Communities Dominate Brands: The Final Reckoning: Burning Platforms Memo Damaged Nokia: Wiped out $13B revenues, Destroyed $4B profits in just 12 months

Communities Dominate Brands: The Final Reckoning: Burning Platforms Memo Damaged Nokia: Wiped out $13B revenues, Destroyed $4B profits in just 12 months: "I really hate doing this, these Nokia blogs make me so sad. But this is history, we have to record it, the facts have to stand. Yes, the Burning Platforms memo was released in early February of last year, but its true cost could not be calculated until now. Now, that we have seen four consecutive full fiscal Quarters of Nokia performance. So this is the Final Reckoning blog about the costliest management memo ever issued. The Burning Platforms memo plunged Nokia into an interminable crash-dive of its smartphone sales (a collapse that is still continuing today 16 months later) and cost Nokia in the immediate next four quarters - 12 months - a massive 13 Billion dollars of lost revenues, and 4 Billion dollars in profits wiped out. So lets examine the issue and call into court, the case of Nokia vs Elop.
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New Internet suffix bids include ‘.lol,’ ‘bank.’ | Inquirer Technology

New Internet suffix bids include ‘.lol,’ ‘bank.’ | Inquirer Technology: "NEW YORK — If Google has its way, you won’t need “Google.com” to do your searches. You can simply go to “.Google.”
New York City wants Internet addresses ending in “.nyc,” while several companies and groups are looking to create “.doctor,” “.music” and “.bank.” Google Inc. is also seeking “.YouTube” and “.lol” – the digital shorthand for “laugh out loud.” Others are looking to attract non-English speakers with suffixes in a variety of languages.
Some 2,000 proposals have been submitted as part of the largest expansion of the Internet address system since its creation in the 1980s. These suffixes would rival “.com” and about 300 others now in use. Companies would be able to create separate websites and separate addresses for each of their products and brands, for instance, even as they keep their existing “.com” name. One day, you might go to “comedy.YouTube” rather than “YouTube.com/comedy.”
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Samsung fights Apple move to block Galaxy sales | Inquirer Technology

Samsung fights Apple move to block Galaxy sales | Inquirer Technology: "SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it will fight Apple’s move to stop U.S. sales of its new Galaxy phone in the latest flare-up of an intellectual property battle between the world’s top smartphone makers.
Samsung said it will vigorously oppose Apple’s request for a court to ban sales of the Galaxy S III smartphone and still plans to go ahead with the device’s scheduled release in the U.S. on June 21.
The South Korean company said in a statement that it will “demonstrate to the court that the Galaxy S III is innovative and distinctive.”
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Vice President Binay’s website hacked | Inquirer Technology

Vice President Binay’s website hacked | Inquirer Technology: "MANILA, Philippines — The website of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) was hacked late Tuesday.
Identifying itself as a PrivateX, the group left a message on ovp.gov.ph, saying the proposed cyber bill could be a threat to freedom of expression.
The hackers said they were hoping for the “recuperation” of the bill, saying it contained loopholes and could be used by powerful people for “worse forms of censorship.”
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets new quad-core chipset? | Ubergizmo

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets new quad-core chipset? | Ubergizmo: "Word on the street has it that Samsung might just want to implement the quad-core Exynos chip set inside their spanking new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and it seems that said rumors have been substantiated by a recently uploaded YouTube video, where the Galaxy Note 10.1 in there sported a 1.4GHz Exynos chip set (one can only make the assumption that this is similar to the one that is currently seeing action on the Galaxy S3), not to mention having it come with a pebble blue back cover finish. You will not find your eyes rejoicing though, as the resolution count remains similar as the original Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, that would mean 1280 x 800 pixels across the board. Will a quad-core chip set make you move for your credit card or wallet? Once you are done with the video above, there is always another video right after the jump for your perusal.

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Your SIM card is about to get even smaller: 'nano' format gets ETSI nod | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere

Your SIM card is about to get even smaller: 'nano' format gets ETSI nod | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere: "Expect future mobile phones to get slimmer and smaller, now that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has standardized a new form factor for a "nano" subscriber identity module (SIM) card.

The ETSI, which produces global standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), said the new card is 40 percent smaller than the current smallest design.
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Larry Ellison Has Learned To Embrace Cloud Computing, Not Convinced It’s An “Incredible New Thing” | TechCrunch

Larry Ellison Has Learned To Embrace Cloud Computing, Not Convinced It’s An “Incredible New Thing” | TechCrunch: "Oracle’s Larry Ellison has acquired a reputation as a cloud computing opponent — after all, he famously called the term “complete gibberish” a few years ago. Today, however, he said, “I’m no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.”

In fact, Ellison made it sound like he doesn’t get enough credit for starting the trend: “NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, ‘We’re going to do ERP on the Internet.’” That, he said, was an early example of software-as-a-service, and Salesforce.com co-founder Marc Benioff (who has worked to tie his company’s identity to the cloud) copied the idea a few months later, but “in a narrow way.” (Apparently this got a smirk out of Benioff, who was in the audience.)

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