Samsung, the world’s no. 2 mobile handset vendor, will terminate its support for Symbian from December 31.
Taiwan Mobile chief Harvey Chang will step down at the end of the year after seven years in the post.
Nokia’s Ovi Store has reached 2.3 million downloads per day and is signing up 200,000 new users daily.
Google has acquired Silicon Valley startup BlindType, which is developing touch-typing software for touch screen devices.
France Telecom has acquired Telecom Italia’s Elettra submarine cable business, including two cable-laying ships, in a deal that values the Italian firm at €20m ($28m).
Verizon Business is upgrading its global data centers in San Jose, London and Canberra over the next 12 months.
The May 6 “flash crash” on US bourses was the result of single transaction by an institutional investor, a report concluded. The unnamed fund manager sold $4.1b of stock index future as a hedge against a possible market downturn, FT.com reported.
After a public outcry, Chinese police have released schoolteacher Yuan Lei, the author of a popular internet novel which authorities alleged to have been pornographic.
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