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Smartphones out-ship feature phones for the first time ever
- The first quarter of 2013 marks the first time smartphones out-ship feature phones, according to a recent report from market research firm IDC. The table below shows numbers from small and big smartphone manufacturers which, when combined, make up for…
Strong smartphone sales lead Samsung to record quarterly profit
- Samsung set a new net profit record of 7.15 trillion won ($6.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to strong smartphone sales. That’s up from 5.05 trillion won during the same time a year ago and higher than…
Microsoft must pay $1.8 million for Motorola's patents, well short of $4 billion request
- Microsoft scored a victory against Google-owned Motorola Mobility on Thursday after a federal judge shot down the latter’s request of $4 billion yearly payments for the use of a number of its patents on Windows and the Xbox console. Instead,…
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 to enter mass production by end of May
- While flagship Android phones like the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 are still fresh off the production line, tech junkies probably want to know what comes after. Today Qualcomm has revealed that their new processor will hit mass production…
Leap Motion delayed until July 22 for further software testing
- Those eyeballing Leap Motion’s upcoming 3D gesture controller will have to sit tight a bit longer as its launch has officially been pushed back to July 22. The decision, according to CEO Michael Buckwald, was made to give the company…
T-Mobile forced to revamp no-contract marketing campaign
- T-Mobile has garnered a ton of attention as of late over the recent launch of their no-contract wireless plan. Of course, not all of that attention is desirable. One example of that is the attention of Washington state Attorney General…
McAfee patents anti-piracy filter
- A recent patent published by McAfee describes what amounts to an anti-piracy system. Titled "Detect and prevent illegal consumption of content on the internet", McAfee's approach would employ a centralized blocklist-style system to issue warnings for -- or entirely block…
Smart glasses shipments expected to reach 9.4 million by 2016
- Google Glass has been in the hands of developers for less than a month but that isn’t stopping one research firm from making some bold predictions about the future of smart glasses. According to a new report from IHS iSuppli,…
LG to ship smartphone with flexible OLED screen later this year
- LG vice president of mobile Yoon Bu-hyun recently told the Wall Street Journal that his company would be launching a smartphone featuring a flexible OLED display later this year. Specifically, the handset will reach consumers during the fourth quarter but…
Senate committee votes in favor of ending warrantless email searches
- A bipartisan Senate committee convened on Thursday to discuss updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, to be in line with the current Internet age.
Verizon to draft $100 billion offer to buy its wireless unit from Vodafone
- Verizon has reportedly hired banking and legal advisers to put together a $100 billion proposal to purchase the remaining 45 percent stake in the company from partner Vodafone. Verizon was considering a 50:50 cash and stock bid for the shares…
Netflix: Online streaming will replace traditional television in the future
- Netflix recently outlined their vision for the future which, surprising to nobody, will see online streams completely replace traditional means of watching television. The company makes some compelling arguments in the 11-page document titled “Netflix Long Term View”, highlighting a…
Strategy Analytics: iOS leads tablet market, Windows jumps to 7.5% share
- Microsoft made a big bet on tablets last year, releasing its own hardware and tailoring Windows 8 / RT for the rising form factor. So how has the company fared so far? According to data from research firm Strategy Analytics,…
New LED streetlamp design could virtually eliminate light pollution
- Researchers from Mexico and Taiwan have co-developed a new design for streetlamps that will greatly reduce the amount of light pollution they emit. Existing solutions waste as much as 20 percent of their light by shining onto nearby objects or…
New DOT guidelines aim to reduce distracted driving
- The U.S. Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration, recently released voluntary guidelines designed to help automakers create safer in-car technology by limiting the amount of time drivers take their eyes off the road.
Amazon TV set-top box rumored to be in the works
- Amazon has a team of engineers working on a "television set-top box", anonymous sources in contact with Bloomberg claim. Of course, a TV-based device would be a seemingly natural extension to Amazon Instant Video as it continues to produce its…
Microsoft strikes Android patent licensing deal with China's ZTE
- Microsoft has added ZTE to the growing list of manufacturers that have signed a licensing agreement with them over patents associated with Android and Chrome OS. The announcement comes hot on the heels of a similar deal with Foxconn last…
Intel's 80GB 335 Series SSD hits shelves
- This week Intel added an 80GB model to its current line-up of 335 Series SSDs. The 2.5-inch 80GB drive is Intel's third and possibly final addition to the 335 family poised to sit alongside its two larger 180GB and 240GB…
Average broadband speed in the US up 28%, South Korea still far ahead
- Akamai has published its “State of the Internet” report for the last quarter of 2012 today, offering an overview of broadband speeds per country as well as figures on denial of service attacks, among other interesting metrics. According to the…
Report: Google acquires language processing startup Wavii for $30M
- Google has acquired a natural language processing startup called Wavii for more than $30 million. The search giant reportedly won the bid over Apple, which wanted the company to use for their Siri division. It now seems that Google will…
Consumer version of Google Glass is still a year-ish away
- Consumers hoping to get their hands on Google Glass later this year can likely scratch the device off their holiday wish list. The commercial version of the augmented reality visor is still about a year-ish away according to Google chairman…
Western Digital ships world's first 5mm laptop HDD and hybrid variant
- Western Digital today began shipping the world's first 5mm thick hard drives, which the company says will enable new levels of portability in Ultrabooks without the price premium that SSDs entail. The devices will be marketed under two different series:…
Yahoo continues streamlining effort, bids farewell to six more services
- Yahoo is planning another wave of service closures designed to free the company of underutilized services and mobile applications. Multiple apps and services will be retired by the end of this month according to a recent post on the company’s…
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