Boston University claims Apple stole its semiconductor tech
Apple has been accused of stealing patented technology from Boston University. According to the Boston Herald, BU filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the U.S. District …
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Apple overhauling retail operations to prepare for ‘an army of new products this fall’
It’s been a quiet first half of the year for Apple as far as new products go, but things are going to pick up very …
Samsung acquires cloud TV startup Boxee for ‘tens of millions of dollars’
Boxee has struggled to make a name for itself in the home entertainment market, but things just took an interesting turn. According to a report …
BlackBerry is losing the mobile war with Microsoft
This has been a very rough week for BlackBerry. Shares plummeted more than 25% from the mid-$14 range last Friday as BlackBerry reported abysmal earnings, …
Wall Street is now convinced that Nokia will sell its handset business
Here is a puzzle: Nokia’s cash position has suddenly shrunk from 4 billion euros to 2-2.5 billion euros… but the company’s share price is higher …
New facial analysis tech knows when students are struggling in class
It’s just what you always wanted when you were a kid: A computer that tracks your every facial move and lets your teacher know when …
Huawei hires Nokia’s former sales boss
Huawei on Tuesday announced the hiring of Colin Giles as the company’s new executive vice president for its consumer business group. Giles was formerly with …
Reuters: Nokia ‘could burn through its cash as soon as next year’
Nokia’s decision to pay $2.2 billion to buy out the remaining stake in the Nokia Siemens Networks business is expected to put a major strain …
Sprint faces $300 million lawsuit for alleged tax fraud
A New York Supreme Court judge has denied Sprint’s request to dismiss a $300 million lawsuit that claims the carrier knowingly failed to pay New …
BlackBerry 10 sales seen improving in the second half
There’s just no way to sugarcoat it: BlackBerry’s May quarter was a disaster. The company posted a surprise loss and shed 4 million subscribers despite …
Facebook’s advertising strategy could be its downfall
In an effort to increase revenue and keep investors happy, Facebook has begun rolling out more advertisements across its popular social networking site. The company …
BlackBerry users are now worth $40 each, down from $866 in 2010
As analysts continue to pick through BlackBerry’s recent earnings report for signs of life, all they seem to come up with are more causes for …
Apple loses title of world’s most respected company
For three years running, Apple has been named at the top of Barron’s list of the world’s most respected companies. As of 2013, however, Apple’s …
As BlackBerry fights for its life, BB10 called ‘irrelevant’
Things are not looking very good for BlackBerry right now. After the Street built up investor confidence over the past few months, BlackBerry posted a …
France tightens the noose around Apple’s neck
French authorities have raided Apple’s offices in the latest escalation of hostilities between France and American technology giant, Financial Times reports. France has been slowly constructing …
Nokia Siemens Networks deal sparks talk of renewed Microsoft merger
With Nokia now committed to expanding its presence in the telecom equipment market with its full acquisition of Nokia Siemens Networks, speculation has once again …
Surveying the saviors: A look at BlackBerry 10 and Lumia sales so far
BlackBerry posted dismal fiscal first-quarter results on Friday that sent its stock plummeting more than 25%. The May quarter marked the first full quarter of …
Former Apple CEO Sculley tells BlackBerry to ditch hardware
Tech companies probably aren’t clamoring for the advice of former Apple CEO John Sculley, but that isn’t stopping him from freely dishing it out. In …
BlackBerry: ‘Nowhere to go but down’
When a company is fighting for its life, the last thing it wants to hear from market watchers is that it’s doomed. A new report …
Nokia buys Siemens stake in NSN joint venture – will an exit from the phone business follow?
For the past three years, markets have been trying to guess whether or not Nokia would dump its stake in the Nokia Siemens Networks, a mobile …
Microsoft develops technology to turn your smartphone into a mood ring
Now we know why Windows Phones come in so many different colors. Techworld Australia reports that Microsoft Research Asia has been working on technology that …
FCC looks set to sign off on Sprint-SoftBank merger
It has taken a while but SoftBank looks like it’s finally about to acquire Sprint. The Hill reports that the Federal Communications Commission appears poised …
Samsung phone subsidies are even higher than iPhone subsidies
Despite the fact that the iPhone is the best-selling smartphone line in the world, carriers have historically not been the biggest fans of Apple’s handsets. …
T-Mobile expected to report first postpaid subscriber gain since 2009
T-Mobile’s new UNcarrier intuitive may already be paying off. Analysts forecast that the carrier will soon record its first postpaid subscriber gain in more than …
Nokia told to adopt Android before it’s too late
If Nokia had a dollar for every time some pundit, analyst or tech blogger said it should switch from Windows Phone to Android, the company’s …
BlackBerry’s Black Friday: Company sheds billions in market value as comeback hopes fade
All of the optimistic signs we’ve seen from BlackBerry over the past few months all but went up in smoke on Friday after it issued …
Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable product in America
Apple’s share price might be tumbling and its margins might be squeezed, but the company still holds one title that it likely won’t lose anytime …
BlackBerry lost 4 million subscribers in Q1 despite new launches
BlackBerry posted dismal fiscal first-quarter results on Friday morning, and the hits kept on coming during the vendor’s earnings call. CEO Thorsten Heins did his …
Not revealing BlackBerry 10 unit sales was a big mistake
BlackBerry’s May-quarter handset shipments of 6.8 million units was probably at least 400,000 units short of what the company needed for the quarter. That is …
iPhone app downloads up 31% in May, but Android narrowed the gap
According to Fiksu, downloads of free iPhone apps grew by 31% in May compared to the same month in 2012. This is nothing to sniff …
