Nokia shareholders call for Elop's head
The latest fallout from Nokia's new partnership with Microsoft is a call by nine Nokia shareholders for president and CEO Stephen Elop to step down, according to Computing.co.uk.
They demanded his resignation in an open letter to the company entitled "Plan B". The letter decries the mobile firm's partnership with Microsoft and proposes a series of alternative actions to improve the company's performance.
The shareholders plan to present Plan B at the next company annual general meeting, scheduled for 3 May.
BlackBerry boss dismisses Nokia jibe
Research In Motion's boss has dismissed suggestions that its BlackBerry devices are no longer a major player in the smartphone race, says the BBC.
Jim Balsillie told BBC News that the firm should not be written off. It follows comments by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, who said the smartphone ecosystem was now a three-horse race between Windows, Android and Apple.
"I don't know how you can say that we are not in the race," said Balsillie at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
HTC unveils 'Facebook phones'
Rumours had been swirling for weeks that HTC had a pair of new Android phones with deep Facebook integration in the offing, and now the two handsets - the Salsa and the ChaCha, both with their own, dedicated Facebook buttons - have finally been unveiled, notes Yahoo News.
Details on the Salsa, which comes with a 3.4-inch display, and its little brother, the 2.6-inch ChaCha, are still a little sketchy.
Reporters and bloggers at HTC's press conference at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona could only gaze at the two handsets through a pane of protective glass.
Clinton renews Internet freedom call
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton renewed a call for Internet freedom yesterday, saying nations that suppress online activity will pay an economic cost and risk unrest like in Egypt and Tunisia, reports AFP.
Clinton, in a speech at George Washington University, pointed to China, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, Syria and Vietnam as countries that impose censorship, restrict Internet access, or arrest bloggers who criticise the government.
She described the publication of secret US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks as the result of an "act of theft" and said US criticism of the Web site's actions did not clash with Washington's commitment to an open Internet.
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