Laid-off by Microsoft, some ex-Nokia employees may be back home in Jolla, Nokia
Jolla has expressed interest in hiring ex-Nokia employees laid-off by Microsoft in its infamous "Summer cleaning". Jolla's top management and most of the workforce have similar ex-Nokia background and it will be a really welcome move. "What comes to the Microsoft job cuts: majority of...
Lumia 730 to have a Dual-Sim variant. Official looking Orange color render leaked in China
We talked about probable specs of Lumia 730 and Lumia 830 and compared them to see how they are different.
We know one more feature of Lumia 730 now, if the above leaked image has to be taken into account. It looks part of official...
Lumia 730 vs Lumia 830. What makes them different?
We have reported about two mid-ranger ( Lumia 720 successors) coming in August-September time-frame and now we have seen them getting leaked in real-life images too. You can read more about Lumia 830 and Lumia 730 real-life image leaks by clicking on the...
More than 300,000 apps in the Windows Phone store. App momentum getting stronger?
Windows Phone as a platform is receiving new features and changes closing the gap with other two major platforms and even overtaking them with the update momentum. Windows Phone 8.1 is already rolling out and we ( a sizeable number ) already playing with...
Nokia confirms hiring for “New consumer Product Businesses”. Validates what we reported.
We has earlier reported about "Nokia planning many consumer devices and that it may actively seek acquisitions for its new products". Many new Nokia job openings mostly located in "Sunnyvale" confirm what we reported and the excitement amongst the Tech media has made Nokia...
Windows Phone 8.1 update 1 (GDR1) Installation experience and what has changed
So, Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 update has been pushed today to all the devices with "Developers Preview" enabled and the great part about this update is that there is no waiting list and all the devices get it simultaneously.
Have a look at the installation...
Evleaks (Evan Blass) announces retirement in a surprise move!
A very surprising move by perhaps the most notorious Tech leaksters ever. Evan Blass, the man behind @evleaks has first changed the account user name to "Evan Blass" and now has announced retirement all of a sudden. His Tweet reads, All good things must come...
Nokia (Microsoft Mobile) sold 633,720 smartphones in India to claim 5th rank in Q2, 2014
A report for Q2, 2014 from Canalys gives 5th Vendor rank to Nokia ( Microsoft Mobile) in Indian market. According to the report, Nokia sold 633,720 smartphones during the three month period from April to June.
This marks a growth QoQ, as in Q1, Nokia...
KWP June report: Windows Phone makes a small comeback in Europe
Latest Kantar Worldpanel's report for three months ending June 2014 shows a bit of comeback for Windows Phone in its relatively stronger Europe market. After losing market share for consecutive months, it is on the way up and holds a 8.8% market share in...
Is “resuming” issue with Live Lock Screen device-specific? Fixing the resuming issue
Microsoft has released lock screen app "Live Lock Screen" Beta and while it has seen huge number of downloads, many of you have reported issues of screen getting stuck at 'resuming' for up to 7 secs.
Now, I don't think this this stuck-screen issue is...
HERE CEO: Will launch consumer services for iOS & Android. Wants to be the Location Cloud company
We first heard it from our sources. Then some job postings confirmed that HERE apps suite may be coming to iOS and Android. Even, Nokia CEO Suri confirmed that HERE Maps is coming to all major platforms.
Now, HERE CEO Michael Halbherr has to add more!!...
AT&T not rolling Lumia Cyan to Lumia 1520 with dev preview. Why it is wiser to wait than roll back?
Seems, AT&T which has started releasing Lumia cyan to Lumia 1520 in US is still not making it available to Lumia 1520 with Dev Preview. That may be due to the known issue of Devices running Dev Preview and BitLocker encryption, where you need...