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When Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced that Nokia was abandoning its development of its own smartphone platforms and APIs, and betting the farm on somebody else's, many people asked why it was necessary.

Nokia had spent 15 years trying to develop and maintain its own software, which it regarded as strategic to maintaining its independence. Elop's decisions have ensured that Nokia didn't just get another option to run alongside its own, but it would abandon these, writing off the investments it had already made. In his opinion, these weren't good enough. - Andrew Orlowski

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Amazon.com could build an Android-based tablet computer to challenge Apple's iPad 2, said Forrester Research March 10. The move may be better received than the Motorola Xoom and other tablets from carriers.

source: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Amazoncom-Could-Build-Android-Tablet-to-Rival-iPad-2-Forrester-444605/

If you're going out of the Philippines and an immigration official asks you money, that is illegal, and a violation of your right to travel (Section 6, Article 3, of the Philippine Constitution).

Get the full name of the immigration officer who asks money from you. As long as you have a visa from your host country, you are not to give even a single peso to anyone. Except terminal fee and travel tax, you don't need to pay anything to anyone without an official receipt of the Republic of the Philippines.

Report to the Department of Justice any act of corruption in the Manila Airport Immigration. www.doj.gov.ph

or report directly to the Office of the President, Malacanang, Manila.

Stop corruption at Manila Airport Immigration.