Apple reportedly considering Waze acquisition to help fix iOS Maps app
Less than a month after rumors of a potential TomTom acquisition swirled, Apple (AAPL) is now reportedly considering a buyout of social navigation startup Waze …
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Court dismisses Apple’s lawsuit against Amazon over the term ‘app store’ [updated]
After hitting some early hurdles, Apple’s (AAPL) lawsuit filed against Amazon (AMZN) in 2012 over the use of the term “app store” has been dismissed. …
‘iPhone 5S’ to reportedly launch by June with multiple color options and two different display sizes
After a seven-month run that took Apple (AAPL) shares to an all-time high in late September, the company’s stock plummeted more than 25% and touched new lows …
Nokia predicted to abandon mobile business, sell assets to Microsoft and Huawei in 2013
Nokia (NOK) appears to have finally turned a corner with the Lumia 920, a smartphone that is seemingly selling quite well after a string of …
Apple-Samsung clash moves beyond the courtroom
In line with earlier reports, Apple (AAPL) is now said to be making moves to shift manufacturing of its mobile processors away from rival Samsung (005930). In …
Thieves stole more than $1 million worth of Apple products during a New Years Eve heist
As the world celebrated the New Year, masked men forced their way into an Apple (AAPL) retail store in Paris and made off with an …
HP looks to unload dead weight by selling off underperforming divisions
Unless a meteor strikes its corporate headquarters, things can only get better for HP (HPQ) in 2013. Bloomberg reports that HP is starting off the …
New law makes it illegal for employers in California and Illinois to demand Facebook passwords
New laws that took effect on January 1st, 2013 make it illegal for employers to demand access to their workers’ password-protected Facebook (FB) accounts. After …
Hub for stolen iOS apps shuts down
A community dedicated to pirating iOS applications and distributing them via Cydia, an app store for jailbroken Apple devices, has been shut down by its …
Your Snapchats aren’t safe: How to secretly save videos from Snapchat or Facebook’s ‘Poke’
Argue though its executives might, Snapchat is good for two things: sending photos and videos of yourself making stupid faces, and sending photos and videos …
Five tech resolutions for 2013
As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, millions of people around the world vowed to make changes to the way they live their …
Can Samsung survive without Android?
Samsung (005930) is the world’s top Android smartphone vendor by a staggering margin. Aside from LG (066570), which managed a small $20 million profit from its …
Christmas SMS volume growth shocks industry watchers
Despite the massive popularity of Facebook (FB), WhatsApp and other alternative messaging methods, preliminary global SMS volume figures for Christmas show surprising vigor in 2012. …
Pearson invests $89.5 million in Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Media business
Barnes & Nobles (BKS) announced on Friday that Pearson (PSO) will invest $89.5 million in cash in its NOOK Media business, giving the company a 5% …
Android vs. Android: LG looks to ban Samsung tablet in South Korea
Are there any technology companies Samsung (005930) isn’t fighting in court right now? LG Display (LPL), of which Android vendor LG Electronics (066570) owns a …
iPad mini met with ‘insatiable’ demand in China
Despite a “soft” launch with few lines and seemingly abundant availability, China is going crazy for the iPad mini according Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian …
South Korea prepares to ban profanity and porn from teenagers’ smartphones
In a country where Internet addiction is a growing concern and playing StarCraft is considered a sport, South Korea is taking the necessary measures to curb …
Apple tumbles to 10-month closing low
Shares of Apple (AAPL) tumbled during Friday’s session to end the day at a 10-month closing low, down 1.10% to $509.41. The stock is down …
RIM offloads NewBay at a huge loss in quest for cash
Following reports that Research In Motion (RIMM) was looking to scrounge up cash by offloading som “minor assets,” the company has managed to sell cloud-based service …
Instagram lost 25% of its daily users after term of service debacle? Not so fast
Following Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram in April, the popular photo sharing application grew more than 1,100% over the next six months. In looking …
The Boy Genius Report: The Wii U is Nintendo’s last console
I remember it still — people flipped out about the Nintendo (NTDOY) Wii. Yes, its name was mocked for a while, but there was genuine …
Samsung could face $15 billion fine for trying to ban iPhone, other Apple devices
Samsung (005930) could face a $15 billion fine in Europe alone for using “standard-essential” patents in its attempts to ban devices like the iPhone in …
Nintendo’s Wii U wobbles as sales sink
According to Famitsu, Nintendo’s (NTDOY) portable 3DS console continued to see huge success during the week ahead of Christmas. It racked up sales of 433,000 …
Apple to reportedly move Mac mini production to U.S.
Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook confirmed in a recent interview that the Cupertino, California-based company plans to invest $100 million in an effort to move …
Working conditions begin to improve at Apple partner’s factories
It has been nearly a year since Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook addressed the unsafe working conditions in the company’s supply chain factories. Following an …
How to fix incorrect song matches in Google Music
Good news: there’s a workaround to fix the issues related to the bug where Google Music’s music-matching service replaced explicit versions of songs with clean ones. Droid-Life …
Apple online customer satisfaction drops to lowest point in four years
In a survey of more than 24,000 customers, Apple’s (AAPL) online customer satisfaction during the Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping seasons was found to be at its …
RIM’s patent payoff to Nokia revealed in filing
Research In Motion (RIMM) and Nokia (NOK) announced last week that the companies had settled their differences and agreed to end all unresolved patent disputes. …
Instagram gains users in December despite recent uproar as Zynga gets pecked to death by rivals
Zynga (ZNGA), the Facebook (FB) app behemoth, still reigns supreme on its most important platform. But the erosion of its dominant position continues as smaller rivals keep …
Samsung looks to address its biggest weakness in 2013
Samsung (005930) is a force to be reckoned with. Two short years ago it looked like Apple (AAPL) was set to run away with the …
