Nokia Lumia sales drop from 8.8 million to 8.2 million Q4 2013

Nokia closes its last year as a full-fledged handset manufacturer on a sad note. Ubergizmo reports the Finnish company reported a $270 million loss for fourth quarter of 2013 and sales of both smartphone and feature phones have declined in the last quarter of the year. The sale of Lumia smartphones dipped by 600,000 units from third quarter of 2013 as Nokia sold 8.2 million units in Q4 of 2013. Nokia will not disclose how many Asha feature phones they have sold in the past quarter.

 Nokia agreed to sell its device unit to Microsoft with the deal expected to close by the end of this quarter.

Intermedia: Apple owns 75% share of devices used by SMB's

Apple's iPhones and iPads may be the darlings of the consumer sector but they're alsi dominating small and medium businesses according to cloud services provider Intermedia. 

Intermedia's findsing showed that of the nearly 250,000 aggregated device activations on Intermedia’s network, about 190,000 were made by Apple. The next largest device maker was Samsung, which saw only 29,000 device activations.

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FileMaker's Dev Conference registration now open; early birds can save $300

FileMaker, Inc., today opened registration for its 19th annual FileMaker Developer Conference, the premier worldwide gathering for corporate and independent FileMaker developers. The 2014 FileMaker Developer Conference takes place July 28-31, 2014, at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. The conference is for anyone who wants to sharpen their professional skills, innovate with the FileMaker Platform, pick up new ideas for their FileMaker solutions, or to grow a FileMaker-based businesses.

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Rdio Powers the Official App for The Grammys

Rdio announced today that the GRAMMYs have created an official profile and playlists including all the nominees in each category, available for everyone to listen to and enjoy the music of the GRAMMYs. Visit the GRAMMYs on Rdio here.

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