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Nokia gears up to make a comeback in mobile market

by Jussi Rosendahl |Aug 10, 2015

Once the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, the Finnish firm was wrongfooted by the rise of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple and Samsung. It sold its handset business to Microsoft in late 2013 a...

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Apple denies plan to sell mobile services directly to consumers

by Eric Auchard |Aug 5, 2015

There were reports that the company was testing a so-called MVNO service in the US, which would involve it renting capacity from network operators to sign up customers to its own phone and data plans.

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Apple reportedly learning to make self-driving electric car

by Eric Auchard |Feb 16, 2015

Apple is exploring how to make an entire vehicle, not just designing automotive software or individual components, an automotive source familiar with the talks said.

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IBM says Forbes report of massive layoffs is inaccurate

by Bill Rigby |Jan 27, 2015

IBM did not issue a categorical denial of the report, but strongly suggested it was inaccurate saying, "IBM does not comment on rumors, even ridiculous or baseless ones."

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Google News to shut in Spain on December 16 over new publishing rights law

by Eric Auchard |Dec 11, 2014

The search giant said it is "with real sadness" that it will remove Spanish publishers from Google News and shut down its service in Spain on December 16.

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri speaks during a news conference to announce its first quarter earnings in Espoo April 29, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)

Our brand will return to consumer world, says Nokia CEO

by Eric Auchard |Nov 15, 2014

CEO Rajeev Suri told investors in London that his company will look to licensing the brand name to other firms rather than starting up a new handset business itself.

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Facebook website suffers brief outage, returns to service

by Supriya Kurane |Jun 19, 2014

The cause of the outage was not immediately known. Its exact duration could not be confirmed but service was restored in less than an hour.