A new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro has arrived with a removable battery and a rugged design that will take on almost anything you throw at it
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Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro with removable battery is silently released
A new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro has arrived with a removable battery and a rugged design that will take on almost anything you throw at it
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Finland increases stake in Nokia by $1 billion
The government investing arm, Solidium, has increased its stake in the domestically-based company to 3.3 percent and could look for more.
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Turing Robotic Industries now in bankruptcy
The company insists it is not actually bankruptcy, but is dealing with high rent at its premises. It has a spotty track record in delivering its ambitious products to customers.
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Nokia 8 sales could start in Europe on July 31
The phone has been talked about as the Nokia 9, but it still represents Nokia's attempt at breaching the top tier of smartphones.
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Jolla’s Sailfish OS certified by Russian government, looks for wide distribution
Finnish-based Jolla failed to proliferate its consumer-side products with the help of its fans, but it still believes that its Sailfish OS serves as an important business-focused alternative to this world of AndroiOS. It might prove important to Russia’s mobile software environment in the next decade.
Regulators controlling the Unified Register of Russian Software for Computer and Databases have certified Sailfish as the only mobile OS to be used for official and corporate purposes. The government has been looking to alternatives to the US-made Android and iOS platforms which currently make up 95 percent of the software pie in the subcontinent. It hopes to draw that proportion down to 50 percent by 2025.
Samsung-backed Tizen OS was also considered for approval as an official mobile OS.
Sailfish was licensed out to a Russian startup called Open Mobile Platform earlier this year. The software is being customized for commercial products in development. OMP is a shareholder in Jolla.
The startup’s CEO, Pavel Eyges, said in a statement to TechCrunch:
We believe that open source based and independent Sailfish OS is the mobile OS platform of the future. It has great potential in Russia and elsewhere. Sailfish OS RUS is based on principles of participation and partnership, and we are actively recruiting partners and developer community members to take the initiative to new heights in Russia.
Jolla controls the core code, some portions of which are open source — Android apps can be made to work on Sailfish. It is also working with governments in Baltic region countries as well as in China and South Africa on potential integration. Customization and further layering will mostly be left to the clients to develop.
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Eve wants you to choose crowdfunding perks for Pyramid Flipper 2-in-1
After months of parts procurement and electrical engineering, a crowd-designed Surface challenger is nearly ready to go onto its funding stage. Finnish startup Eve has announced some of the terms of its Indiegogo campaign behind its Pyramid Flipper project.Pre-orders are scheduled to begin in late September or early October for 500 units of the Pyramid Flipper, soon to be known as just “Eve”.“By ...
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Softbank’s Supercell acquired by Tencent for $8.57 billion
Another week, another major tech acquisition — this time spanning across the globe.Japanese telco Softbank is selling its 84 percent stake in Finnish mobile games maker Supercell. Chinese multimedia company Tencent will acquire the stake for up to $8.57 billion. The deal is expected to close next ...
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Finnish startup Eve has lofty goal to deliver a community-designed Windows 2-in-1
It would want your money, sooner or later, but until then, it wants you (yes, you) to choose what exactly goes into its latest project.You might have heard of Jolla — struggling to survive as it is — and PuzzlePhone — which only got 46 percent of its Indiegogo funding goal. Those two startups represent a good snapshot of Finland’s tech scene right now: still ailing, but very much alive. If you play
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Microsoft to cut dozens more mobile positions in Finland
The wound grows deeper from the discharge of the Nokia acquisition.Microsoft, having recently revealed the mobile unit’s poor performance and forecast, has announced it would have to lay off “dozens” more jobs separate from the 2,300 eliminations the company took in Finland last year. That ...
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Hey, Microsoft: We need to talk about Nokia.
Microsoft … sit down, please. We need to talk. This won’t be long.By the time you finally lay off the 7,800 talented people you promise to, your employee rolls will settle just above 110,000. I know, you’ll do just fine: that number’s still about 60% better than it was a decade ago. But by that same time, the government of Finland will seek a ...
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