Nokia ‘sharpens strategy’ by dropping three executives, laying off 10,000 and dumping Vertu

Nokia is still in turnaround mode, and has made some tough decisions about how to move forward by announcing it will reduce staff by up to 10,000 people before the end of 2013. Also on the outs are three executives, and it has sold the luxury brand Vertu to private equity group EQT VI. Check the press

Bose SoundLink Air speaker with WiFi spoiled by the FCC, bank accounts brace for impact

Bose’s ventures into wireless audio for mobile devices have so far either been proprietary or portable — and often expensive. We’re not sure if Bose will ever dodge that last claim, but an FCC filing has just revealed that a more standardized approach to wireless speakers is on the way. Not much more

Opera Updates Its Desktop Browser, Adds Camera Support To Push The Native Web Experience

Two weeks after pushing through an update for its most popular browser, Opera Mini for mobile devices, Opera is turning its attention to its desktop product, with the release of Opera 12 for Macs and PCs. Opera tells me its desktop browser is currently the second-biggest product in terms of monthly users,

Reimagining Sports News: Bleacher Report

Sports news website Bleacher Report (B/R) was mentioned twice in Mary Meeker’s 2012 Internet Trends report: as an example of re-imagination of both sports news and

Motrr Galileo nets $700k in Kickstarter pledges, available to pre-order now for $117

Perhaps you were discouraged by the uncertainty that comes along with a Kickstarter pledge, or you simply missed your chance to give Motrr’s Galileo an $85 kick before the deadline hit. Whatever the reason, you’re still in luck — the iOS-controlled iPhone platform is now available for a proper pre-order,

Kogan Hates IE7 So Much It’s Imposing A Tax On All Shoppers That Use The Browser

Ruslan Kogan may not be a known entity in the U.S., but the Aussie entrepreneur is a pioneer of online retail in Australia and happens to be the country’s wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. Oh, and he also founded Kogan.com, a a manufacturer and direct retailer of consumer electronics that’s

Condition One immerses iPads and iPhones in 180-degree video, shakes up dreary apps (video)

Video in tablet magazines and similar apps sometimes — okay, often — comes across as a grafted-on extra. Condition One, a startup by war photographer Danfung Dennis, wants to make video an intrinsic part of the experience by taking advantage of the motion sensors in smartphones and tablets. Video shot

Max Payne Mobile for Android on Tegra 3 hands-on

It’s time to get a taste of shooter whose legacy sets it up to be an all-or-nothing batch of greatness for the NVIDIA TegraZone collection of games: Max Payne Mobile! This game has just been released tonight with a fabulous collection of graphics, gameplay, and controls that make this a game that

Time Warner Cable starts rolling out lightly refreshed guide with new color scheme, cloud VOD search

While it’s definitely good news that Time Warner Cable is revisiting its Navigator guide again, the bad news is that at least in terms of appearance, very little has changed. The screenshots above show the old guide (left) next to the new one (right) and as you can see, other than a color scheme adjustment

Sony PulzAR augmented reality game goes live on Vita

A lot of excitement swirled around Sony’s new augmented reality demo at last week’s E3 conference – the Wonderbook project on PS3 could take AR technology to a completely new level. But until that happens, Sony wants to ensure that augmented reality gets all the credit it deserves,