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Nokia’s Borked Q2 Charts Make Yahoo’s Borked Q2 Charts Look Fantastic!

Kara Swisher in Mobile on July 21, 2011 at 8:18 am PT

If the charts for Nokia’s second quarter results had any more minuses, it would start to look like a crime scene for an unfortunate knifing victim on “Law and Order.” Doink-doink.

Nokia’s Stephen Elop Jumps Off Burning Platform Onto D9 Hot Seat: The Full Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in D9 on July 3, 2011 at 6:02 am PT

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has not had the best of times since he left a top job at Microsoft to take over the reins of the Finnish mobile giant. What with layoffs, executive shakeups, an earnings scare and stock drops, along with a need to completely rehaul its offerings, he’s had a lot to wrangle with.

Nokia's Stephen Elop Didn't Start the Fire–But His "Burning Platform" Certainly Lights One

Kara Swisher in News on February 9, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Memo to tech CEOs everywhere: Now that’s how to write an internal memo. That would be the 1,300-word one that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop apparently penned for employees at the Finnish telecom giant, which inevitably leaked to the media. In it, he uses the harsh but cogent metaphor of a burning oil platform to take a bracing opening shot at turning around Nokia.

Apple Vs. Nokia: The Battle of Britain II

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 20, 2011 at 7:19 am PT

Another blow landed in the Apple-Nokia patent punch-up. Apple on Tuesday sued Nokia in the High Court in London seeking to invalidate one of the patents at issue between the companies. This particular one covers touchscreen scrolling and is one of a number of patents Nokia has accused Apple of infringing.

Nokia, Silicon Valley Giant?

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 17, 2010 at 5:20 am PT

When one thinks of Silicon Valley tech companies, Nokia is hardly a name that comes to mind. But the company has amassed a decent presence in the Valley, with about 500 people working on everything from research to inking deals with Web giants to building the features that the company hopes will someday soon return it to the forefront of the smartphone market.

Nokia Stops Christmas From Coming

John Paczkowski in News on December 14, 2010 at 10:03 am PT

A colder, more brutal winter than usual for Nokia’s Finnish workforce. The company is sacking 800 employees in its home market.

Nokia's Go-It-Alone Strategy

Christopher Lawton, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 16, 2010 at 3:15 pm PT

Stephen Elop’s first major decision as Nokia Corp.’s new chief executive could prove the most critical to the cellphone giant’s future: to continue with a go-it-alone strategy for operating systems rather than adopt Google Inc.’s Android.

[UPDATED] The Next Deal in Online Gaming? Sources Say Angry Birds Publisher Chillingo Could Be Next in the Hand.

Kara Swisher in News on October 20, 2010 at 2:46 am PT

The online and mobile gaming sector has been a hotbed of deal activity over the the last year, from Playdom to Playfish to, most recently, Ngmoco. So what’s the next to go? Several sources said that U.K.-based Chillingo, arguably the hottest downloadable game publisher–mostly via apps for the Apple iPhone and iPad–is close to a sale to a bigger company. The likely acquirer: EA.

Meet Nokia's New CEO: Elop's BoomTown Video (Plus His Vision Quest)!

Kara Swisher in News on September 10, 2010 at 9:21 am PT

Just as the chickens always come home to roost, BoomTown always has a video ferreted away of someone who makes it to the bigs. In this case, here is a video interview I did in April of 2009 with new Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, just a year after he had taken over as president of Microsoft’s Business Division.

ITC Investigating Nokia Over Apple Patent Complaints and Vice Versa

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 22, 2010 at 7:42 am PT

The U.S. International Trade Commission, which in December launched an investigation against Apple at Nokia’s behest, has now agreed to launch a separate investigation against Nokia at Apple’s behest. Requested after Nokia accused Apple of unfairly benefiting from its wireless technology, the investigation will seek to determine whether the Finnish cellphone giant has violated 13 Apple patents and tried to copy the iPhone to maintain its status in the industry.