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Nokia-Microsoft: What Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop Have to Say in Their Joint Letter
Now it’s even more official, with a joint letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop outlining the details of the partnership, which will see the Finnish cell phone maker adopting Windows Phone as its “primary smartphone strategy.”
Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership With YouTube Video
Nokia’s official announcement is due any minute, but it has confirmed its plans to partner with Microsoft in a video posted on YouTube. Irony alert: YouTube is owned by Nokia beauty contest loser Google.
Gawker's Nick Denton: See, You Ingrates? This Is What We're Trying to Do (Video)
The Blog King doesn’t want to be the Blog King: He wants his sites to be as compelling as TV. Here’s his promo reel.
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Groupon Adds Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to Board
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is joining Groupon’s board of directors to contribute his brand experience to the two-year-old daily deals company, according to the company’s blog. In addition, Schultz’s venture capital firm, Maveron, is investing an undisclosed amount of money, TechFlash reports. The funding is part of Groupon’s most recent round, which was close to $1 billion. Schultz’s expertise may come in handy, especially given Groupon’s recent Super Bowl hiccup. The pair is a good match, considering Groupon’s next-closest rival, LivingSocial, has teamed up with retail giant Amazon.com.News Byte
Cisco Consumer Unit Head Jonathan Kaplan to Leave
Cisco Systems announced that Jonathan Kaplan, SVP and GM of its consumer products unit and the former CEO of Pure Digital, the company behind the Flip line of digital video cameras, is leaving the company. The Consumer Business Group will now report to Marthin De Beer, who also heads the TelePresence and Emerging Technologies groups. The move comes a day after Cisco reported earnings that beat the expectations of analysts, but which included a disappointing forecast that sent Cisco shares down by more than 14 percent today.Mobilized Hits London: Blogging on the Wrong Side of the Road
Ahead of Nokia’s big meeting on Friday, Mobilized took some time to see (and photograph) some of the sights of London, including King’s Cross Station, a mobile phone shop and the Apple Store.
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Apple Working on iPhone Nano?
Apple is reportedly working on another new iPhone–a smaller device designed to compete with the proliferation of cheaper smartphones running Android. Sources who’ve seen a prototype of this iPhone…Nano tell Bloomberg that it’s about one-third smaller than the iPhone 4 and that Apple is considering selling it for about $200, off contract thanks to a Universal SIM–if it decides to release it at all.Voices
Super Bowl Tweets Didn't Focus on Football
Twitter may be a great way to measure buzz, but what gets buzz might be less easy to direct. Take last Sunday’ Super Bowl, for instance. According to the official Twitter blog, users generated more tweets per second during the game (4,064) than during any other sporting event–topping the old record set during the 2010 summer World Cup.
Obama's Wireless Broadband Plan: 98 Percent or Bust
The president outlines how he thinks the country might pay to cover nearly all of the country with a high-speed wireless network.
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