InPlay from Briefing.com

InPlay from Briefing.com

Skolkovo Foundation to Get $15Bln in 2013-2020

Despite the controversy around the ongoing corruption probe into the Skolkovo Foundation, it will get over 500 billion rubles ($15 billion) in state and private funding over the next seven years to bring in innovations to the domestic economy, according to a state program revealed Thursday.

Nokia sidles up to Qualcomm, hands over bulging map package

IZat a bunch of floorplans in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Nokia Here will be sharing its global floorplan database with Qualcomm, putting indoor maps together with indoor positioning in an assault on the last place one can get lost.…

Nokia 808 PureView shoots second place photo in international contest

One acid test of how good a phone camera is, is when shots taken with it are taken seriously alongside those from DSLRs. In this case a Nokia 808 PureView-shot watery image which placed second in the Wiki Loves Public Art international photo contest. The winning image is reproduced below.

Nokia debuts imaging-focused Lumia 925 in PH

Hoping to make its photo-capturing capability a hallmark of the brand, Nokia introduced on Thursday, Aug. 1, the Windows-based Lumia 925, which can capture pictures in different settings -- dim or low.

Ashton Sims runs out for his 200th game Saturday night

THE disappointment of sitting 13th on the ladder just six weeks out from the finals, and seeing coach Neil Henry sacked, will be eased somewhat for Cowboys prop Ashton Sims when he runs out for his 200th game against Souths on Saturday night.

Mobile phone makers admit to damaging the environment

THE world’s top mobile phone manufacturers have admitted that they are likely to be using tin from environmentally-damaging sources.