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iFive: Sony PSN Online, Nokia Now Bing Maps Tech, RIM Recalls PlayBooks, Netflix-Miramax Deal, Gaga's 10Mil Tweeps

How better to deal with Monday morning than with our handy news summary, iFive? What's that? With a wordcloud? You got it.READ»

China Set to Grant Nokia Digital Mapping Rights, Google Nowhere in Sight

Nokia's is on track to get an official license to offer online digital map services in China, according to some reports. It would become the first foreign company to win the right. Will this give Ovi maps a new lease on life? It just ...READ»

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Meet mIQ: BestBuy's Free Clone of Apple's Mobile Me

Apple's MobileMe is variously reviled and applauded in different corners of the Net, but it's hard to argue that it provides a pretty comprehensive service. So comprehensive that Best Buy has just cloned it--and made it available for ...READ»

Nokia Spins "Lifecasting" App, Forgets It's Really Facebook's Mojo

Nokia's moving fast to catch up with current tech memes: As well as leaping into the smartbook and netbook fray, it's also getting into social net "lifecasting" thanks to a new Ovi app that connects to Facebook. That all sounds ...READ»

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Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»

Is Nokia's App-Enabled Booklet Netbook Trying to Beat Apple's Tablet?

This is hot news on the InterWebs this morning--Nokia's apparently going to move into a totally new market: It's making a PC, a netbook number that's also integrated with the Ovi App Store. Is Nokia taking on Apple's iTablet? Nokia ...READ»

Verizon Jumps on App Store Bandwagon, Misses the Point Totally

Verizon just announced the launch its own app store for smartphones, inspired by the iTunes Store, Windows Marketplace, Ovi Store, and those for Android and Palm. But Verizon's apps will be locked exclusively to its own store. It's ...READ»

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Nokia's Ovi App Store Stumbles Off Its Starting Block

Nokia just launched its Ovi cellphone App Store globally, but rather than the fanfare-laden success it should've been, the launch was marred by site crashes and server lock-ups. The Ovi App service launched over the weekend ...READ»

Can Nokia's Ovi App Store Compete with Apple's?

Nokia's just pulled the wrappers off of its Ovi application store at Mobile World Congress--can it really compete against the might of Apple's App Store and the iTunes eco-system? Ovi is basically following on the coattails of ...READ»