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A decade later: How Microsoft flushed $7.6 billion down the drain when it bought Nokia [TechSpot]
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The story begins around 2010 when Nokia, once a titan of the mobile phone industry, was failing to keep up with its Silicon Valley rivals. The Finnish company had pioneered many mobile technologies but was late to the smartphone game. Its antiquated Symbian operating system was no match for the…