When you think
of the mobile maker's name, you think of old - style smartphones equipped with tiny QWERTY keys.
Not exact matches
Reflective
of Far Eastern companies facing roadblocks in reaching the U.S. market, Chinese
mobile maker Huawei has faced troubles in the U.S. recently as a deal for it to sell its Mate 10 Pro smartphone collapsed.
The
maker of Angry Birds, a
mobile game that was a sensation four years ago — announced it's laying off 110 jobs, or 14 %
of its staff.
• Rovio, the Finnish
mobile gaming studio and
maker of the Angry Birds game, has set a price range for its IPO.
Pao is on the board
of three Kleiner - backed startups, including Flipboard, a hot
maker of software for reading content on smartphones and tablets — one
of Kleiner's highest - profile bets on
mobile and social apps.
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.
Apple Inc., the
maker of iPhones and iPads, will introduce software improvements for its computer and
mobile devices as well as reveal new updates, including the introduction
of a revamped streaming music service.
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump scuppered Broadcom's attempt to buy
mobile chip
maker Qualcomm, and the Department
of Justice is suing to stop AT&T's proposed acquisition
of Time Warner.
United Luck Consortium has purchased Outfit7, the
maker of the wildly popular Talking Tom
mobile app, for $ 1 billion.
Video game
maker Activision Blizzard announced on Monday plans buy «Candy Crush Saga» creator King Digital Entertainment for $ 5.9 billion, Reuters reported, as the heavyweight
of console and PC gaming makes a major push into the faster - growing
mobile market.
In June, Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest gaming group, agreed to buy a majority stake in Clash
of Clans
mobile game
maker Supercell from SoftBank Group Corp in an $ 8.6 billion deal.
On the heels
of rival diabetes drug
maker Novo Nordisk's announcement that it will limit branded drug price hikes to the single digits going forward, U.S. pharma giant Eli Lilly announced Tuesday that it is partnering with benefits manager Express Scripts and a
mobile health platform hosted by Blink Health to slash patients» insulin costs.
-- Tim Chatfield, co-founder and CEO
of Jitjatjo,
maker of an intelligently matched temporary staffing
mobile app
Qualcomm is broadening the use
of a lower - cost licensing model for the next generation
of mobile data networks, a move that could help in contentious talks with two customers including iPhone
maker Apple.
Eeyo, the
maker of Adblock Plus, just announced a new ad - free
mobile browser for Android users downloadable from the Android Play Store, while another Israeli company called Shine is currently testing
mobile ad blocking for several unnamed
mobile carriers in Europe.
In fact, the Finnish company is the largest
maker of mobile devices in the world.
Professional photographer Allan Shoemake is the co-founder
of LuMee, the
maker of a popular
mobile phone case with front - facing LED lights.
The troubled
mobile maker has accepted a $ 9 - a-share offer from Fairfax Financial Holdings, which already owns 10 percent
of BlackBerry's shares.
What will the long - term impact be on the other handset
makers, especially Motorola Mobility (MMI), which has said its
mobile handset unit will face pressure from the arrival
of high - profile competition in the first quarter.
Sinan Eren, vice president
of Czech anti-virus software
maker Avast, called on
mobile software
makers Apple and Google to supply security firms with privileged access to their devices to offer immediate fixes to known bugs.
Struggling
mobile device
maker Nokia suffered another blow Thursday when its chief technology officer, Richard Green, took a leave
of absence after just one year at the company.
RIM's acquisition last summer
of Torch
Mobile,
makers of a promising browser based on the fast WebKit engine, suggests it will boast a top - line web capability.
• Docady, an Israel - based
maker of a
mobile app for critical document access and management, has raised $ 1.5 million in seed funding from backers like Pitango Venture Capital, Disrupt - ive and Eilon Tirosh.
Troubled
mobile maker BlackBerry, which just inked a deal to go private, made the bizarre move
of adding a huge private jet to its fleet two months ago.
Ergonomists at Steelcase, the world's largest
maker and supplier
of office furniture, say some employers are already shifting to a more
mobile workplace to address the too - much - sitting issue.
The
Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona, and there have already been a slew
of product announcements from the world's biggest phone
makers.
The
maker of keyless entry,
mobile payment, automotive micro-controllers, sensors and other technologies has little product overlap with Qualcomm cellular technologies.
• Unilever (LSE: ULVR) has agreed to acquire Blueair, a Sweden - based
maker of mobile indoor air purification technologies.
Sticking to Asian companies and the
mobile market, Chinese phone
maker Xiaomi filed to go public in Hong Kong and raise up to $ 10 billion, which would easily rank as the largest initial public offering
of the year and third all - time among tech companies, trailing only Alibaba and Facebook.
Once the world's biggest
maker of mobile phones, the Finnish firm was wrongfooted by the rise
of smartphones and eclipsed by Apple (AAPL.O) and Samsung (005930.
The news is the latest chapter in how Finland's Nokia, once the world's biggest
mobile phone
maker, has continued to struggle to find ways to forge ahead in using some
of its extensive IP to dive into the consumer market.
Nokia's history as the world's biggest
mobile phone
maker is becoming a distant memory, but it's not out
of the gadget business just yet.
Speaking at a CES 2018 event, president
of Samsung's
mobile business DJ Koh said the South Korean phone
maker is set to use this year's event to announce the new Samsung Galaxy S9.
Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO / CFO
of Appcelerator, the
maker of the leading cross-platform
mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway.
Speaking at a CES 2018 event a couple
of weeks ago, president
of Samsung's
mobile business DJ Koh said the South Korean phone maker was set to use this year's Mobile World Congress expo to announce the new Samsung Gala
mobile business DJ Koh said the South Korean phone
maker was set to use this year's
Mobile World Congress expo to announce the new Samsung Gala
Mobile World Congress expo to announce the new Samsung Galaxy S9.
The announcement came just a week after Samsung SDI, South Korea's leading battery
maker, unveiled plans to recycle cobalt from used
mobile phones and develop lithium - ion batteries with minimum content
of the metal, or no cobalt at all, as a way to offset soaring prices for the silver - grey commodity.
Most
of China's tech giants, including instant messaging and gaming company Tencent,
mobile handset
maker Xiaomi, portal and microblogging giant Sina, and the country's video streaming sites YoukuTudou, iQiyi, and LeTV, all have rushed into the rapidly growing space, joining upstarts such as Panda TV, an e-sports streaming app owned by Wang Sicong, the son
of Wang Jianlin, China's richest man, a real estate mogul with aspirations in media and entertainment.
Paige Craig, currently the most prolific, under - dressed, and most eligible angel in Los Angeles, sourced a hot, young startup called Gendai Games (
makers of GameSalad — a platform for rapid development
of mobile games).
GICS is set to undergo a major shift with the introduction
of the communications services sector, which will encompass not just telecom companies, but internet media companies,
mobile gaming app
makers, online streaming services, search engines, social media platforms and more.
Intuit, the
maker of widely - used QuickBooks accounting software and the
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There was even talk
of Google potentially bidding on BlackBerry
maker Research In Motion, which holds 3,134 patents and patent applications for
mobile devices.
This «full package»
of autonomous technologies could then be sold to car
makers that want to create and then alter their own offerings, in a manner not unlike how Google launched its Android efforts with both
mobile software and hardware.
Early today, Google dropped a bombshell on the technology industry with its announcement that it will buy
mobile handset
maker Motorola for $ 40 a share, a 63 percent premium over the closing price
of Motorola Mobility on Friday.
Motorola, which has been in existence for 80 years, is one
of the oldest
mobile phone
makers on the market.
Public market investors may finally get a chance to get their hands on an up - and - coming technology stock in the proposed initial public offering
of web and
mobile applications tools
maker Twilio Inc..
Chinese smartphone
maker Xiaomi on Aug. 25 jointly announced the launch
of a new phone with China
Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator by subscr
Mobile, the country's largest
mobile operator by subscr
mobile operator by subscribers.
That's because
mobile game
makers often struggle to replicate the success
of initial blockbusters.
With Knowles, a supplier
of acoustic solutions to
mobile phone
makers and hearing aid manufacturers, we didn't buy the shares on the open market, but rather received them through a tax - free spinoff from longtime Oakmark Equity and Income Fund holding Dover Corporation.
China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended production in an effort to shore up plunging prices
of the materials used by
makers of mobile phones and other high - tech products.
China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended output in an effort to shore up slumping prices
of the materials used by
makers of mobile phones and other high - tech products.