In a spot of breaking late-night surprise news Microsoft buys the Nokia Devices & Services division, together with licenses for Nokia patents and mapping services. The price? A cool €5.44 billion.
The acquisition covers both smartphones and feature phone lines (chiefly the Lumia and Asha series), and sees the transfer of 32000 Nokia employees to Microsoft from design, operations, sales, marketing and support teams.
Nokia retains its myriad patents, but grants Microsoft a 10-year non-exclusive license.
"It's a bold step into the future-- a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says. "Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft's share and profits in phones, and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services."
A companion device to the 
Shipped inside rugged, colourful casing complete with a chunky handle and an easy-to-grip stylus, the Tab 3 Kids features a number of pre-loaded educational, entertainment and e-book apps together with a special app store called, well, Kids Store.
According to the company such cameras will bring about a level of interaction far beyond keyboard, mouse or even touchscreen interfaces, being able to identify characteristics, contours and shapes of items in view.
Reading Mode turns off notification (emails, apps, social media) and optimises screen brightness and battery consumption. Users can either switch to Reading Mode manually or set it on automatic.
