ExclusiveNokia taking over Symbian development, leaving the Foundation to handle licensing News Mark - November 8, 2010 Nokia and Symbian have issued a statement that emphasises Nokia's commitment to Symbian – but will see the non-profit Symbian Foundation shrinking to just handing software licensing and other intellectual property responsibilities. In future, Nokia will "make the future development of the Symbian platform available to the ecosystem via an alternative direct and open model."
ExclusiveMicrosoft CEO sells around 12% of his shares News Mark - November 8, 2010 Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer sold over 49 million of his Microsoft shares at the end of last week; shares worth a total of $1.335 billion. This leaves him with over 358 million shares in Microsoft, which represents around 4.2% of the company.
ExclusiveEC 'MOSQUITO' research project aims to encourage cross-platform mobile apps News Mark - November 7, 2010 The European Commission has launched a 700,000 Euro app-related research project called MOSQUITO (MObile software and services, Standardisation, QUality, Interoperability, Testing, Open source).
ExclusiveQualcomm reveals quarterly results with revenue up 10% News Mark - November 7, 2010 Qualcomm has announced quarterly results for the period ending 26th September 2010; the fourth quarter of its financial year. Quarterly revenue was up 10% year-on-year (and up 9% on the previous quarter) to $2.95 billion.
ExclusiveGoogle Instant predictive search now available on smartphones in the USA News Mark - November 7, 2010 The Google Instant 'search-as-you-type' service that was launched in September on Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer browsers is now available on smartphones as well.