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Microsoft to acquire Nokia's devices & services business, license Nokia's patents and mapping services — Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors for both companies have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially …
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| The Official Microsoft Blog: |
The Next Chapter: An open letter from Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop — Microsoft to acquire Nokia Devices & Services, accelerating the Windows ecosystem — Nokia and Microsoft have always dreamed big - we dreamed of putting a computer on every desk, and a mobile phone in every pocket …
| Microsoft: |
Steve Ballmer email to Microsoft employees on Nokia Devices & Services acquisition — We announced some exciting news today: We have entered into an agreement to purchase Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes their smartphone and mobile phone businesses, their award-winning design team …
| Nokia: |
Nokia to sell Devices & Services business to Microsoft in EUR 5.44 billion all-cash transaction — Transaction expected to be significantly accretive to Nokia earnings. — Nokia continues to develop, and sees significant value in, advanced technologies, its patent portfolio and Nokia brand.
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop stepping down ahead of transition to Microsoft — Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices & Services business has more implications for Nokia than you might suspect at first glance. In the wake of the deal, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is stepping down to become …
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Verizon Reaches Agreement to Acquire Vodafone's 45 Percent Interest in Verizon Wireless for $130 Billion — Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vodafone Group Plc (London, Nasdaq: VOD) to acquire Vodafone's U.S. group …
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| Bloomberg: |
Verizon Doubles Down on U.S. as AT&T Seeks a Hedge in Europe — Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)'s decision to buy out its wireless partner for $130 billion is a bet that the U.S. mobile-phone market still has room to expand even as competition intensifies and smartphone demand slows.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android — Android 4.3 was released to Nexus devices a little over a month ago, but, as is usual with Android updates, it's taking much longer to roll out the general public. Right now, a little over six percent of Android users have the latest version.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Handshake Is A Personal Data Marketplace Where Users Get Paid To Sell Their Own Data — They don't go around shouting about it but most Internet companies make money off user data — either by selling the specifics of individuals' digital activity to interested companies …
Tweets: @rock_health, @lennyism, @data_nerd and @competia
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
CBS and Time Warner Cable reach deal, finally end month-long blackout — CBS channels have been missing from Time Warner Cable for a full month now, but the companies have finally solidified a deal. In a press release, the companies report that they've reached a retransmission agreement …
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Nintendo in Crisis — When Apple was on the ropes sixteen years ago, there was no shortage of advice about what the company should do to save itself, much of it fueled by a deep love for Apple's products. It takes a diehard Apple fanatic to create something like the iconic “Pray” …
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Marco.org, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, Daring Fireball and iMore. Tweets: @codinghorror
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Photos claim to show ‘iPhone 5C’ packaging, color-matched wallpapers — As Apple's September 10th iPhone event approaches, a few new photos claiming to show packaged “iPhone 5Cs” and accompanying materials have surfaced online. The first photo comes from website iApps.im …
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