News in Short: Mobile searching quadrupled in past year; Nokia's N8 plans to conquer Apple's iPhone

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2010-09-10 3:40:00 PM

News in Short

Mobile searching quadrupled in past year

Mobile queries from fully featured mobile browsers have increased by a factor of four in the past year.

This is the metric realized and revealed by Nick Fox, who is the director of product management at Google. He made note of this at the 2010 Citi Technology Conference on Wednesday. An incredible—yet surprisingly unsurprising—growth rate. What will the next year deliver?

Nokia's N8 plans to conquer smartphone market

Nokia, which is the world's largest mobile phone maker by unit volume, will outline the details of its latest effort to counter Apple's iPhone (and all other popular smartphones, really) next week.

This effort is realized in the form of a $550 smartphone titled "N8." It's a touch-screen phone and will be available globally by the end of September.

Company:
Nokia Canada
Website:
http://www.nokia.ca
Location:
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Nokia Canada has operated since the 1970s. During this time, Nokia has transformed itself from an industrial conglomerate to a focussed telecommunications company. Due to its cutting-edge technology and successful marketing, Nokia has risen to become a leading player in the global telecommunications industry. more

Company:
Google
Website:
http://www.google.com
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. As a first step to fulfilling that mission, Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a new approach to online search that took root in a Stanford University dorm room and quickly spread to information seekers around the globe. Google is now widely recognized as the world's largest search engine --... more

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Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton Thomas

Knowlton is the Associate Editor of Techvibes. A Vancouver-based writer and author, Knowlton has been published in national publications and has also appeared on television and radio. He has written two ebooks and more are in the works. Previously, he was an editor for New Westminster weekly The Other Press and served on its board of directors. When not working, Knowlton enjoys playing... more

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