The Mobile Lowdown 05-05-11: Apple Updates; HP; Android Share; Nortel
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) reportedly to start over-the-air OS updates; HP (NYSE: HPQ) beefs up… Read more »
Fas-Fax: Major Newspaper E-Editions Circ Rose 20 Percent
It looks like the combination of the iPad, Kindle, iPhone and Android is quickly having a positive impact on newspaper e-editions, as the Au… Read more »
What Next? Sony Admits Even Bigger Security Breach: 25 Million Accounts
Those clouds over Sony (NYSE: SNE) are getting darker. The company has admitted yet another compromise of people’s private information, with… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-03-11
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» Second Sony (NYSE: SNE) Videogame-Service Is Hacked (WSJ)
» US digital sales up 2% in volume and 12% in value but s… Read more »
Privacy Turning Heads On The Hill: Pols Want To Talk To Google, Apple, Sony
photo: Corbis / Stanley Eales
The newest batch of privacy gaffes by tech companies aren’t just resulting in lawsuits-although it’s become clear, if it wasn’t already, tha… Read more »
Sony Admits Security Breach In PlayStation Network, Qriocity Services
This cloud doesn’t have much of a silver lining right now: Sony (NYSE: SNE) has closed down two of its media services, its PlayStation Netwo… Read more »
Can Sony Cut It As A Tablet Brand With Its Two New Android Devices?
Consumer electronics giant Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally, formally confirmed what people have long been expecting the company to do for month… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-25-11
photo: Corbis / Patricia Curi
» The Playstation Network outage that began last Wednesday continued through the weekend, as Sony (NYSE: SNE) rebuilds the networ… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-22-11
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Inc has completed work on an online music storage service and is set to launch it ahead of Google Inc. (NSDQ… Read more »
Eye For An i: Samsung Sues Over iPhone, iPad Patents, Fight Goes Intl
photo: Tricia Duryee
You could see this one coming from a mile away: Samsung has struck back against Apple’s patent lawsuit against it with a few of its own. The… Read more »
Sony Ericsson: Profits Are Slumping, But It Is Still Slugging Away
A slump in profits for the world’s sixth-largest handset maker Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), which today reported its results for… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-19-11: EU 4G Spectrum; White iPhone 4; MCV; Nokia 3D
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earni… Read more »
Jay Walker Goes Nuclear: Priceline Founder Sues More Than 100 Companies
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Is Jay Walker jealous of Paul Allen? Allen got a lot of press when he sued 11 big internet companies last year, essentially saying he patent… Read more »
What To Make Of The Wisdom Of Crowds: Motorola Tops Brand Survey, Apple 5th
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Who are the top mobile brands in the U.S.? Asking the media versus asking 25,099 U.S. consumers might produce different results. Read more »
Smartphone Parts Shortage Caused By Japanese Quake
photo: Corbis / Andy Rain
Smartphone sales could drop by as much as 5 percent this year because the Japanese earthquake in March seriously affected supplies of key pa… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-08-11
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» Sony (NYSE: SNE) slashes PlayStation Portable prices by 24 percent in Europe to boost adoption. (Bloomberg)
» Ganne… Read more »
Is A $675,000 Penalty For Illegal Music Downloading Excessive?
The recording industry sued thousands of individual file-sharers in an unprecedented campaign of lawsuits that began in 2003; but only two o… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-04-11: iPhone 5 Sony; TimeWarner; Ericsson v ZTE
photo: Robert Scoble
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: some more possible leaks on the iPhone 5, and a possible Sony (NYSE: SNE) Honeycomb tab… Read more »
Skinkers Agency Buying Mobile Developer Umee
Another acquisition that points to the ongoing covergence and consolidation in the mobile and digital media industries, this time in the UK. Read more »
Sony App My Daily Clip Aims To Sell Movies
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures Home Entertainment is launching an iPhone and iPad app called My Daily Clip, which serves up a new excerpt from it… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown: Opera’s apps; Android In Europe; Sony Ericsson
Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Today: Opera launches its own app store; Android’s European march; Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson’s… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown: Apple’s Cloud; Motorola And HTML5 Gaming; Twitter; Samsung
photo: Corbis / Vigfus Birgisson
Our rundown of mobile news to start your day. Today we look at the newest reports around Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and cloud services; Motorola’s n… Read more »
Why Netflix Won’t Do A Tiered Deal With Starz
There’s plenty of time before Starz’s controversial streaming deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) runs out, but that hasn’t stopped analysts from… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown: Apple iPad, GetJar, IAB/MMA, Sony Ericsson
Our list of mobile news to start your day. Today’s topics: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad 2; new mobile ad standards from the IAB and the MMA; GetJ… Read more »
Infographic: Mobile Browsers Compared Worldwide (Or What Nokia’s Giving Up)
photo: Corbis / Andy Rain
All talk these days is about Google/Android and Apple/iOS, but here’s a nifty infographic that underscores just how fragmented the picture r… Read more »
Industry Moves: Google Mobile; Sony Ericsson; MEF
– Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Mobile: Russell Buckley (pictured) is leaving Google’s mobile advertising unit AdMob, about a year after the company… Read more »
News Corp. Acquires Liz Murdoch’s Shine & New Board Member For $673 Million
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As the head of the UK’s largest independent TV production company, Elisabeth Murdoch couldn’t join her father Rupert or brothers James and L… Read more »
Sony’s Music Unlimited Adds Three Countries Including U.S.
Sony (NYSE: SNE) subscription service Music Unlimited launched in the United States, New Zealand and Australia on Thursday, entering a compe… Read more »
@ MWC: WAC Finally Goes Commercial; Looks Like Another Win For Android
One year after making its debut at Mobile World Congress, the Mobile Applications Community — the group formed to encourage operator-led ap… Read more »
Gartner: Apple, RIM Displace Sony Ericsson, Motorola In Mobile Rankings
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All this news about Nokia’s next big move and losing mindshare / market share, and it’s easy to forget that the Finns (yes, they are still b… Read more »
iTunes Faces New Threat In Film Rentals
While new data out today from IHS Screen Digest shows Apple’s iTunes is as dominant as ever in the electronic-sell-through business, the sou… Read more »
Super Bowl XLV: Sony Ericsson Plays With Android In New Xperia Ad
With a Super Bowl commercial grafting human “gaming” thumbs onto a now-familiar green Android, *Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) is finally going… Read more »
Free Ke$ha And Usher Downloads Now Available At … Your Public Library
photo: Steve Cadman
The number of people downloading free music files from their local library is set to increase dramatically this year-and that’s not because… Read more »
In Wake Of Sony’s Complaint, Apple Explains In-App Requirements
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has responded to the reports earlier today of how it rejected the Sony (NYSE: SNE) Reader app from the App Store, because… Read more »
Bad News For The Digital Newsstand: Apple Rejects Sony Reader App
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Here’s one that will have the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) watchers puzzling for the next day: Apple has reportedly rejected Sony’s Reader app from it… Read more »
Sony Fights Two-Front War With New NGP Device And PlayStation App
Sony (NYSE: SNE) is not yet announcing a “PlayStation Phone” — that, supposedly, is being saved for the Mobile World Congress event in Barc… Read more »
Ahead Of The Shake-Out, Sony Says IPTV Sales Going Well
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In the growing IPTV swell, Sony (NYSE: SNE) is “exceeding expectations” on customer numbers buying its connected TVs and services, says one… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Apple’s 10 Billion; Sony Qriocity; WP7 Data/Yahoo
– Apple: The App Store hit its ten-billionth download on January 22. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had turned the occasion into a contest, with an $10… Read more »
Zynga’s Latest Buy: Area/Code
photo: Flickr / Joey Parsons
Zynga is purchasing game developer Area/Code, which developed popular Facebook game CSI:Crime City, along with Ubisoft, and iPhone game Drop… Read more »
Nokia Stumbled, But Mobile Music Services Are Still Gaining Ground
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have shuttered its unlimited music service in all but six of the 33 markets where it was operational, with low subscri… Read more »
