Foxconn Nabs Nokia Dumbphone Brand; LinkedIn Data Posted for Sale

Posted May 18th, 2016 at 11:48 am (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings:

A motorcyclist rides past the entrance of the headquarters of Foxconn, in Tucheng, New Taipei city. Taiwan. (Reuters)

A motorcyclist rides past the entrance of the headquarters of Foxconn, in Tucheng, New Taipei city. Taiwan. Foxconn is best known for making iPhones.(Reuters)

Why a Taiwanese Company Is Paying $350 Million to Build Nokia Dumbphones

Microsoft announced Wednesday it is selling its featurephone Nokia brand to Foxconn, a Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer best known as the manufacturer of iPhones. Old fashioned featurephones, also known as dumbphones, are still very popular around the world and show no signs of retreating. Foxconn hopes to capitalize on that.

Hacker Is Selling 167 Million Stolen LinkedIn User Records

If you were wondering what happens to your personal information once hackers get their hands on it, here is a glimpse of the sordid scenario. One hacker has put up an announcement on a dark market website asking for five bitcoins or $2,200 for a dump of emails, IDs and other information stolen from 167 million LinkedIn users.

Google’s Biggest Event of the Year Begins Today: Here’s What to Expect

Google kicks off its annual I/O conference Wednesday in California. The event will lay out the framework for the company’s future and show off some of its new technologies, including virtual reality. The impending merger of the Android mobile operating system with the Chrome Internet browser and Google’s ‘Moonshot’ research projects will also be in the spotlight.

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Aida Akl
Aida Akl is a journalist working on VOA's English Webdesk. She has written on a wide range of topics, although her more recent contributions have focused on technology. She has covered both domestic and international events since the mid-1980s as a VOA reporter and international broadcaster.

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