Mobile Lowdown 8-31-11: Amazon Tablet; China iOS; Apple/Wikileaks; FilmOn
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon could have two sizes of tablet in mind for a launch: a seven-inch mod… Read more »
New Sony Reader Is Kind Of Pricey For An E-Reader Nobody Wants
Like the Kindle Tablet, the new Sony (NYSE: SNE) Reader has not been officially confirmed for a launch this fall, but this weekend a MobileR… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-28-11: Samsung; AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon Isis; Nokia
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Samsung has announced LTE versions of the Galaxy II smartphone and 8.9-inch… Read more »
RIM Breaks Social Ground With Its New BBM Music Service
photo: Verizon Wireless
It’s taken a little while, but it looks like RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) might have finally woken up and smelled the coffee in the social media world a… Read more »
UK Riots: BlackBerry Hacked, Sony Burned, eBay On Alert
Four days in, and more tech company fallout from the riots in the UK: RIM (NSDQ: RIMM), which has found itself in the story because rioters… Read more »
As Riots Spread In London, RIM Will ‘Assist Police’. PS3 Also Playing Role?
As the sun goes down on London, the riots that started in the north of the city a few days ago in response to a shooting have spread to a nu… Read more »
TV or PC? Study Highlights Differences Between Netflix And Hulu
With the race to transform the living room into a web-connected media hub accelerating, a new report shows the diverging viewer habits acros… Read more »
The Biggest Losers From The Borders Bankruptcy
photo: Jblyberg
Yesterday’s news that the Borders bookstore chain is going to be sold off-much of it probably at fire-sale prices-means that some of the nat… Read more »
Want Netflix Streams And DVDs? Be Prepared To Pay 60 Percent More
photo: Flickr / scottfeldstein
Subscribers who want everything Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has to offer will be paying more for it. Netflix no longer will offer a plan that inclu… Read more »
Nortel’s $4.5 Billion Patent Sale Approved As U.S. Regulators Mull Options
One hurdle faced by the six tech companies hoping to acquire 6,000 mobile patents from bankrupt Nortel Networks has been cleared, as courts… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-06-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music suspects pranksters hit Irish website (Reuters)
» Does Turnover Signal Tumult at The Huffin… Read more »
Move Over, Sony. Now Hackers Are Attacking Apple. iCloud Beware?
Computer hackers may have found their latest target, and it’s a tech world biggie: on Sunday the group AnonymousIRC posted data online that… Read more »
Nortel Patent Auction: Yes, Six Winners. And One Big Loser: Google
Nortel’s announcement late Thursday that it has sold a portfolio of 6,000 patents to a consortium consisting of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), EMC, Eri… Read more »
Six Winners Including Apple, Microsoft Pay $4.5 Billion For Nortel Patents
photo: Wikimedia / U.S. Patent Office
Nortel’s landmark patent auction has produced a winning bidder, and the only surprise is that it was a team effort: six companies, including… Read more »
Pottermore.com’s Biggest Losers (Plus One Surprise Winner)
Pottermore.com is great news for Harry Potter fans, who have not been able to read the series in digital form until now; for J. K. Rowling,… Read more »
Apple May Lose Its Amazon Appstore Suit. What’s The Takeaway?
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Apple’s not impressed, as it has been battling it out in multiple courts to claim… Read more »
Why Netflix Subs Can’t Stream Sony Movies From Starz (For Now)
photo: Netflix
When you run out of talk minutes, you have to top off, change plans or stop using the cell phone. Turns out the same kind of system is at wo… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-16-11: Sony Tablets, Yahoo App Search And Sprint
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
–Sony: Sony (NYSE: SNE) has yet to give specific details on when and where we will firs… Read more »
Skyhook CEO: “Privacy Is The Third Rail Of Location Services”; The WP7 Op
Skyhook Wireless, which provides enhanced location technology for mobile devices and services, has hit a few bumpy patches in its road to gr… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-9-11: HP TouchPad; Apple’s App Store Slam; YouTube Mobile
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: HP (NYSE: HPQ) finally gives the release date for its TouchPad tablet; Apple (NSDQ: AAP… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-7-11: HTC; Skype Lawsuit; GSMA; AT&T Windows Phone; Vita
An Apple-free look at some of the big stories in mobile today: HTC delivers bumper results; Skype faces a patent suit; the longstanding CEO… Read more »
Google’s China Crisis Deepens With Gmail Hacking Incident
photo: Corbis
Google’s standoff with China over censorship in search in 2010 was a lowpoint in the search engine’s ambitions to expand to the East, but a… Read more »
It’s Official: Apple Will Kick Off WWDC With iCloud And New OS Details
Well, at least some of the speculation is now officially over: today Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced that it will be kicking off its annual Wor… Read more »
PSN, Qriocity Hack Will ‘Significantly Decrease’ Sony Sales
Sony (NYSE: SNE) concedes the outage caused by the hacks of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will lead 2011/12 income to “signi… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-25-11: 4G; Cox; Nokia / ZTE; Sony; Instagram; AdSense
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Cox drops 3G; UK gears up for first LTE trial; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and ZTE scramble to put… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-24-11: iPhone 5; Square; T-Mobile; Apple; Sony Ericsson
photo: Photo Giddy/Europe 1
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More confirmation of the iPhone 5 being smaller and thinner; some doubt cast on Square’… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-23-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» Sony (NYSE: SNE) to report $3.2 billion loss as it struggles with production disruptions, hacker attack (AP)
» 30,0… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-23-11: Foxconn; iPhone 5 Curve; Rooted Android; Paramount
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more details on the Foxconn factory explosion; reports of a curvaceous future for the i… Read more »
Cloudy With A Chance Of Apple: How An iTunes Cloud Service Might Look
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has yet to make any public announcements on cloud-based music services, but some more details have emerged that seem to i… Read more »
Sony Reportedly On Board For Apple Streaming Music Service; Universal Next?
photo: Flickr / Ian Muttoo
Another domino has fallen as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) methodically inks deals with the biggest names in the recording industry for what is believe… Read more »
EMusic Reaches A Deal With EMI
photo: flickr / graciepoo
eMusic, the online music “club” that offers members discounts on tracks in exchange for a monthly subscription fee, has struck a deal with a… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-19-11: Apple Cloud, EMI; VZW Sues FCC; Latest Gartner Figs
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple’s apparently getting closer to a cloud music product after signing a deal with EM… Read more »
Ericsson: Inks Outsourcing Deal With Clearwire; Interested In Nortel IP?
This is Ericsson’s week to be in the spotlight for U.S. news, it seems. The company has just announced a deal to take on the running of Clea… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-18-11: Ericsson/Nortel/Clearwire; Apple Trademark; Lodsys
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: As news hits of a new outsourcing deal with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) c… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 5-16-11: iPhone 5; Nokia Ovi; Clearwire; Kodak; Android
photo: Nokia
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More reports on the so-called iPhone 5; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) ditches its Ovi brand; Sony (… Read more »
Battle Over Apple’s ‘App Store’ Trademark Expands Into Europe
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), working together with HTC, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), moved its legal battle agai… Read more »
The Latest Carrier App Effort: Nokia Launches Co-Branded Ovi Storefronts
photo: Nokia
Operators have been relatively late to the app game, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying to make up for lost time by doing anything and… Read more »
YouTube’s Movie Rentals Will Star Releases From Sony, Warner, and Universal
photo: Flickr / mark roquet
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has signed up Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), and NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) to make some of thei… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-06-11: Sony Ericsson/Facebook; T-Mobile; Visa; JiWire
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) updates its Xperia mini devices, and adds a “Fac… Read more »
Apple iPad Still The Tablet Leader; Tablet Use Eats Into Other Device Usage
photo: Tom Krazit
A few stats and numbers released today underscore the dominance that the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad has among those that have purchased media t… Read more »
