The digest of news from the world of mobile development for the last week №23 (September 2 - 8, 2013)

"After a long and long-lasting illness," Nokia withdrew to Microsoft, Google made an unexpected marketing move and called the new Android named Kit Kat, Xamarin added support for C # 5 Async / await on iOS and Android. All this and more in our weekly selection of news from the world of mobile development.

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Microsoft bought Nokia

Of course, the number one news was the purchase of Nokia by Microsoft. The transaction price is unexpectedly low - 5.44 billion euros. The same Skype cost more - $ 8.5 billion. The remains of the Finnish company will focus on the remaining business areas: Nokia Solutions and Networks, HERE (maps and navigation), Advanced Technologies.

Android 4.4 got the name Kit Kat

Sandar Pichai, head of Chrome and Android, in his blog post on Google+ revealed the name of the next version of the mobile operating system. Android 4.4 will be called Kit Kat. As it turned out, Google entered into a partnership agreement with a Swiss company, although, according to the BBC, the money was not involved from either side.

Mozilla provides smartphones for porting applications to Firefox OS

Mozilla announced the start of the next stage of its Firefox OS hardware program into the hands of developers creating software for it: the so-called “second phase” of the Phones for Apps program offers developers the chance to get a device running on Firefox OS. Now, Mozilla wants to provide phones for developers who want to port their existing applications.

Nokia's most famous / original phones

Well, the post of nostalgia associated with Nokia. Over the long years of leadership, the Finnish manufacturer has created quite a few interesting devices that can be considered “icons” of the entire phone / smartphone sector.
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