Considering all the issues and upheavals that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has had in its core business of mobile phones—what with the declining market share, abandoned operating systems, and subsequent switch to a once-competing-but-equally-struggling platform—it’s no surprise that tablets have been absent from the company’s device line-up. Now, it looks like…

Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inking a deal with Samsung to preload access to Yandex on its line of connected TVs as well as its bada-powered feature phones distributed in Russia and other…

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has made no secret of its interest to be a more central player in the mobile space and now it’s showing us the money, too. The company has announced that it is buying Israel-based mapping and location-based services company Telmap. The move comes as there are signs…

Yesterday, we wrote that Intel was reportedly looking to take its MeeGo OS project into a new stage of collaboration post-Nokia’s move to Windows Phone, by partnering with the folks behind the Limo Foundation—namely Samsung, its most prominent member. Today, we now know what that new venture will be called:…

If the rankings you see of most popular apps—and the IPO filing from mobile and social gaming giant Zynga and Tapjoy‘s recent $30 million round—didn’t already tell the story for you, Nielsen has spelled it out a bit more: games are the most popular category for mobile content. Figures released…

If you can’t quite understand why it is that Symbian is still continuing to occupy a strong position in the overall worldwide smartphone market rankings—despite all of Nokia’s problems, and despite its near absence in particular markets like the U.S.—look no further than Spain.

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference just wrapped up, having confirmed some surprises and not-so surprises. As expected, the company unveiled its new OS X Lion, new iOS 5 and iCloud. Read our coverage for the full details below (and sift through our WWDC archive). View the keynote on Apple.com.

Well, at least some of the speculation is now officially over: today Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced that it will be kicking off its annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference next week with details not only about its new operating systems for iOS and Mac, but—for the first time—it has also confirmed that…

Lodsys, the company that has made legal threats against a number of independent iOS developers around their implementation of payments services for their apps, has now published some questions and answers with more info for those interested. Meanwhile, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has still not made any public statements related to…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is still a ways behind companies like Samsung and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) when it comes to overall mobile market share, but it’s a veritable juggernaut when it comes to market cap, and so too, it seems, when it comes to brand value: the company today got named…

You could see this one coming from a mile away: Samsung has struck back against Apple’s patent lawsuit against it with a few of its own. The Korean mobile device maker is now taking the fight international with complaints filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany, alleging that Apple (NSDQ:…

A footnote to the news that Symbian has been taken under Nokia’s control: come December 17, all of the websites run by the Symbian Foundation, including its blogs, and possibly also its Twitter feed and Facebook page, will be shut down, as the group winds down its day-to-day operations and…

On Anssi Vanjoki’s second day as Nokia’s head of mobile solutions, he admits it will be no small task to ensure that the largest handset maker in the world stays on top. On the company’s blog, he tries hard to demonstrate Nokia’s commitment to the turnaround. He notes that he’s…

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) held its annual meeting today, and despite hearing increasing buzz from investors that a leadership change is in order, the handset-maker’s executive team appears to be intact and that the board is on the same page with the company’s strategy. The company’s stock fell 45 cents, or…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is announcing today the latest version of the iPhone operating system, which will come with at least 100 new features, like five times zoom in the camera. But Steve Jobs says there’s seven major updates coming today. Here’s the list in real-time: 1. Multi-tasking: This is the…

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…

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…

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…

*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…