A lot of money is going into trying to disrupt the stock photography market – something investors hope will be possible through advances in the quality of smartphone cameras. This year… Read more »
The Japanese firms have acquired a 51 percent stake in Supercell, which pulls in millions each day through in-game purchases. Supercell now wants to become the “first truly global games company.” Read more »
The Finnish startup says its initial run of Android-battling smartphones has been snapped up through pre-orders and by sales channel partners. It won’t say how many phones are in that batch,… Read more »
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… 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… 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… 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 »
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… 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 »