Espoo

I Went to Espoo, Finland, and All I Got Was This Angry Birds T-Shirt (And Plush Toy, And …)

Ina Fried in Commerce on March 8 at 4:00 pm PT

AllThingsD stopped by Rovio’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, last month, to get a gander at where those Angry Birds hang out.

Nokia’s Challenges: One Cabbie’s Perspective

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 24 at 11:30 am PT

Veteran cab driver Mika Saaristo illustrates the uphill battle facing Nokia, given his experiences as both a cellphone consumer and one who shuttles international visitors to meet company execs.

At Nokia, a Stroll Down Cellular Memory Lane

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 24 at 9:34 am PT

Return with us now to the cellular hits of yesteryear, preserved at Nokia headquarters in Espoo, Finland.

How the Angry Birds Almost Died Before the First Level

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 23 at 1:01 pm PT

Rovio CEO Mikael Hed recalls how his father mortgaged his grandparents’ home to fund the game’s development.

From the Land of Angry Birds, Nokia and Linus Torvalds

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 21 at 1:14 pm PT

Ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress, AllThingsD’s Ina Fried travels to Finland to check in on Nokia and Rovio.

Exclusive: Nokia’s Stephen Elop Talks About How He Made His Big OS Decision

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 10, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

In an interview, Nokia’s chief executive talks about the factors that went into choosing among three possibilities for its high-end smartphone business–sticking with plans to develop around MeeGo, shifting to Android or adopting Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

Mobilized Offers Some New Year’s Resolutions for the Mobile Industry

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 28, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

While I’m not privy to their actual New Year’s resolutons, here’s my list of what I imagine is making the lists in Cupertino, Espoo, Mountain View, Redmond, Seoul and elsewhere.