Today brings news of yet another round of capital-intensive cost-cutting for the challenged mobile phone maker Nokia: the company today announced that it would be transferring smartphone assembly from factories in Hungary, Finland and Mexico, and putting the operation in Asia.
Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come?
It’s a little stunning to contemplate how wrong things have gone for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in just the first month of 2012, as the company hopes to put a disastrous January in the rear-view mirror with perhaps another tear-jerking Super Bowl ad this Sunday. Larry Page and Sergey Brin haven’t turned into Jim...
Apple v. Moto In Germany: One iPhone Injunction Ordered, Another One Lifted
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the last 24 hours has been dealt not one but two blows in court cases involving Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and patents in Germany, one involving IP licensing on older iPhone models (not the 4S) and one involving iCloud. However, as the day progressed, an injunction on the...
Europe Wants Google To Freeze Its New Privacy Policy
An influential European privacy body has urged Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to “pause” its new privacy policy due to be implemented in March. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party wrote a letter to Larry Page…
Videoplaza Raises $12 Million For Its Multiscreen Video Ad Platform
The rising popularity of streaming video services is causing a knock-on effect for companies serving ads around that content. And here’s another example of that in action: today UK-based video ad platform Videoplaza is announcing a new $12 million round of funding.
AT&T: The iPhone Was Good, But Not Good Enough To Hold Off A Q4 Loss
A set of quarterly results today from AT&T (NYSE: T) that underscored some of the aftershocks the carrier is feeling in the wake of its failed bid to buy T-Mobile USA. The carrier swung to a loss and failed to meet analysts’ estimates on earnings, partly down to a $4 billion charge it...
Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers
Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile phone users’ telephone numbers to websites they visited via O2’s mobile data network.
YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does
Two contrary advertising watchdog rulings against the same movie company highlight how video advertising to children is handled differently on TV and the web.
Yee-ha! Domain Name Cash Grab Officially Under Way
It’s a wonder they pulled this off. An obscure agency and a number of its former officials are about to get rich by selling new internet names that few want or need.
Is It Legal For Google To Shut Competitors Out Of Social Search?
Twitter and some pundits are crying foul over Google’s decision to exclude certain competitors from its new search and social networking hybrid. But what law says the company has to help its competitors in the first place?
Apple E-book Conspiracy Case To Turn On ‘Most Favored Nation’ Clause
Recent interviews shed light on how the antitrust cases against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and book publishers will unfold. The e-book controversy will not turn directly on commission-style pricing, but instead on a form of contract that allows a retailer to get preferential treatment.
Why The Canadian Government Wouldn’t Block A RIM Takeover
Investors have been praying that an outside company will step in to catch the falling knife known as Research In Motion. But last week an influential publication threw cold water on those hopes, citing high hurdles to any potential takeover of the fading BlackBerry-maker.
