Social Media Week events have been making waves in London this week, and none more so than the Nokia Social Innovation Lab at the Design Council yesterday. Here’s a summary of the inspirational talks given by the four young entrepreneurs.
 Here’s a summary of the inspirational talks given by the four young entrepreneurs. And stay tuned for a video of the event coming soon! Within the packed room, tensions were running high (and so was the air conditioning) as Becky Straw took to the podium. Despite having flown in from New York that very morning, she delivered a passionate and inspiring presentation about her non-profit organisation The Adventure Project. [...]
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Tags: adventure, andre, bbc, becky, campbell, dragons' den, enfuse, GaBoom, hedphones, innovation, jess, lab, London, lumia, media, Nokia, project, ratcliffe, social, straw, TextPlus, week, youth
Nokia Connects explores the way mobile devices are changing how we access and process news.
via blog.intuit Step onto any form of public transport, in just about any country in the world, and you’re likely to see at least one person using their smartphone to read the news. With news now accessible 24 hours a day via mobile apps and the internet, it is hardly surprising that newspapers and magazines complain about their falling readerships as more and more people find they can effectively get the news ‘in their pocket’. [...]
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Tags: digital, Facebook, global, India, internet, journalism, magazines, mobile, news, newspapers, online, smartphones, social media, social netowrk, sourcing, Twitter, U.S, world
It seems to me that we’ve only been covering the Nokia Lumia 800 here at Nokia Connects for 5 minutes, but there’s already some people who have had their hands on one for longer than certain celebrity marriages last.
via Nokia Inspirations Steve (a.k.a. Psychomania) has been a proud owner of the Nokia Lumia 800 for two months now and it seems he's enjoying it. Opening with a confession that he usually gets bored with a phone very quickly, he follows up by the Lumia 800 is 'the phone I’ve enjoyed the most in recent years and hope to continue using the Windows Phone (WP) operating systems on Nokia hardware for the foreseeable future. [...]
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Tags: Nokia Lumia 800, review
This time last year the Internet was buzzing with the news of Nokia and Microsoft’s strategic partnership.
Some like Rene Schuster, CEO of Telefonica Germany, thought it was a win-win situation. Others were less sure. Now twelve months on, with the Nokia Lumia phones gaining fans worldwide, more and more people are starting to believe that this twosome could be something special. And it wouldn’t be the first time. In fact, tech history is full of double acts that changed our world. Wilbur and Orville Wright Modern flight has got to be a challenger for the most world changing technology ever. [...]
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Tags: business, future, Future technology, history, microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, silicon valley
Let’s check back into Social Media Week 2012.
Yesterday we brought you all the Nokia Connects action on the ground in Hong Kong, Singapore and San Francisco. Today though we want to draw your attention to activities taking place in New York and London. Head to the bottom of the post for an exclusive Nokia Connects podcast! I've got so much to tell you about. Here is a summary of what we've been up to.... New York #SMWNY We kicked off our New York activity inside a top secret hidden room! At the opening party of #SMWNY we built a secret room disguised as the exclusive Greenwich Village Country Club. [...]
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Tags: Day #2, London, new york, Social Media Week 2012
Five weeks of the Amazing Everyday Challenge have come to a close.
You've all been amazing everyday throughout the challenge so I must say a colossal thanks to everyone for taking part and contributing a tonne of photos and videos. via Katrien De Mey - this is not the overall winner, we just loved this photo! This is the end of the road for this competition on Nokia Connects, so far we have awarded Jamie Haggett, Fayiz Musthafa, Raghav and Craig Walsh with a Nokia Purity In-Ear Headset for their great themed photos. [...]
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Tags: Amazing Everyday Challenge, winner
Social Media Week kicked off this week, so it’s only right that we share with you our top 5 social media applications.
via whatleydude 1. Spotify We all love music so Spotify definitely deserves top spot on this list. Founded in 2006, Spotify rushed to popularity with its ever-extending catalogue of streamable music. Last year we saw Spotify join forces with Facebook and then become available in the States too. Put that all together with an application for your Lumia and we have a sure winner. 2. Seesmic This cute little Raccoon belongs to Seesmic, a platform not so much dissimilar from Tweetdeck. [...]
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Tags: apps, lumia 800, Social Media Week 2012, top 5
If you are confused by the title, you might want to look back at our initial Nokia Connects post about Ystävänpäivä.
Today is the day where we celebrate friendship along with Finland. Yes, not romance but friendship! We asked you all to write about one of your friends, fellow community or family members for this unique day. Now we'll share our favourite story with you... Our favourite story was from Ali, from mynokiablog, who didn't just single out one of his friends, but proceeded to celebrate the whole Nokia community! We found this particularly moving considering he's never physically met any of you, so it's a great illustration of how closely knit the community is. [...]
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Tags: #NokiaValentine, Friend's day, Valentine's day
Time for a little wrap up from around the world.
Members of the Nokia Connects team have been busy on the ground all over the globe at their respective Social Media Week 2012 events, so last night I caught up with them to find out about some of the cool stuff happening in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong #SMWHK Today is Valentine's Day, so those delegates attending the Dwitter (Dating + Twitter) event at Social Media Week in Hong Kong should have noticed Nokia employees handing out 50 personalised red roses and chocolates to all attendees. [...]
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Tags: hong kong, random acts of kindness, San Francisco, singapore, Social Media Week 2012
As Part of Social Media Week 2012, Nokia is sponsoring a very special social experiment that spans cities, cultures and cyberspace…
.. via eldh Can Man Live on Social Media Alone? is sending two intrepid travellers halfway across the world in order to see if they can get by for a week in a foreign city relying only on a smartphone, social media, and the goodwill of complete strangers. Equipped with nothing but a Nokia Lumia 800, the clothes on their back and their own initiative, Singaporean Daphne and Londoner Martin will be swapping cities from 9-15 February 2012 and attempt to get by in a strange land. [...]
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Tags: 800, alone, can, Facebook, live, London, lumia, man, media, singapore, smartphone, social, Twitter
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Marko on Mt Kilimanjaro with an N8

Shout out to Marko, who took this with his N8 in -20 degrees on the top of Mt Kilimanjaro!
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