Mashable - The reinvention of Nokia is going slowly, if the last financial quarter is any indication. The Finnish cellphone giant lost nearly a billion euros in Q4 2011, or $1.3 billion. On top of that, Nokia sold 31% fewer smartphones than over the same period last year. Despite those troubles, the company's push toward the Windows Phone platform appears to be gaining some steam, selling "well over" 1 million phones under the Lumia brand -- though that's out of 19.6 million smartphones sold worldwide. Windows Phone is expected to make greater strides this year, though, and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop hinted at one point during today's earnings call that the company may soon extend the partnership beyond just phones.

AP - Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of euro1.07 billion ($1.38 billion) as sales slumped 21 percent even as the company's first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia.

Mashable - When you die, your social media presence lives on. But should it? Lawmakers and lawyers are tackling the question of what should happen to your digital life after death. The Uniform Law Commission recently approved a study committee on fiduciary power and authority to access digital property and online accounts during incapacity and after death. Uniform laws are created when there is little current legislation for states to follow.

Reuters - Online recruitment firm Monster Worldwide Inc forecast a weak start to the year and said it will cut jobs, as it does not expect the global job market to improve drastically in the near term.

Appolicious - Google’s winning smartphone strategy was to make Android open source and invite anyone and everyone to create a device for their mobile platform. It worked, as HTC, Motorola and others jumped on the opportunity to create smartphones to rival the iPhone. However, the market was reset when Apple released the iPad. Yet another game-changer, the iPad set new standards for tablets, and is already prepping for a third generation release. All the while, Google’s been building an Android platform designed for tablets, eventually releasing Android 4. ...

AP - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp. says it is slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide amid deteriorating earnings due to weakness in its mobile phone business and flooding in Thailand that hit its platform business.

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Reuters - Tablet computers using Google's Android software narrowed the lead of Apple's iPad on the global market in the fourth quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.