Android and iOS both lose usage share in December as BlackBerry gains
Usage of Apple’s iOS platform and Google’s Android operating system both declined between November and December as BlackBerry and Symbian both showed gains. Despite huge …
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Windows 8 ‘Clover Trail’ tablets reportedly due from Acer and Lenovo in Q3
Top personal computer vendors Acer and Lenovo are each preparing to launch Windows 8 tablets in the third quarter, a new report claims. Citing anonymous …
Verizon scraps plan for $2 billing fee
Verizon Wireless on Friday announced that it is canceling plans to charge a $2 convenience fee to customers making one-time bill payments online or over …
Looking back at 2011: iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus cap off the year of the smartphone
Despite numerous lofty predictions from analysts and market watchers, 2011 wasn’t the year of the tablet. Not by a long shot. Apple’s iPad 2 continued …
Android and iOS U.S. market share continues to grow at BlackBerry’s expense
Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS each grew more popular in the United States last month as Research In Motion’s BlackBerry devices and Microsoft’s Windows …
Next-gen iPad may feature double the battery capacity of iPad 2
Apple will launch a new high-end iPad model in early 2012 featuring a battery that includes more than twice the capacity of the current iPad …
Top 10 most pirated movies of 2011 revealed as ticket sales and revenue continue to decline
Piracy is still a huge problem according to the music industry and Hollywood, and it’s hard to dispute the notion that downloading a paid digital product without …
Apple said to be launching two new iPad models in 2012
Apple reportedly has plans to launch two new iPad models next year according to a recent report. Set to be unveiled at a press conference …
Looking back at 2011: RIM on the ropes
2011 was a huge year for the wireless industry. Global mobile connections surpassed 6 billion as the world’s total population hit 7 billion people, and …
Free, legal Siri port now available for iPhone 4 and other iOS 5 devices
News of a new untethered jailbreak solution for all iOS 5.0.1 devices other than Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPad 2 emerged this morning, and iOS …
Amazon Kindle Fire gets unofficial Android 4.0 update [video]
Amazon’s popular Kindle Fire tablet now has access to an unofficial Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Members of the xda-developers forum recently managed to …
iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak available now, iPhone 4S and iPad 2 still in development
Hackers on Tuesday released an untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak solution for all iOS devices but the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. In a post …
Acer to stick with tablets despite poor sales
Acer will continue to launch new tablets in 2012 despite slow sales of the company’s current tablet models. Commenting on rumors that Acer might slow its …
iPhone and iPad users account for 92% of mobile purchases, study finds
Users of Apple’s iPhone smartphones and its iPad line of tablets accounted for 92% of all mobile purchases made thus far in December, a recent …
Looking back at 2011: ‘The year of the tablet’ falls flat
Apple rocked the consumer electronics industry when it launched the “magical and revolutionary iPad” in April 2010. It wasn’t the first media tablet aimed at …
Apple’s ’12 Days of Christmas’ app brings 12 days of iTunes freebies
Apple on Monday released the 2012 edition of its “12 Days of Christmas” application for iOS devices. From December 26th through January 6th, Apple is …
Hynix, Micron turn to Taiwan following Apple’s Anobit buy
News broke earlier this week that Apple has acquired Israel-based fabless flash memory firm Anobit for as much as $400 million according to TheMarker, adding …
Every 60 seconds: Apple sells 925 iPhones, 2 million people watch online porn, more
Apple sold 925 iPhone 4S handsets each minute during the device’s debut weekend, and it sells 81 iPads every 60 seconds on average. Research In Motion sells …
Apple reportedly has no plans for a 7-inch iPad, iPad 2 price to drop when iPad 3 launches
A number of reports have emerged in recent months claiming that Apple has a new smaller iPad in the pipeline set to launch in 2012. …
AT&T spectrum buy granted FCC approval
Now that its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion has been put to bed by strong opposition, AT&T has to look elsewhere in an …
iPad satisfaction rate at 84% according to new survey
While electronics vendors struggle to gain traction in the emerging media tablet market, Apple has managed to maintain a significant lead in the space despite …
Apple’s sinking share in France and Germany may be fueling patent wars
Whether or not competing products do in fact infringe on Apple’s patents, Apple may have another reason to attack its rivals so aggressively in France …
Intel shows off first Medfield-powered Android phone with Blu-ray quality video playback
Intel’s intention to enter the smartphone and tablet space with a bang has been widely reported, but the company recently showed off the first smartphones …
AT&T 4G LTE network found to be faster than Verizon’s
AT&T has a lot of work to do before its emerging 4G LTE network provides coverage that even approaches Verizon Wireless’s year-old LTE network. Verizon …
Jobs’s passing and fear of stalled innovation prompt Apple to enter Israel, former exec says
News emerged earlier this week that Apple had acquired Israel-based fabless chip maker Anobit for as much as $500 million. Beyond the team and flash memory …
YouTube touts over 1 trillion video playbacks in 2011 [video]
Google on Tuesday announced that videos on YouTube were collectively played more than 1 trillion times this past year. In its look back on the …
LightSquared demands approval from FCC
LightSquared on Tuesday issued a letter to the Federal Communications Commission ostensibly demanding approval to build out its 4G LTE network. LightSquared executive vice president of regulatory affairs …
Samsung overtakes Apple in Australia despite patent attacks, becomes No.1 phone vendor
As Samsung continues to field repeated patent-related strikes from Apple in Australia and around the world, the Cupertino-based company’s aggressive stance seems to be having …
Apple takes patent attacks in a new direction
Apple’s aggressive patent strategy has hit a few speed bumps lately. The Cupertino, California-based company won an injunction on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 …
Apple acquires Israeli flash memory firm Anobit for $500 million
Apple has reportedly completed its acquisition of Israel-based flash memory firm Anobit in a deal worth up to $500 million. Hebrew-language financial newspaper Calcalist on …
