Nokia innovation exec on Windows Phone: “We’re playing to win.”
At VentureBeat’s Mobile Summit event today, very few panelists mentioned the impact that Windows Phone was having in the mobile world. But that clearly changed the minute Nokia exec Hans-Peter Brøndmo got on stage to chat about the future of the company and its crazy 41-megapixel camera-phone. Nokia bet the company on Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS back in February 2011 and begrudgingly gave up on its Symbian OS. In a…
Read more...Facebook app promotes energy conservation with peer pressure
If simple common sense can’t curb energy usage, perhaps a little healthy peer pressure from Facebook friends will do the trick. Facebook has joined forces with energy efficiency startup Opower and the National Resources Defense Council to release a social energy application that encourages people to track, and ultimately reduce, energy use in the home. The simple application invites Facebook members to log in and automatically track monthly energy use…
Read more...Mercedes-Benz R&D CEO explains how in-car systems are changing rapidly (video)
In-car technology is making a major splash this year, with more car makers than ever before focusing widely on tech. One of the cutting-edge car companies in this bunch is Mercedes-Benz, which has its R&D sister company set up in Palo Alto to be around tech innovators. Johann Jungwirth, President & CEO, Mercedes-Benz R&D, sat down to talk at VentureBeat’s Mobile Summit 2012 event today and present his ideas about…
Read more...Twitter updates iPhone app, restores mentions and interactions
A mysterious bug that disabled mentions and interactions in Twitter’s mobile applications has finally been fixed. The Twitter for iPhone application, as of Sunday afternoon, stopped updating to display replies (otherwise known as mentions), retweets, favorites and other activity in the “@ Connect” tab for some members. With the release of version 4.1.3, out now, Twitter has remedied the problem, returning the oddly absent activity back to iPhone users. When…
Read more...Microsoft’s Windows Phone lead Terry Myerson takes our Top Mobile Mover prize
VentureBeat is pleased to announce the winner of the first-ever Top Mobile Mover award: Terry Myerson, the corporate vice president at Microsoft in charge of the company’s Windows Phone efforts. We’re making the announcement today at the Mobile Summit, our invitation-only get-together for 180 mobile execs, entrepreneurs, and investors, in Sausalito, Calif. Myerson has been overseeing the strategy and development of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform since 2011, and has been…
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