roundtable
Apple, Google, Motorola, RIM, Microsoft, Ericsson and Nokia discuss fallout from smartphone wars The meeting, held at the UN agency’s instigation, is trying to find ways to let companies which own the key patents benefit from them, while preventing their … Continue reading
Tech firms and regulators meet at UN patent pow-wow
Leading tech firms, patent officers, regulators and academics are meeting in Geneva to address whether action is needed to prevent intellectual property disputes “stifling” innovation. The event follows a flurry of lawsuits involving smartphone makers. It is focusing on how … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Wireless, Work
Tagged Apple, EU, FRAND, Geneva, Google, Hamadoun Touré, iPhone, ITU, ITU Patent Roundtable, lawsuits, License, Microsoft, MOTOROLA, Nokia, patent war, Qualcomm, rights, Samsung, smartphone, standard, UN
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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility 谷歌買下摩托羅拉手機業務部門
Google 官方部落格：Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility Larry Page 的聲明中提到： Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies. … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Wireless, Work
Tagged acquire, acquisition, Android, Apple, blog, Google, HTC, InterDigital, iPad, iPhone, Larry Page, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, patent, Samsung
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Microsoft spends $7.5m on net addresses
Microsoft has offered to pay $7.5m (£4.7m) for net addresses from bankrupt telecoms firm Nortel. The 666,624 IP version 4 (IPv4) net addresses were put up for auction as part of the sell-off of Nortel‘s assets. Blocks of IPv4 are … Continue reading
Two turkeys do not make an Eagle
Ouch, it’s what former Nokia VP Anssi Vanjoki said in 2005 about BenQ buying Siemens’s failing handset business. That’s obvious a wonderful payback from Gundotra because Vanjoki also just said that using Android is like peeing in your pants for … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, Anssi Vanjoki, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Twitter, Two turkeys do not make an Eagle, Vic Gundotra
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Is ‘Quadroid’ the new ‘Wintel’?
Quadroid, like Wintel, could pose profit, consolidation challenges for manufacturers Computerworld – “Wintel” is the term that for years defined Windows-based computers running Intel chips. Now a similar expression is emerging for smartphones: “Quadroid.”