http://www.businessinsider.com/micro...devices-2013-9Microsoft announced tonight that it will buy Nokia's devices and services division.
This is the part of Nokia that makes smartphones (and soon) tablets.
Microsoft will pay 3.70 billion Euro for Nokia's devices business. That's nearly $5 billion is U.S. dollars. Microsoft will also pay an additional 1.65 billion Euro ($2.2 billion U.S.) for the rights to Nokia's patents.
All together, the deal will cost Microsoft about $7 billion U.S.
Microsoft will also take on about 32,000 Nokia employees. Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop will transfer to Microsoft too. (Elop used to work at Microsoft before becoming the Nokia CEO.)
Okay now its true, folks
In other news.. WP share hit a new record.. in Europe
http://wmpoweruser.com/kantar-window...are-in-europe/The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, for the three months to July 2013, shows Windows Phone has posted its highest ever level of 8.2% across the five major European markets, emerging as a key player in the smartphone race.
Month on month between June and July Windows Phone grew from 5.9 to 8.8% in Germany, 8.6 to 9.2% in UK, 9.0 to 11% in France, 1.4 to 1.8% in Spain, 7.0 to 12.5% in Mexico and 6.9 to 8.2% in the EU5 in total.
In Italy Windows Phone share remained static at 7.8%, and the OS saw declines in USA from 4 to 3.5% and China, from 4.9 to 1.4%.
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