Neowin News Feed for: Finland

Google plans to heat a Finnish district with its Hamina data centre

Paul Hill — Mon, 20 May 2024 13:10:01 +0000

Google will be using the heat generated at its Hamina data centre in Finland to help provide locals with free heating. This will be appreciated by people in the area who face freezing weather. Read more...

Netflix launches a new game studio from scratch in Finland

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:08:01 +0000

Netflix is launching its first game studio in Helsinki, Finland. The company has bought other studios, but this is the first it has created from scratch. Marko Lastikka will head the studio. Read more...

Battery power from mere "sand"? Finland's Polar Night Energy says absolutely yes

Sayan Sen — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:38:01 +0000

Polar Night Energy, an energy tech firm in Finland has devised a new technology which can utilize sand to store heat energy for a long time. It is now up and running at Kankaanpää in Western Finland. Read more...

Nokia to enhance development of its ReefShark chipset

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:04:01 +0000

Nokia is working with Tampere University to create a Center of Excellence. Nokia will improve the development of its ReefShark chipset and Tampere University will benefit from Nokia's expertise. Read more...

Nokia plans to slash a third of jobs at Alcatel-Lucent

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:20:01 +0000

Nokia has confirmed plans to cut a third of the workforce at its subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent. It comes just months after it announced that it would need to cut costs by a huge €500 million. Read more...

Nokia will provide 5G hardware for China Unicom's network

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:36:01 +0000

Nokia says that it will provide 10% of China Unicom's 5G core network. It said that this deal further enhances its relationship with the telecom as it already provides 17% of its VoLTE network. Read more...

Slush 2020 event will not be organized due to coronavirus

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:00:01 +0000

Amid the coronavirus crisis, innumerable events have been canceled or put on hold indefinitely. Finland's annual startup event Slush announced that it wouldn't be organized this year. Read more...

European Union approves €3.2 billion for battery tech R&D

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:02:02 +0000

The European Commission has approved funding from several member states which will be used to develop every stage of the battery manufacturing process, thus improving the technology. Read more...

NordVPN admits it was compromised last year, plans external audit

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:42:01 +0000

NordVPN has acknowledged that there was a breach of one of its datacenters back in March 2018 and that it has only known about the issue for a few months. Most users were unaffected by the breach. Read more...

Google set to spend €3 billion on European data centres

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:16:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is planning to spend €3 billion in Europe over the next two years to bolster the data centres that it operates. The investments will help create more jobs. Read more...

Danske Bank announces Apple Pay support to customers in four European countries

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:14:01 +0000

Apple Pay is now available to all Danske Bank account holders in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Customers in these regions can use the iOS payment app with both Visa and Mastercard. Read more...

Some Nokia 7 Plus phones found to have been sending user data to a Chinese server

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:26:01 +0000

Finland's data watchdog is investigating an unspecified number of Nokia 7 Plus devices found to have sent user data to a server in China, which regulators claim may potentially violate GDPR. Read more...

Google Wifi availability expands to five more countries

Hammad Saleem — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:12:02 +0000

Google has added five more countries to the list: Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. The device is available as a single pack as well as a pack of three at a discounted price. Read more...

Nokia 8 variant with 6GB RAM goes on sale in Finland

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:46:01 +0000

A new variant of the Nokia 8 flagship smartphone from HMD Global has gone on sale in Finland with upgraded storage and memory specifications to be on par with devices from other manufacturers. Read more...

The Surface Studio will be available in 13 additional markets starting mid-June

Florin Bodnarescu — Tue, 23 May 2017 14:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has finally announced the date at which the Surface Studio will be available in new markets. Starting June 15, you'll be able to grab the Studio in the UK, Austria, France, China, and more. Read more...

Here are the prices for the Surface Book in all its new markets

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:02:01 +0000

The Performance Base model of the Surface Book has been opened to preorders in 13 new markets, and as such, here is a list of prices in the different countries. Includes offers for the regular model. Read more...

Microsoft opens pre-orders for Surface Book with Performance Base in 13 new markets

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:30:13 +0000

In December, Microsoft announced plans to launch its Surface Book with Performance Base in eight new markets in early 2017. Today it opened pre-orders for the device in thirteen new markets. Read more...

Finnish carrier breaks transfer speed over 4G record

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:38:01 +0000

The Finnish mobile carrier, Elisa, has teamed up with Huawei to break the world's record for the fastest transfer over 4G. The companies reached 1.9 Gbps. Elisa's network reaches 450 Mbps, currently. Read more...

Finnish government calls out Microsoft for breaking promises related to Nokia deal

Rich Woods — Fri, 27 May 2016 00:46:01 +0000

The Finnish government has criticized Microsoft after the company's latest announcement of 1,850 job losses. According to the government, Microsoft broke promises that it made when it bought Nokia. Read more...

Microsoft confirms layoffs in Finland, 2300 ex-Nokia employees to lose jobs

Shreyas Gandhe — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed yet another round of layoffs affecting the phone hardware division that was acquired from Nokia last year, which will result in the closure of an unit and 2300 job cuts. Read more...

Finland finance minister “disappointed in Microsoft” after Nokia layoffs

Andy Weir — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:43:35 +0000

Microsoft's decision to cut 18,000 jobs from its workforce, including many former Nokia employees, has prompted Finland's government to call on the company to help those displaced by the layoffs. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft won't launch Xbox One in Nordic countries until Q3 2014

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 02:00:33 +0000

A new rumor claims that Microsoft won't launch the Xbox One in the Nordic countries in Europe until the third quarter of 2014. Microsoft is not commenting on the report. Read more...

Jolla smartphone, from ex-Nokia team, goes on sale today

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:21:41 +0000

The first Jolla smartphone is finally on the market. Jolla is created by a team of ex-Nokia engineers and the handset is running on Sailfish OS, a rebranded and upgraded version of Meego. Read more...

Samsung outsells Nokia in Finland, opens research centre on Nokia's doorstep

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:10:56 +0000

Data from IDC shows that Samsung outsold Nokia in Finland last quarter, taking 36% of the handset market to Nokia's 33%. Samsung will also open a new R&D centre in Espoo, home of Nokia's global HQ. Read more...

Lumias selling out in Finland

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:17:09 +0000

Nokia has dropped the price of their Lumia flagship devices in preparation for their upcoming launch. As a result they seem to be selling like crazy, especially in Finland where they have sold out. Read more...

Netflix coming to Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:39:03 +0000

Netflix has announced that it will expand its streaming movie and TV show business to the countries of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland before the end of 2012. Read more...

Nokia has made its final phone in Finland

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:43:14 +0000

Nokia no longer makes any of its mobile phones in its native Finland. The final Nokia device made in its home country shipped from its Salo factory on Wednesday and the plant will close in September. Read more...

Finland now the top Windows Phone market

John Callaham — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:37:59 +0000

A new report on mobile web browser access shows that Nokia's home country of Finland is the biggest market for Windows Phone devices with 7.53 percent of the country's mobile web market share. Read more...

Finland makes broadband a legal right

Brad Sams — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:50:22 +0000

Many people consider having broadband access a privilege but if you live in Finland, it has become a legal right. Starting in July 2010 it will be a legal right for every person to... Read more...