Operating Systems

Two Dozen Carriers Worldwide Unite Against Apple’s App Store

Feb 15, 2010 3:31 AM

Two dozen of the world’s largest mobile-phone companies, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T (NYSE: T), NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT), China Mobile and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), are teaming up to create an “open international applications platform,” which is obviously in direct response to Apple’s success with its own…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, DoCoMo, France Telecom, Orange, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, SprintNextel, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone

Nokia’s Low-Key Presence At Trade Show Will Highlight Content, Not Phones

Tricia Duryee

Feb 11, 2010 2:14 PM

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will not be showing off any new phones next week at Mobile World Congress in Spain, but rather will focus on its content and services strategy. Bloomberg quotes an unnamed source as saying it will be the first time in at least a decade that the company…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, E-Mail, GPS Navigation/Maps, Operating Systems, Companies, Nokia

Skype, Netvibes Founders Team To Rival Google OS

Robert Andrews

Jul 10, 2009 4:39 AM

Never mind Chrome OS for now; there are already a host of alternative operating systems out there. One such already going for the hosted apps end is Linux-based Jolicloud - it’s just got $4.2 million in first-round venture funding to take it out of private alpha and to target netbook…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems

Nokia Launches the N97 To Keep Up With The Internet, Google vs Apple vs Nokia Heats Up

Tricia Duryee

Dec 2, 2008 3:15 AM

*Nokia* may be the largest handset maker in the world, but the big question is: will wireless incumbents like Nokia (NYSE: NOK), or newcomers like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), be the ones to thrive in an industry that is increasingly focused on the mobile Internet? Today, Nokia’s…

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