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Nokia Targets Apple with Anti-iPhone Ads

Campaign blasts recent update that shut down modified handsets

(Newser) - Nokia, seeing Apple vulnerable on the issue of iPhone mods, is throwing down the gauntlet in a new ad campaign proclaiming its N95 phone "open to anything," and recommending that users "load it up" with third-party apps and mods. The ads respond to Apple's draconian iPhone update,...

Nokia Buys Map Software Firm
Nokia Buys Map Software Firm

Nokia Buys Map Software Firm

Deal seen as move to boost use, fend off iPhone with more location-based services

(Newser) - Nokia announced it would buy Navteq, a mapping and navigation software maker, for $8.1 billion, the New York Times reports. Nokia is trying to bring mapping and other location-based services to cellphones in an attempt to combat sliding sales from handset market saturation and compete with Apple's iPhone, which...

21 Gadgets for the Green Home
21 Gadgets for the Green Home

21 Gadgets for the Green Home

Watch out evil polluters! These hot new devices are mean, lean and very, very green

(Newser) - Companies are zeroing in on the emerging eco-market with painfully cool items like a battery-powered scooter from Vectrix, wind-powered tiki torches from Demakersvan, and speakers made from recycled whiskey barrels by Pioneer Electronics. Popular Science's photo montage of the latest in green technology shows that hip and hippie need no...

Techs Lead Mega Stock Rally
Techs Lead Mega Stock Rally

Techs Lead Mega Stock Rally

(Newser) - The Nasdaq added 2.5% of its value, or 62.52 points, to close at 2563.16, its biggest gain of the year. Techs were up across the board, after hard-disk manufacturer Seagate announced better-than-expected profits and outlook, and Apple hinted at a new line of iPods. Nokia and Intel...

Nokia Sees Boom in 2nd Quarter
Nokia Sees Boom in 2nd Quarter

Nokia Sees Boom in 2nd Quarter

Phone giant steals share from Motorola

(Newser) - Cellphone leader Nokia’s sales rose 29% in the second quarter, the most in five quarters, and its profit more than doubled as it stole market share from Motorola, Bloomberg reports. The Finnish company’s stock hit a 5-year high today as shares jumped 9.3% to 22.50 euros.

New Music Service Takes on iPhone
New Music Service Takes on iPhone

New Music Service Takes on iPhone

Wireless companies, music labels enter cell phone media market

(Newser) - Top music labels and wireless providers have launched a new service across the Atlantic, in a bid to undercut the momentously hyped iPhone, Apple's upcoming phone-cum-mp3. MusicStation will be available in Europe and Asia imminently, and lets users tap into a catalog of over a million songs from their cell...

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