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Does anyone actually use their search engine? I always found it terrible the rare time I have used it (if some dingus has it set to homepage). I know for me the only thing that makes me stumble across Yahoo, is if I use their answer site. Only other reason, I'd imagine, is if you used their mail. Beyond that though there must be no way of driving traffic to Yahoo search. Seems impossible to try upend Google's grasp, without a serious transition of product positioning (like the DuckDuckGo position). Such a poorly managed company. It seems Marissa is some strategist...

It is unofficially up for sale is what I take from the info released, i.e. they are actively working on the sale, but not making it official. I'd say it is due to Marissa currently trying to redevelop their internal working structures. How can you get unmotivated staff to be passionate and transition to new work methods if you say you are trying to dump the company.

I've been wondering this for a long time myself. Even the fact that the company was steered away from Meego for (at the time) a less functional OS like Windows Phone (damned thing didn't have a twitter app and Meego came with one...) by an ex exec who could potentially benefit from the migration of Nokia's devices to Microsoft OS(if he had options).

Such a shame. Meego was revolutionary and is still imo the most intuitive OS ever made. If only someone reputable picked it up, as it still is revolutionary.

Android took the double tap to turn on and HTC Sense took the app cards but beyond that it still has an edge if it was around today.

Yeah that would be awesome. I had an N9 and loved it. Incredible device in terms of design and OS. It was an absolute shame and a disaster that it fell to the way side for Windows Phone.

Nokia had made a massive mistake by neglecting Symbian for half a decade, but I think going with Windows Phone was an even bigger mistake. Meego really could have been huge if they just stuck with it.

Yeah, this team is from Nokia Corporation the part Microsoft did not buy (essentially business dev, R&D, some creative and remnants of the N9 (Meego) team that did not leave for Jolla among others). So totally separate from Microsoft.

I've been using it since pre-beta. Fantastic launcher and a joy to use, so intuitive. Delighted to see Nokia's R&D still going strong and innovating. Most of the greatest mobile telecommunication innovations came from those guys.

Yeah I really like the $50 dollar note and the designs overall, but I'd agree they are not the most practical. I've seen those Norwegian notes, they look great.

Well now the stars are aligning. Google now has their way to begin the push on IoT with Nest, Glass and Phone data all linked contextually.

My watch can sense my body and ambient temperature, which tells Nest the optimum temp for my house and my phone can tell Nest my proximity to my house so it knows when to turn on. Shit just got real! Congrats to the Firebase team.

A huge improvement! Good job!

Too basic and bare. You have a neat little mascot in the top left. Maybe use a faded version of that blown up as the background image (like off to the left or something). The layout needs to be more consistent too with even spacing between text and point of actions.

I'd probably go with a double column layout with your points placed beside each other rather then just a ream of text.

Best of luck

I'm of the opinion that it's possible to over think these things and be over prepared, so limit yourself to a time.

I'd spend the majority of your time prepping what an investor really cares about. That is, "how big is the market oppurtunity?" and "How do you generate revenue?". If those two things are compelling enough and you articulate them well, they will want to know more.

Overall I'd say 4-5 hours on the pitch deck and then 1-3 practicing (depending on how confident a public speaker you are). Best of luck!

Came across this a couple of days ago. I don't know how good their product is as I've never used it, but it seems relevant to your problem.

http://www.pushstartr.com/

There have been parallels appearing now for some time, showing Samsung alongside Nokia's doomed path. Samsung have neglected their software development just as Nokia had (in terms of interface not being iterated and updated). On top of that, hardware has not seen dramatic improvements. The public and loyal journalists have been becoming increasingly disgruntled (since the S4).

If they don't innovate dramatically with the S6 there is trouble on the horizon for this behemoth. Samsung also need to position their experimental products (the new edge and the old round) as their lead products and fully get behind them. I always get the feeling they are hesitant like a person testing the water by dipping their toe in, when they just need to take a dive. The development is done and its in production so why not take a leap. If it fails at least they will be known as a company with innovation at its forefront and they can regress to their current practice.

Nokia was killing it in software until 2005 and Hardware until 2011. All ongoing handset manufacturers owe a lot to the foundations Nokia had set. They all still utilise 100's of their patents. If only Meego was released in 2007, we'd all be using it now and Nokia would still be the dominant force.

It would be rude to forget the other half http://www.businessinsider.com/a-closer-look-at-oracle-co-ce...

This was such a poor move by U2. The amount of negative press they have gotten from this fiasco is hilarious. Ironically, they also have made themselves totally inaccessible to anyone who is tech conscious by trying to be extremely accessible. Nobody wants there phone storage, or even just their account being hijacked or forced to do something without their consent.

If only Meego took off.