Tag: WINDOWS PHONE 7

Looks like some Nokia employees -- specifically those that work specifically on the now-dead Symbian platform -- are not particularly happy about the switch to Windows Phone 7. Over 1,000 employees at the company's Tampere and Oulu offices in Finland decided to use their flextime to leave work early today in protest of the move. Maybe they'll use the time to bone up on their Windows Phone ...

It's no secret that Nokia has been in trouble for some time -- especially in the U.S. market, where Symbian (its smartphone OS of choice) just didn't enjoy the same success that it did in Europe. The problem has only gotten worse with the advent of Android and iOS, truly modern smartphone operating systems that make Symbian look like a quaint mess from a bygone era. MeeGo, a project that saw ...

As part of Monday's Windows Phone 7 launch, Katy Perry brought her Candy-Land-porno burlesque to the Roseland Ballroom in New York. You couldn't have marched us there with a shotgun in our backs -- Microsoft even refused to dole out free hooch! A bunch of dead-sober adults forced to watch to Perry lip-sync 'California Gurls' with no Snoop Dogg in tow? No wonder Microsoft only sold 40,000 units. ...

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Megan Scheminske's 'You Are Here' series of paintings adopts the Google Maps aesthetic to illustrate locations from Davenport, Washington to Medway, Massachusetts. [From: Megan Scheminske] If early reports are any indication, 'Angry Birds' costumes may be this year's biggest ...

The Xbox 360 dashboard is due for a major overhaul any day now, but Xbox.com will be getting the first facelift, going live tomorrow. The new Xbox.com will feature a major redesign, with streamlined search and messaging tools, as well as a new family reporting feature for keeping tabs on your kids' (or parents') gaming habits. But, more importantly, you'll find a web-based avatar editor and web ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The classic NES console gets the wooden sculpture treatment. [From: Technabob] The Web's favorite Taiwanese news source has animated the iPhone 4 saga, from the ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Facebook garners constant criticism for various privacy issues, but the FTC just publicly reprimanded and punished Twitter for a lackadaisical approach toward security. Twitter's flaws resulted in hacks on both celebrity and employee accounts, prompting the FTC to forbid Twitter from "misleading consumers" about privacy protection ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... ChatRoulette, the spontaneous online video interaction service, has exploded in popularity but has also given rise to an epidemic of exaggeration and hyperbole. Worried that children will be exposed to sexual deviants, various organizations are labeling the site as a "predator's paradise." But, there's one easy solution to that ...