a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Microsoft is reportedly planning a huge round of job cuts after acquiring Nokia’s devices business

Jul15
by on July 15, 2014 at 7:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Microsoft completed the acquisition of Nokia’s Devices and Services business in April at a price slightly higher than $7.2 billion, and now to integrate the unit, Bloomberg reports that the company is planning the biggest round of job cuts in five years. This means the number this time round would exceed the 5,800 jobs that were slashed in 2009, according to the report. The job cuts could be announced this week and will likely come from areas such as Nokia and divisions of Microsoft that overlap with the Nokia business, as well as marketing and engineering, Bloomberg cites its sources as…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: , ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Apple’s new iTunes Pass service lets users refill their account in-store, initially in Japan only

Jul15
by on July 15, 2014 at 7:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Apple has introduced a new service that allows users to add money to their App Store, iTunes Store or iBookstore account at its physical retail stores. First spotted by 9to5mac, ‘iTunes Pass’ is currently only available in Japan, where it links in-store Apple ID account top-ups to the Passbook app on a user’s iOS device. The new solution sounds fairly basic, but its simplifies the current process, which requires users to buy gift cards from retail stores and subsequently redeem them with their Apple ID. It isn’t clear whether this process will be a Japan-only initiative, or whether the country is merely a test bed for a future global…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: , ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Apple’s new iTunes Pass service lets users refill their account in-store, initially in Japan only

Jul15
by on July 15, 2014 at 7:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Apple has introduced a new service that allows users to add money to their App Store, iTunes Store or iBookstore account at its physical retail stores. First spotted by 9to5mac, ‘iTunes Pass’ is currently only available in Japan, where it links in-store Apple ID account top-ups to the Passbook app on a user’s iOS device. The new solution sounds fairly basic, but its simplifies the current process, which requires users to buy gift cards from retail stores and subsequently redeem them with their Apple ID. It isn’t clear whether this process will be a Japan-only initiative, or whether the country is merely a test bed for a future global…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: , ,