Technology Report: Facebook offers olive branch to mobile carriers

02/27/2012 Facebook offers olive branch to mobile carriers BARCELONA (Reuters) - Facebook said it could team up with mobile operators on payments, in an offer that would give them back part of the revenue and influence they have lost in recent years to Apple and Google . Nokia unveils cheaper Windows smartphone BARCELONA (Reuters) - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a cheaper smartphone using Microsoft's Windows Phone software on Monday, aiming to win back market share by targeting a wider audience. EBay sees strong mobile commerce volume growth in 2012 (Reuters) - EBay Inc forecast robust growth in its mobile commerce segment as the online commerce and auction site expects more people to shop and pay via smartphones. Sprint offers $2 billion in notes (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp plans to raise $2 billion in debt in a private transaction, the company said on Monday. On the ropes, Apple's China nemesis still dreams (Reuters) - Yang Long-san, Apple's nemesis in a battle over the iPad trademark in China, once strutted the expo halls with dreams of market dominance. His company, Proview, may now be in ruins and his most valuable asset a disputed trademark, but those dreams remain intact. Olympus risks foreign backlash with new board line-up TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp proposed a new board of directors on Monday in an effort to recover from a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, but the line-up could face a hostile reception from foreign investors when it goes to a shareholder vote. Vodafone offers to co-build European fast networks BARCELONA (Reuters) - Mobile operator Vodafone has offered to join forces with rival firms to share the 30 billion euro ($40 billion) bill to build out new superfast fiber networks in Europe, in a sign of the increasing demands being placed on operators. WikiLeaks publishes security think tank emails LONDON (Reuters) - The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA. Crack in China's firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum (Reuters) - Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world's most populous country. HTC bets on cameras, music to recover smartphone mojo BARCELONA/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp has turned to advanced cameras and music functions for a new range of phones at the centre of its bid to recover from a rapid fall from grace in the tough and fickle smartphone market. Related Video Nokia's launches mobile phone fightback Dogs' feet give scientist paws for thought Mediafile Paul Smalera What real Internet censorship looks like Liana B. Baker Charlie Ergen's Management Theory: Dumb & Dumber and Seinfeld A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend