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| Apr 18, 2024 | Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data | AT&T’s recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts affected — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. On Thursday, a startup called Cape — based out of Washington... |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Mobile OS maker Jolla is back and building an AI device | On the fringes of MWC, the world’s biggest mobile phone show, TechCrunch is getting a demo of a new kind of AI device. The small black box sitting in front of us on a table in a hotel lobby in Barcelona is designed to tap into the generativ... |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Finland’s Jolla, maker of Sailfish OS, is trying to cut ties with Russia | Jolla, a Finnish startup that develops a mobile Linux-based alternative to Google’s Android which has had some take-up by the Russian government in the past, is looking to restructure its business to jettison links to the Russian state.
We ... |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Jolla hits profitability ahead of turning ten, eyes growth beyond mobile | A milestone for Jolla, the Finnish startup behind the Sailfish OS — which formed, almost a decade ago, when a band of Nokia staffers left to keep the torch burning for a mobile linux-based alternative to Google’s Android — today it’s announ... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Sailfish OS now lets you share your Mobile Linux device | Having the ability to share a mobile device amongst your family or co-workers can be very useful. This is something that mobile manufacturers such as Motorola have been doing on their smartphones and Samsung on their tablets for a while now... |
| May 7, 2020 | La Jolla Accelerator Alumni Company Porchlight Raises $1.5M: | |
| Mar 9, 2019 | The other smartphone business | With the smartphone operating system market sewn up by Google’s Android platform, which has a close to 90% share globally, leaving Apple’s iOS a slender (but lucrative) premium top-slice, a little company called Jolla and its Linux-based Sa... |
| Feb 26, 2018 | Sailfish v3 sets its sights on 4G feature phones | With the smartphone OS market almost entirely sewn up between Google and Apple, what’s an alternative operating system maker to do? Take an interest in feature phones, that’s what.
Today Jolla, the Finnish maker of an Android alternative ca... |
| May 9, 2017 | Finding “the one” at Arctic15 | Last weeks Arctic 15 three day event succeeded in offering a glimpse into the bright future of the Nordics as hundreds of investors, startups and corporates converged once again in the familiar old industrial complex of Kaapelitehdas the ‘C... |
| Feb 26, 2017 | HMD unveils 3 Android smartphones in Nokia clothing | Nokia, the mobile phone brand that arguably created as well as led the mobile phone market for many years, once died a tragic death, first the victim of its own arrogance at being the early leader; then the victim of Apple and Google and th... |
| Oct 18, 2016 | La Jolla museum raises $56.7M toward expansion | The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego officially kicked off its 75th anniversary Tuesday with an announcement that $56.7 million has been raised toward a $75 million goal. The money will be used to fund a $55 million expansion of the mus... |
| May 29, 2016 | Jolla Returns With Another Smartphone Running Sailfish OS | Dave Calpito, Tech Times 29 May 2016, 10:05 am
Finnish mobile maker Jolla has returned, bringing the limited-edition Jolla C smartphone that is equipped with its Sailfish operating system.
It cannot be denied that the firm behind Sailfish O... |
| May 27, 2016 | Jolla launches a community device program for its Sailfish mobile OS | Just when you thought Finnish mobile OS maker Jolla had given up on making its own mobile hardware, given its recent financing troubles which led to it having to shutter a planned tablet, it gets back in the game — albeit with a limited run... |
| May 5, 2016 | Jolla Raises $12M in Funding | Jolla, a Helsinki, Tampere, Finland- and Hong Kong-based developer of an open mobile operating system called Sailfish OS, raised $12m in funding.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to develop its Sailfish OS, proceed with clos... |
| May 3, 2016 | Jolla closes $12M Series C for its Sailfish mobile OS licensing business | Alternative mobile OS maker, Jolla, whose Sailfish licensing business aims to compete with Google’s Android platform by offering OEMs the ability to tailor the mobile platform to their needs, has closed out a $12 million Series C financing ... |
| May 3, 2016 | Jolla has secured $12 million in funding to continue Sailfish OS development and licensing business | Jolla, the Finnish developer of an open mobile OS dubbed Sailfish, today announced (PDF) that it has secured new financing to re-boost its operating system licensing business.
In total, the company says it has raised $12 million in funding ... |
| May 3, 2016 | Helsinki-based Jolla has raises $12 million to further develop its mobile OS Sailfish | Jolla, the Finnish developer of the open mobile operating system Sailfish OS, today announced that it has secured new financing of $12 million to advance the Sailfish OS development and licensing business further. Jolla is currently also re... |
| Feb 24, 2016 | Jolla partners with mi-Fone to bring Sailfish-Powered handsets to African markets | Jolla, makers of the Sailfish mobile operating system, have announced a new partnership with mi-Fone, Africa’s first smartphone brand and original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The announcement was made on the sidelines of the ongoing Mobil... |
| Feb 1, 2016 | Jolla Confirms The Sailfish Tablet Is Dead | Hardware is always hard. But if you’re playing at the margins of a mobile ecosystem dominated by Android and iOS, well, it’s best described as a bloodbath. To wit: Finland’s Jolla, which makes its own mobile OS Sailfish and — previously — i... |
| Jan 31, 2016 | Jolla Starts Delivering Crowdfunded Sailfish OS Tablets To Backers, But Not To Everyone | Kyle Nofuente, Tech Times 31 January 2016, 07:01 pm
It's a brand new year, so it's a brand new Jolla. Kind of.
Jolla, a Finnish mobile maker that branched out of Nokia, is getting its groove back after facing some financial troubles midway ... |
| Dec 31, 2015 | Europe’s top tech news, December 2015 | Enlarge reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating
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| Dec 18, 2015 | Jolla Closes Series C Funding | Jolla Ltd, a Helsinki, Finland-based developer of mobile operating system Sailfish OS, closes a Series C funding round.
The investors and amount were not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to further develop Sailfish OS and clo... |
| Dec 18, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 18, 2015 | Pave secured $300M; Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc received $33M; Checkpoint Surgical raised $7.5M
Jolla Ltd., a Finnish mobile company and developer of open mobile operating system Sailfish OS, today announced that it has closed its C invest... |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Jolla is in big trouble: funding delay results in ‘temporary lay-offs’ as startup files for debt restructuring | Finnish mobile devices and operating system maker Jolla‘s woes continue. The company just announced (PDF) that its latest financing round – which was scheduled to conclude at the end of this month – has been postponed indefinitely.
Jolla sa... |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Unseen Art Is Crowdfunding An Open Source Platform To Make Fine Art Accessible Via 3D Printing | Making art more accessible to blind and visually impaired people is founder Marc Dillon’s new mission. After almost a quarter century working in the mobile industry — latterly at alternative mobile OS maker, Jolla, from where he finally dep... |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Jolla Releases Sailfish 2.0 For Early Access Users: Update Includes Better UI And Improved Navigation | Anu Passary, Tech Times 10 September 2015, 09:09 am
Finland-based start-up Jolla has made available the Sailfish 2.0 OS' preview for its early access users. The update brings several enhancements, including an improved user interface and be... |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Sailfish-powered Jolla Tablet Now Available For Preorder: Quad-Core Inte Chip, 7.85-Inch Display, 4450mAh Battery | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 21 August 2015, 10:08 am
Pre-orders for the Jolla tablet have started, with Jolla stating that there will only be a limited batch of the devices available through its online store.
Interested customers can now send ... |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Jolla finds first licensee for its Sailfish 2.0 in Indian smartphone maker Intex Technologies | Jolla, the Finnish developer of Android-based Sailfish OS, has roped in Indian smartphone vendor Intex Technologies as the first licensee for its mobile operating system, it announces today at the ongoing Mobile World Congress event in Shan... |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Dialed down: Spain’s Geeksphone exits the smartphone business | Founded in 2009, Madrid, Spain-based Geeksphone is saying adiós to the smartphone business, after having developed six phones in less than six years. It’s not really a surprise, given that the small company last month unceremoniously announ... |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Mobile Maker Jolla Splits In Two, With Sailfish OS Its First Order Of Business | Software or hardware? Finnish mobile device and Sailfish OS maker Jolla has always intended doing both. But that could be changing. Today the company announced it’s forking itself, splitting its business into two. One of those businesses wi... |
| Jun 18, 2015 | Jolla Announces an African Ecosystem for its Sailfish OS | Finland-based smartphone maker and developer of open mobile operating system; Sailfish OS, Jolla has announced that it will be developing an African ecosystem for its Sailfish OS.
The finnish company announced the OS last month and rolled i... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Jolla Bags $12.4M Series B From Europe And Asia For Its Sailfish Mobile OS | Buoyed by a successful crowdfunding campaign to build an open source tablet running its Sailfish OS, Finnish mobile startup Jolla has also announced the closure of a Series B funding round.
A Jolla spokesman confirmed to TechCrunch that the... |
| Nov 23, 2014 | Jolla’s ‘Open Source’ iPad Alternative Raises More Than $1M In Two Days’ Crowdfunding | Late last week Finnish mobile startup Jolla launched a crowdfunding campaign for a tablet running its open source Sailfish OS*, smashing past its initial funding goal of $380,000 in a couple of hours. It has since pushed past the $1 million... |
| Sep 23, 2014 | Finland’s Jolla Takes Its Sailfish-Powered Smartphone To India, Via Snapdeal | Jolla, the Finnish smartphone startup that used the MeeGo open source OS as a jumping off point for its own Android-app compatible Sailfish OS — and which last November released its first handset in its home market — has now expanded availa... |
| Jul 25, 2014 | TechCrunch Helsinki Meetup Sees Finland’s New Startup Generation | Finland has a rich heritage in technology. Whatever crisis of confidence the masters of Nokia had, eventually leading to its gutting by Microsoft, that long heritage has served it well, giving rise to a several generations of engineers and,... |
| Apr 12, 2014 | Phones Go Back To The Future | I’m no fan of LG’s rear smartphone control keys — but turns out the company had its finger on the pulse of looming hardware disruption when it ushered in those backside smartphone controls last summer, with the G2.
Smartphone case-makers st... |
| Feb 28, 2014 | Sailfish OS Maker, Jolla, On Questing For Scale In The Age Of Android | “It’s not every day that a new mobile operating system is born,” says Jolla’s Marc Dillon preaching to a congregation of the curious from atop a stool at Jolla‘s booth at the 2014 Mobile World Congress. This is the world’s largest mobile in... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | Review: Jolla Phone Has Design Flare But Sailfish’s Waters Are Muddied By App Issues & UI Learning Curve | Jolla is a very small fish trying to make headway in global smartphone waters dominated by the whale-sized Android OS. In its plucky attempt to make a splash, building its own phone hardware as well as floating a new software platform, the ... |
| Dec 23, 2013 | The Jolla Phone Is Now Available for Sale in Europe for €399 | Jolla is a company that was formed by former Nokia employees in Finland, soon after Nokia announced it’s going to kill its Meego operating system, and go with Windows Phone 7 instead. What came out of that is Jolla’s Sailfish OS, that is be... |
| Nov 30, 2013 | Hands On With Jolla’s First Phone — The “Spearhead Device” For Its MeeGo-Successor Sailfish OS | The first handset from Finnish smartphone startup Jolla is simply called Jolla. This phone has been some two years in the making — a timeframe that testifies to the complexity of building handset hardware and a new mobile platform, not to m... |
| Sep 16, 2013 | Jolla’s Sailfish OS Now Android Compatible As MeeGo Startup Readies 2nd Pre-Sales Campaign To Tap Anti-Microsoft Sentiment | Jolla, the Finnish startup that’s aiming to build a mobile ecosystem around its MeeGo-based OS, Sailfish, has announced the Sailfish OS is now compatible with the Android ecosystem — on both a hardware and a software level.
Incorporating su... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | MeeGo Startup Jolla Closes Pre-Sales Campaign For Its First Phone, Booking Orders Of Up To 50,000 Units | Jolla, the Finnish startup comprised of ex-Nokians that’s building its own MeeGo-based smartphone platform and phone hardware has closed out a pre-sales campaign for the device it showed off in May. Thing is, it’s not saying how many phones... |
| May 20, 2013 | The Jolla ‘Other Half’ is the Nokia version of an Android smartphone. Sort of | A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a Finish mobile company was working on a ground-breaking game-changing world-shaking new smartphone operating system based on Linux rising from the ashes of Intel’s Moblin and its own Maemo project... |
| May 20, 2013 | Finnish MeeGo Startup Jolla Reveals First Phone: 4.5″ Display, Customisable Shells, $513 Price-Tag, Shipping At Year’s End | Jolla, the Finnish MeeGo startup composed of ex-Nokians building their own mobile hardware and Sailfish OS, has finally taken the wraps off its first handset, revealing what the hardware will look like on its website. The design is a clean-... |
| May 20, 2013 | Sailfish OS phone “Jolla” debuts, available for preorders | The Jolla running Sailfish OS exists out there, but it will be a while til it gets to consumers' hands.
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a Finish mobile company was working on a ground-breaking game-changing world-shaking new sma... |
| Nov 21, 2012 | Jolla’s Sailfish Rises From MeeGo’s Ashes As Company Signs First Carrier Deal With DNA | Jolla — the startup built by the team behind the smartphone OS that Nokia abandoned in favor of Windows Phone — revealed its first big smartphone customer deal today, the mobile operator DNA of Finland. Jolla also gave a first look at the U... |
| Выходцы из Nokia за два дня собрали более $1 млн на «альтернативный iPad» | Выходцы из Nokia за два дня собрали более $1 млн на «альтернативный iPad»
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На Indiegogo новый рекорд — стартап Jolla собрал на свой планшет $1 млн за два дня. Кампания стартовала 19 ноября и всего за... |
| Украинский Petcube признан лучшим hardware-стартапом Европы | Украинский Petcube признан лучшим hardware-стартапом Европы
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Вчера жюри престижного европейского конкурса стартапов Europas огласило лауреатов 2014 года. В категории «Лучший hardware-стартап» победи... |
| Российскую ОС разработают Samsung или Jolla | 95% операционных систем, которыми пользуются россияне, разработано за рубежом. К 2020 году Минкомсвязь намерена снизить долю импорта в этом сегменте до 75%, к 2025 году – до 50%. В апреле министерство занялось поиском разработчиков национал... |
