Enevo’s services, which involve putting sensors into trash bins to optimize collection times and routes, provide a useful reminder of the potential of the internet of things. Read more »
The HTML5 development firm SC5, which recently took on one of the Bitcoin pioneers as an employee, is now giving its workers the option of taking part of their salaries in the crypto currency. Read more »
Google’ vice president of data centers, Joe Kava, outlines how the search giant’s pursuit of data center designs corresponds nicely to the company’s ten governing rules. Well, almost. Read more »
Most of the affected Nokians are based in Finland, although the company is being vague about the precise proportion. The majority of the posts are being outsourced, but 300 jobs are being cut outright. Read more »
The company has confirmed that the Xpress Browser used on its Asha and Lumia handsets does route HTTPS traffic via its servers, temporarily decrypting it as it does so. However, Nokia maintains that it wouldn’t access complete unencrypted information. Read more »
The Finnish firm’s preliminary results for the fourth quarter of last year show a surprise return to profitability for its Devices & Services division, partly thanks to unexpectedly high Lumia sales. Read more »
A child protection scandal and failure to innovate have left Habbo Hotel — once one of the most popular virtual worlds — reeling. Now with the departure of CEO Paul LaFontaine, it’s feeling increasingly like the Finnish company faces a do or die moment. Read more »
NSN is selling its business support systems (BSS) unit to Redknee for $52 million. NSN has coughed up its wireline, software and support equipment businesses over the last year in its effort to reshape itself as an LTE infrastructure specialist. Read more »
Could a mobile app have rooted out #FakeSandy storm images that ruffled so many feathers? Scoopshot thinks it can, but others say editors must rely on human research to validate UGC photojournalism. Read more at paidContent »
Backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, Futureful is a content discovery tool that’s not dissimilar to StumbleUpon, only more heavily based on semantic tagging and machine learning. It’s due to launch in the U.S. in January. Read more »
The Finnish financial services upstart has pulled in a new round of funding, with serial entrepreneur Thomas Madsen-Mygdal becoming a key backer and board member. Read more »
The online translation service is branching out from its traditional social media and apps territory, with major deals bringing it into the gaming, customer services and blogging sectors. Read more »
Android is taking over in emerging markets such as South-East Asia, but data there remains a pricey proposition. Finnish firm Blaast is teaming up with local operators to fix that situation. Read more »
Been waiting to see what Nokia spinoff Jolla is doing with MeeGo? Here it is, and it’s coming to a phone near you soon – as long as you live in China Read more »
Jobs in traditional industries have been streaming away from Europe for years — and startups now offer the best chance of future employment. But the situation still needs improvement, says the man in charge of Northern Europe’s most high profile accelerator. Read more »
The fund, backed by Microsoft and Nokia, invests in products rather than startups. Early takeup is promising, with Vision+ putting money into three new top-level domains and a fistful of games. Read more »
After the child sex scandal that hit Habbo Hotel earlier this year, owner Sulake hopes to turn it into a platform on which other developers can launch their own games. As part of that shift, up to 60 jobs are set to be cut. Read more »
It’s one thing to try crowdsourced legislation in relatively small, cohesive societies such as those in Finland and Iceland, but a whole different ballgame when you try it on a population of half a billion people. Read more »
Nokia sold a quarter fewer of its flagship smartphones last quarter, as retailers and carriers shied away from Lumia’s current generation, leaving Nokia with €120 million in spare parts. Shifting to new Lumias with the Windows Phone 8 software has hurt any momentum Nokia had. Read more »
TeliaSonera’s revenues and subscriber base aren’t budging, but the Nordic carrier claims its costs are skyrocketing. In an effort to realign its business with new mobile data realities, the carrier said it will lay off 7 percent of its workforce over two years. Read more »
The Nokia spin-off is solidifying its strategy of focusing on China first. The alliance around its mobile OS will be based in Hong Kong and take in major industry players from chipset vendors and OEMs to retailers and operators. Read more »
The Finnish government has approved the technology behind a new ‘Open Ministry’ platform, which will act as a hub for citizens who want new laws voted on in the country’s parliament. But could that work elsewhere? Read more »
The Finnish firm’s founders are moving to New York to cash in on heavy U.S. demand, they say, while also revealing the opening of a Singapore office. Read more »
The Nordics are not immune to the changes buffeting the media industries. Finnish publisher Sanoma is embarking on a restructure involving 880 staff, as it tries to right itself for new realities. Read more at paidContent »
Blaast, which puts a subscription spin on the provision of key apps to low-end phones, has signed up more carrier partners in Asia and is planning a data-frugal app for Android users in developing markets Read more »
Jolla, the mobile startup staffed by former Nokia executives who want to keep the company’s MeeGo software alive, says it will use existing technology to bring in apps from other platforms — including Android. Will it be enough to boost the plucky company’s fortunes? Read more »
Buoyed by better results than expected from its first European foray, Netflix will head north this winter – a move which means it now competes with Lovefilm in a majority of the Amazon brand’s markets. Read more at paidContent »
Europe’s equivalent of Square has been going gangbusters in recent months, but after falling foul of Visa Europe, the company can no longer accept Visa cards in Denmark, Norway and Finland. What nobody is prepared to say is precisely why it’s happening now. Read more »
With billions in losses coming each quarter, it feels as if Nokia’s living on borrowed time. While many people expect Microsoft to step in and purchase the struggling Finnish handset giant, that may be unlikely. So here are five ways it might turn things around. Read more »
It may be the height of summer in Finland, but the view from Nokia chief Stephen Elop’s office window must look pretty dismal right now. Things just keep getting worse for the beleaguered handset maker, which has just announced that it lost $1 billion over the […] Read more »
A new startup is hoping to breathe new life into the MeeGo project let loose by Nokia — just one of a rising number of companies breaking out as the Finnish mobile giant stumbles. That’s what happens when you let 40,000 people go inside two years. Read more »
It looks like the success of Angry Birds is starting to trickle down into the Finnish startup economy, with the news that Rovio chairman Kaj Hed is putting money into local e-commerce and marketing startup Kiosked. Read more »
The idea of third-party services that allow online TV recording may have proved controversial in some quarters, but now a Finnish telco is acquiring just such a thing. Read more at paidContent »
Finnish kids’ virtual world Habbo is being pushed to the brink, after accusations that the site had become a haven for pedophiles led to a second investor pulling out of the business, and British retailers dropping the company’s products. Read more »
Rovio may fancy itself as mobile media’s Disney, but only now is it looking at follow-ups to its Mickey Mouse, Angry Birds, as it goes on talking up a future IPO. Read more at paidContent »
The acq-hire gives image tagging startup ThingLink a solid foothold in the lucrative fashion blogging sector, but the Finnish firm also has another defensive move up its sleeve, according to CEO Ulla Engeström. Read more »
As e-commerce startup Fruugo closes its Helsinki office, its CEO takes a moment to attack the “deliberate negativity” from Finland’s press and entrepreneurs. But with $48m burned and no revenues, perhaps Fruugo should stop laying the blame elsewhere. Read more »
Usually wireless equipment makers like to talk about networks they’re building, but at CTIA Wireless week Nokia Siemens Networks is talking about shutting them down. NSN is showing off a technology at the show that will help operators repurpose their old 2G spectrum for mobile broadband. Read more »
Europe’s buzzing this week, with a range of events that give everyone plenty to sink their teeth into. Here’s our pick of three that you may find interesting or useful. Read more »
After 14 years as the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia has lost the top spot to Korean rival Samsung. The question facing the Finnish company’s bosses now is whether they can ever regain the momentum they’ve lost. Read more »
