Samsung forms carbon fiber joint venture in bid to back away from plastic
Samsung materials arm, Samsung Petrochemical, has established a joint venture with carbon fiber specialist SGL Group that will aim to “develop new industrial and electronic …
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Apple dumps Samsung, inks three-year TSMC chip deal for iPhone 6 and beyond
Apple has reportedly reached deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest chip manufacturer, as it continues its efforts to end its business relationship …
Foxconn ramps up hiring to help with Firefox phones
Mozilla’s Firefox OS looks like it’s about to a get a big boost in its quest to make a mark in the hugely competitive mobile …
Top execs’ futures uncertain as Microsoft readies major reorg
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly close to initiating a major reorganization that will look to solidify Microsoft’s transition from software company to “devices and …
5 million videos uploaded to Instagram in just 24 hours
Instagram fans seem happy with their favorite app’s newfound video upload capabilities. Per CNET, the Facebook-owned Instagram said on Friday that users have uploaded 5 …
SoftBank CEO expects Sprint deal to close in early July
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is confident that his company’s deal to acquire Sprint will close early next month, Reuters reported. Dish Network was originally looking …
U.K. issues Google yet another privacy ultimatum
France isn’t the only European country that’s tired of asking Google to clean up its privacy act. BBC News reports that the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s …
FAA finally looks set to ease in-flight gadget rules
It’s been a long time coming, but the Federal Aviation Administration finally looks like it’s ready to let people use electronic devices during flight takeoffs …
HTC CEO refuses to quit as executive pay is slashed in half
When HTC posted its worst-ever earnings last quarter as profit plummeted a shocking 98%, all eyes turned to chief executive Peter Chou. “If HTC fails one …
Apple’s ‘rubber band’ patent bounces back to bite Samsung
It’s no stretch to say that Samsung is getting tired of hearing about Apple’s “rubber band” design patent. Reuters reports that a court in Tokyo …
AT&T and Verizon are about to put the squeeze on subscribers
Noted mobile analyst Chetan Sharma has released his latest U.S. Wireless Market Update. It’s a grim road map to rising smartphone ownership costs for most …
Can Robert Downey Jr. save HTC?
HTC has signed Robert Downey Jr. to a global marketing deal that will cost the company $12 million, according to a report from Bloomberg. The Taiwanese handset vendor posted net …
Google Fiber is transforming Kansas City into a startup mecca
Memo to cable companies: It seems that some Americans really do want Google Fiber-type speeds after all. CNET’s Maggie Reardon has just come back from …
Motorola targeted by world’s largest patent troll
Motorola is once again at the center of a patent infringement lawsuit brought on by the world’s largest patent troll. Intellectual Ventures, which FOSS Patents described …
Pirate Bay co-founder gets two years in jail on hacking conviction
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is about to spend some time in the brig. TorrentFreak reports that a Swedish court has sentenced Svartholm Warg to two …
Clearwire board recommends shareholders vote yes to Sprint acquisition
Clearwire on Thursday announced that its board of directors is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of Sprint’s recently revised takeover bid. The board’s advisement …
Facebook’s Instagram announcement puts the Street to sleep
Facebook announced on Thursday that the photo-sharing social network, Instagram, is adding an option to take short, 15-second video clips that can then be modified …
You can watch live streaming video of Samsung’s ‘Galaxy & Ativ’ event right here
Samsung has been announcing new smartphones over the past few weeks like it’s going out of style. The Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S4 Zoom, Galaxy …
Facebook is live-streaming today’s event – here’s how to watch
Facebook has a press conference scheduled to take place on Thursday in California, and while there will be plenty of ways to follow along from …
WSJ: Facebook to unveil Vine competitor at today’s event
Facebook doesn’t want to let Twitter have all the fun with short videos in the social media market. The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook …
France gives Google three months to come clean on privacy
The French government is getting tired of waiting for Google to answer questions about its privacy practices. Bloomberg reports that France’s National Commission for Computing …
FTC plans major investigation on patent trolls
Patent trolls’ carefree days of easy money might soon be over. The New York Times reports that the Federal Trade Commission is planning to launch …
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 isn’t shaping up to be the smash hit most expected
Reviewers and critics fawned over Samsung’s Galaxy S4 when it debuted earlier this year. While Samsung undoubtedly has a fantastic flagship smartphone on its hands, …
FCC chairman Wheeler in favor of legalizing unlocking cell phones
At the risk of stating the obvious, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission thinks that it should be legal to unlock your cell …
Kim Dotcom fumes as Megaupload user data gets erased
Kim Dotcom’s old file-hosting website Megaupload has been wiped from the Internet. The website was shut down by the Department of Justice in January of …
Firefox brushes off advertisers, plows ahead with ‘Do Not Track’
Anyone looking to search the web without being tracked by advertisers will soon be able to use Mozilla’s Firefox browser without worries. The Washington Post …
WSJ: Microsoft, Nokia break off ‘advanced’ merger negotiations
Nokia’s devotion to Windows Phone is starting to make sense. Unnamed sources tell The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft and Nokia were until recently in …
Google Reader dies in two weeks – here are all the best alternatives
Google has shown that it most certainly isn’t afraid to pull the plug on services that aren’t making money. More than one out of every …
Verizon accused of throttling Netflix traffic [updated]
Verizon seems to have found itself in a fresh net neutrality controversy. GigaOM reported earlier this week that bandwidth provider Cogent Communications accused Verizon of “allowing …
Why no company will acquire Nokia right now
Huawei, which recently became the No.3 smartphone brand in the world, may be considering a Nokia acquisition. Wall Street reacted violently, prompting an 8% spike in Nokia’s …
