Top news this week: Nokia CEO, Apple-Samsung verdict, Facebook F8 and more!

This past week, we saw some major announcements in the tech world. Those who’ve missed on their daily dose of tech news, here’s a quick recap:   **Samsung ordered to pay Apple $120 million: Here’s why it’s bad news for Apple** The jury deliberation from the latest round in the seemingly neverending  **Apple vs Samsung**  battle is over this week and the verdict is in. After over a month of speculation, Samsung has been ordered by the jury  **to pay $119.6 million to Apple**  for infringing on patents.   **Meet Rajeev Suri, India-born next Nokia CEO** Rajeev Suri will become the new chief executive of Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia, the company said on Tuesday, confirming what analysts had expected. Suri, 46, until now led Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), the smaller network equipment unit of Nokia when the company still made mobile phones. [caption id=“attachment_219949” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Rajeev Suri, the next Nokia CEO[/caption]   **Facebook acquires Moves, a fitness tracking app** Social networking site Facebook has acquired Helsinki-based fitness tracking app Moves in an undisclosed deal. “We are joining Facebook’s talented team to work on building and improving their products and services with a shared mission of supporting simple, efficient tools for more than a billion people,” a statement from the firm read.   **Apple’s new earpods to come with heart rate and blood pressure sensors?** Apple is all set to turn its users into complete health freaks. An anonymous post on Secret reveals that Apple’s earpods will come embedded with heart rate and blood pressure sensors. This means, it’s not just the upcoming iWatch or Healthbook app, but Apple also plans to redesign its earphones with heath tracking capabilities.   **After Heartbleed, major Covert Redirect flaw threatens OAuth, OpenID and the Internet** The dust over the Heartbleed flaw had barely settled and there’s more bad news for those using open-source security software to power websites. This time around the vulnerability affects login using OAuth and OpenID. These standards are used by websites such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and LinkedIn, among others to authenticate users.   **LG launches G Pro 2 for Rs 51,500: Features 5.9-inch full HD display, 13MP camera, 3GB RAM** LG has officially launched the  **G Pro 2**  in India, after the phone popped up at online retailers earlier this week. The phone has been priced at Rs 51,500, which makes it one of the most expensive phones in the market today. Though the G Pro 2 has more than enough to take on the competition. Read our  G Pro 2   **first impressions** , to know more. [caption id=“attachment_219315” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  The back body has a fiber finish which isn’t too bad to look at. Tech2[/caption]   **Facebook announces Anonymous login, privacy tweaks and mobile ad network** Mark Zuckerberg, like Facebook, is maturing. The soon-to-be 30-year-old chief executive of the decade-old social networking company grew reflective as he stood before hundreds of app developers to announce a host of mobile features designed to put “people first.” The company introduced anonymous login for third-party apps and other privacy tweaks at F8. The company has also begun testing mobile ad network.   **Flipkart starts same-day deliveries in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata** Flipkart has announced its latest offering – same day delivery – hoping to remain the top e-tailer in the country. Amazon announced a similar service in December 2013. Starting this week customers in 10 cities – Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Manesar, Navi Mumbai, Thane - can avail of the service across all categories, according to a Flipkart press release. [caption id=“attachment_218058” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Flipkart starts same day delivery[/caption]   **Microsoft still supports Windows XP; issues fix for zero-day IE flaw** Microsoft is helping the estimated hundreds of millions of customers still running Windows XP, which it stopped supporting earlier this month, by providing an emergency update to fix a critical bug in its Internet Explorer browser.   **Facebook begins testing Audience Network, its mobile-centric ad network** Facebook said on Wednesday that it is displaying ads from a small group of marketers on other companies’ smartphone apps, the latest sign that the world’s No. 1 online social network is closer to launching an ad network business.   **HTC One M8 reaches Indian shores; available online at a discounted Rs 48,120** HTC has dropped a surprise on those waiting to buy the One M8. The new flagship has been listed for sale ahead of schedule and is on Flipkart for a discounted Rs 48,120.The MRP of the device, according to the listing, is Rs 59,900. At the time of the HTC One M8 India launch, the company had announced that the phone will go on sale from the first week of May. [caption id=“attachment_220462” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Absolutely stunning industrial design[/caption]   **Google to reportedly ditch Nexus brand for high-end Android Silver devices** A report in The Information (paywall) says that the company will replace the Nexus line with a range of premium smartphones and presumably tablets under a new brand name, Android Silver. The Verge, which accessed the report, says, “The change is both expansive and expensive, as Google is said to be planning to spend heavily on promoting these devices in wireless carriers’ stores and through advertising, essentially subsidizing the development and marketing costs for its hardware partners.”   **Google stops scanning student Gmail accounts after privacy fears** Google has announced that more than 30 million students, teachers and administrators using Google Apps for Education will now get better privacy features, as opposed to regular users. Google had already turned off ads by default when you are signed in using a Apps for Education account and they also removed ads from accounts of K-12 users last year. But this latest change will indeed please the many users of the service.   **Upgraded Macbook Air with faster Haswell CPUs now available in India starting at Rs 65,900** Apple’s refreshed Macbook Air with faster processor and lower price tag finally comes to India. Starting at 65,900, the Macbook Air now gets powerful processors, fast flash storage, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and up to 12 hours of battery life.   **Microsoft to launch Xbox One in China this September after lifting of ban** Microsoft will begin selling its Xbox One video game console in China in September through its partnership with Chinese Internet TV company BesTV New Media Co, the company said on Tuesday. The partners will also kickstart a program to help developers create, publish and sell Xbox One games in China and other markets where the console is sold, Microsoft said in a statement. [caption id=“attachment_220045” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Xbox One ban lifted (Image: Reuters)[/caption]   **Samsung Q1 profit dips as smartphone sales slow down** amsung reported its second straight fall in quarterly profit on Tuesday, as weakness in flat-screen panels and the maturing high-end smartphone business weighed on the South Korean giant’s earnings.But the company said the football World Cup in Brazil should help boost sales of screens and smartphones in the current quarter, as fans invest in fancy gadgets to watch the action.     **RadiumOne CEO Gurbaksh Chahal fired after assaulting girlfriend, hitting her 117 times** Gurbaksh Chahal, the Indian-origin CEO of RadiumOne, who escaped jail despite  **beating his girlfriend 117 times** , has been fired from his post, according to a report on  Re/Code. The company has also confirmed that news.