Nokia has thrown in with Windows Phone 7 to try and have some impact in the smartphone universe. Steven Elop, a former Microsoft executive and now CEO of Nokia, made the announcement today in London.
Reactions are mixed, of course, but Nokia stock has taken a beating, and about 1,000 Nokia employees have reportedly [...]
The People’s Republic of China – also known as Zhōngguó – has eclipsed Japan and is now the world’s second largest economy.
According to World Bank projections cited by Reuters, China remains on course to overtake the United States and assume the role of the world’s number one economic superpower by the year 2025.
However, China’s per-capita [...]
Citigroup issued a warning today noting that there were some security loopholes in its mobile banking iPhone app, and also released an update that patches the hole.
Citi said that the app saved personal information about users, such as security codes, account imformation, and transaction details, to a remote file on the iPhone’s internal memory. That [...]
Google is reported to be working on a one-click micropayment system allowing newspapers to charge for content accessed through Google Search.
According to La Repubblica, the system, called NewsPass, will allow users to pay for low cost items such as newspapers, video and images. Google is currently contacting Italian newspapers to [...]
AT&T made a quick blurb today that year-to-date sales of the iPhone have been more heavily concentrated with business customers than has been typical with the consumer-oriented device.
The mobile service provider said that nearly half of its total revenue from all customers and all phone models comes from business customers, and [...]
How’s this for scummy? Lately, Best Buy has been raising the price of and advertising one computer per week. People assume its on sale and get suckered into overpaying for items that drop in price the following week.
A Consumerist reader noticed the trend and broke it down:
In this week’s ad, there is [...]
IBM Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano has said he plans to spend $20 billion on takeovers in the next five years as he aims to bolster the software business, IBM’s most profitable. Profit margins in software amounted to 84.6 percent last quarter, more than twice as big as in the hardware [...]
Mozilla CEO John Lilly has announced that he’s stepping down as soon as the company can find a replacement, in order to return to his first love, venture investment, with Greylock Partners.
“Venture investing is what I’ve wanted to do for quite a long time — I’ve been involved in many startups, [...]
According to research by mobile ad team Smaato, U.S. users of Symbian-based devices—few and far between as they may be—click 2.7 times more mobile ads than other users. How to explain this tiny victory?
Smaato’s data covers 40 mobile ad networks that collectively served over 6 billion ad requests in April, the month [...]
Nokia has sued Apple for allegedly infringing on five “important” patents with its popular iPhone and iPad 3G.
According to Nokia spokesperson Paul Melin, the disputed patents relate to technologies for enhancing speech and data transmission.
“[The technologies] use positioning data in applications and innovations in antenna configurations that improve performance and save [...]
Game Crazy is preparing to liquidate its stock and shut down the company’s remaining operations over the next several weeks.
According to Andy Chalk of the Escapist, the rumor that Game Crazy was closing its doors began a few days ago when parent corporation Movie Gallery held a conference and revealed it [...]
The latest company in Google’s portfolio comes all the way from Tel Aviv. The online search giant has picked up Israel-based Labpixies for a reported $25 million.
Labpixies is an admittedly unknown company to most people, though it has a notable presence on everything from Facebook to the iPhone to Google’s customizable [...]
They can move fast when it suits them, lawyers, and a Pennsylvania firm has already launched a class action lawsuit against the directors of Palm over its proposed acquisition by HP.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Palm stockholders are to receive $5.70 in cash for each share of Palm common [...]
Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday that it would acquire Palm, the struggling cellphone maker, in a deal valuing the company at $1.2 billion.
Palm had been exploring a sale as it has continued to struggle in the marketplace. While the company has won acclaim for webOS, its new smartphone operating system, its [...]
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Using a Bluetooth keyboard with an iPad is terrifically convenient, yet some users dislike that the iPad must be in portrait orientation while docked. Here’s how to get around it.
Joe, the self-proclaimed “World’s most popular blogging anesthesiologist” used a dock extender cable, the keyboard dock and Apple’s iPad [...]
Skype’s European director of government and regulatory affairs Jean-Jacques Sahel has hit out at mobile operators for jeopardising net neutrality through greed.
In a blog post, he complains about suggestions that they should be allowed to charge fees to companies such as Skype who offer services over their networks.
“The first point [...]
Whatever your views on 3DTV, there’s no denying Panasonic’s 3D plasmas are miles ahead of competitors’ products. Which probably goes some length to explaining why Panasonic’s increased production by 30 per cent.
According to Panasonic’s head of TV business, Hirotoshi Uehara, they’ve seen a “strong reaction,” with their factory working at “full capacity but we’ve increased [...]
