Uber teams up with Baidu to strengthen Nokia’s HERE Maps bid

Uber is among a number of other tech giants that are vouching for a hot property that is Nokia’s HERE Maps. The on demand taxi hailing service has now joined hands with Chinese Internet services giant Baidu and Apax Partners for the same.

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Three-big German auto makers wants to buy Nokia’s Here mapping unit: WSJ

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So ‘Here’ it is. Now the three biggest German auto makers along with China’s Baidu are looking to purchase Nokia’s Here mapping unit, just like the tech giants – Google, Apple, and Facebook. Continue reading “Three-big German auto makers wants to buy Nokia’s Here mapping unit: WSJ”

An Interview with Chris Weber, CVP – Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft

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On Tuesday, the world’s first rebranded Microsoft Priority Reseller Store was inaugurated in India by Chris Weber (Corporate VP, Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft), and we got hold of the man for more information about this transition and his/ Microsoft’s thoughts on the overall boom in smartphone/ Android market. Continue reading “An Interview with Chris Weber, CVP – Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft”

World’s first Microsoft Priority Store opened in India

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Microsoft has begun the transition of Nokia branded stores to Microsoft ones. The world’s first Microsoft Priority Reseller Store was opened today at Ambience Mall in Gurgaon, India by Mr Chris Weber (Corporate VP, Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft).

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Nokia Set to Make Its Return to the Phone Market in 2016

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Nokia is planning to re-enter the consumer phone market in the year 2016. It also plans to invest in a number of other technological projects such as the virtual reality space.

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Microsoft replaces Nokia Store by Opera Mobile Store on Nokia devices

Opera Mobile Store will replace Nokia Store as the default app store for Nokia feature phones, Symbian and Nokia X smartphones, following an agreement between Opera Software and Microsoft.

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Nokia hints at a new product, teases that it is “up to something”

Nokia has a new product under its sleeve that will be revealed today. The Microsoft owned company has teased the launch of the new product via photo that boasts of a black box.

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Samsung claims Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition violated their deal

Samsung is claiming that Microsoft has violated the deal between the two after it completed the Nokia acquisition earlier this year, as per the latest report from Reuters. The South Korean electronic giant is hence defending its action of not paying the royalties to Microsoft as the Nokia deal makes the software giant a direct hardware competitor.

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