Leak: Microsoft Planning NFC Support, Skype Integration In Windows Phone 8
Microsoft’s plan for Windows Phone 8–which appears to be moving in step with its overall Windows 8 launch strategy–has been leaked, and th… Read more »
Samsung Takes The Apple Route For Its Next Big Launch, the Galaxy S III
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has accused Samsung of “slavishly copying” its hardware designs; but whether or not that is true, one area where Samsung… Read more »
Google Buys Online Ads In Pushback Over Privacy
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is purchasing display ads on websites like the *Washington Post*, an unusual move that is part of the company’s strained… Read more »
Nokia Design Chief: We’re Developing A Windows Phone With NFC Technology
Nokia is working on a Windows Phone model that incorporates NFC (Near Field Communications) technology to connect to external accessories Read more »
Entertainment Lobby Claims Google, Bing Send Users To Illegal Music Files
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other search engines “overwhelmingly” direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition… Read more »
Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers
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With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A re… Read more »
Nokia Q4: Scrambling For A Grip, But Still Falling; 1M+ Lumia Phones Sold
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Nokia’s Q4 earnings, released on Thursday, make for some challenging reading for even the most hopeful of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) watchers. The ha… Read more »
At $99, Nokia And AT&T Hoping To Spark Interest In Lumia 900
Nokia’s determination to carve out a niche in the U.S. smartphone market looks like it will start with an awfully enticing offer. According… Read more »
Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers
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Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile… Read more »
Kantar: Apple Back On Top As Bestselling Smartphone In The U.S.
Considering the staggering results reported by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) last night, this should come as little surprise: the company’s iPhone is b… Read more »
Nokia Clears The Decks Of Its Burning Platform Ahead Of Results Tomorrow
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One day before Nokia is due to announce its next set of quarterly results, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has made three announcements: a milestone reach… Read more »
As Internet Explorer Wanes, MSN Tries iPad Route For Its Content
MSN UK wants to be a self-contained content brand, and it’s not afraid to use Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) rivals’ devices to do it. Read more »
Yahoo: Revenues Slightly Down, Investors Await Words Of Wisdom From New CEO
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In its first earnings announcement since recently appointing Scott Thompson as its new CEO and the seeing off founder Jerry Yang, Yahoo (NSD… Read more »
Jon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
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Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company’s digital strategy today as very “focused on v… Read more »
Analysts: Nokia Shipped Around 1.3 Million Lumias In Two Months
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may have shipped more than 1 million of its Lumia Windows Phone devices in the two months since they went on sale in Europ… Read more »
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more »
Microsoft On Target In Fourth Quarter But Windows Sales Still Sliding
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Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a… Read more »
Microsoft SkyDrive 'Confuses Naked With Nude', Art Account Frozen
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has an image police – but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage servic… Read more »
The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million Of Them
We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone… Read more »
Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more »
Samsung Is Doing Well; Now Raising $1B, Looking To Tizen To Do Better?
Samsung is reportedly getting ready to issue some $1 billion in bonds to expand production facilities. Meanwhile, it is starting to get a bi… Read more »
CES: Our Coverage In Pictures
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This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unpro… Read more »
@ CES: No Signature Magic This Year But The Winds Are A-Changing
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Four days spent in Vegas five years after the introduction of the iPhone gives me the sense that the tech industry is at a weird crossroads,… Read more »
Can Facebook Control 5 Percent Of Online Advertising By End Of 2012?
While many of the top Internet companies faced a volatile ad market in the fourth quarter of last year, Facebook saw its share of the overal… Read more »
Has RIM Hired Goldman Sachs To Explore A Merger Or Sale?
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BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got… Read more »
Microsoft Nabs Another Android Patent Licensee With LG Deal
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More than two-thirds of the Android phones sold on the U.S. market are now contributing to Microsoft’s bottom line. The company signed yet a… Read more »
@ CES: Available Now – Android OEM. WLTM Caring, Ambitious, Strong Partner
Unlike its local rival Samsung, the Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has lately had more of a mixed bag when it’s come to Android devic… Read more »
The CES Lowdown: 1-12-12
Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Could Sell 37 Million Windo… Read more »
@ CES: A Year Later, iPad Competitors Much Quieter
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a ye… Read more »
Study: Search-Ad Clicks On Mobile Devices Are Growing Faster Than On PCs
In the world of search advertising, mobile phones and tablets continue to outpace performance of search ads on PCs, although they still repr… Read more »
Industry Moves: Condé Ups UK Deputy, Microsoft, Boxwood
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Here are some of the latest executive hirings and exits from the world of digital media business… Read more »
@ CES: Dell Sets The Stage For Yet Another Stab At Making A Tablet
Dell is not among the companies announcing a new tablet this week at the CES show in Las Vegas, but it made sure to keep its name in the air… Read more »
The CES Lowdown: 1-10-12
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A look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES
» Panasonic flirts with irrelevance with MySpace TV par… Read more »
@ CES: Microsoft Mails In Last Keynote Appearance, Wasting Everyone's Time
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) used its hallmark spot on the CES 2012 schedule to prove just how pointless it is to put on a million-dollar keynote… Read more »
@ CES: The Smartphones, They Are Everywhere!
The first day of CES 2012 was a mobile one: dozens of new smartphones and tablets were announced as traditional PC companies and rising smar… Read more »
@ CES: Nokia Determined To Battle In America With Lumia 900
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop was long on the military metaphors during his company’s press conference at CES 2012, speaking of the nee… Read more »
SEC Watch: Apple's CEO Cook Got $378M In 2011 As He Took On Jobs' Reins
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The late Steve Jobs famously drew a $1 salary when he was CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), with other compensation coming in the form of millions… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Inks Multiscreen Deal With MobiTV
MobiTV, one of the more established mobile TV companies in the market today with deals in place with several major U.S. mobile operators, to… Read more »
What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition
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The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place… Read more »
Correction: Razr Ain't Cutting It: Motorola Mobility To Fall Short On Q4
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been c… Read more »
