Dave Stewart, Nokia envision brave new mobile world

March 30th, 2008 by Marius Visan (0) Mobile's

At first glance, Nokia’s Tero Ojanpera and Dave Stewart might seem like an odd pair.As executive vice president of entertainment and communities for Nokia, Ojanpera oversees all of the company’s music, gaming, video and social networking initiatives, including the Nokia Music Store and Comes With Music.
Stewart is a musician/producer best known as one half of [...]

New portable games break traditional molds

March 1st, 2008 by Marius Visan (0) Software

Bizarre little creatures that look like walking eyeballs and a puzzle-cracking professor may not seem to have much in common at first glance.But they are the stars of two new vastly different hand-held video games that are winning praise for the ways they combine different genres to produce quirky new experiences.
“Patapon”, out this week for [...]

Open APIs may help Microsoft repair reputation

February 25th, 2008 by Marius Visan (1) Software

If Microsoft executes effectively on its new interoperability promises, it could repair its tarnished reputation in the technology industry and help the company get out of its own way to compete more effectively with Google.
At first glance, Microsoft’s news on Thursday that it would provide access to documentation for [...]