Once upon a time, social media was a safe haven for personal, one-to-one human interaction. But somewhere along the way, social media feeds got flooded, marketers failed to scale with the medium’s popularity, and responses grew less human. Let’s examine where companies lost their way and what’s needed to make social media personal again. The Early Promise of Social Media – In the beginning, ...

Most smartphone owners are looking forward to Android Key Lime Pie or Apple iOS 7, but Finnish phone developer Jolla is promising an OS love-fest on May 20. “We are super excited to welcome you to hear about Jolla’s next steps and get a sneak preview of what is yet to come,” read the invite sent to various press outlets today. The “Love Day” invitation isn’t a belated ...

Samsung is at it again. Within a new patent application published by the US Patent Office today, Samsung is found presenting some new user interface ideas for their touch display devices covering page turning effects and a new screen-unlock feature. Yet one of their so-called new ideas is one “borrowed” from Apple. It’s the iOS app-dock that’s like a glass shelf reserved ...

UK TV viewers were last night given a first look at the Lumia device Nokia’s expected to launch tomorrow. The handest was revealed in an ad break on Channel 4 on Sunday evening, with the short commercial focusing on the phone’s camera hardware. While the teaser ad gave few details away about the device, the lingering shots of the camera flash and aluminium body would seem to add credence ...

If you hadn’t heard enough of Nokia’s near future plans for its Lumia range, sorry there’s more. While its official event isn’t until next Tuesday in London, it hasn’t stopped the company announcing the Lumia 928 on Verizon. Again. Nokia’s latest installment supplants the Lumia 822 and HTC’s 8X for the US carrier, matching the camera specifications (Carl Zeiss ...

By R.JAI KRISHNA NEW DELHI—Nokia Corp., NOK1V.HE +0.30% seeking to regain ground in smartphones, unveiled a $99 touch-screen model for India and other emerging markets. Along with the Nokia Asha 501, the Finnish company also unveiled Thursday the Asha platform that will run on it. Nokia said it’s designed to allow wider access to application developers. Once the world’s largest phone ...

Nokia has always been among the leaders when it comes to cameraphones and the company might aim to extend its advantage by releasing a smartphone with a 16-element lens camera by Pelican Imaging. Nokia had strengthened its investments in Pelican Imaging and now, the imaging establishment claims that the company is in talks with at least one manufacturer to bring their latest module in a smartphone ...