Now that Samsung dominates smartphones, company eyes PC growth
Samsung (005930) is the undisputed champion right now in terms of smartphone shipment volume. The South Korea-based company shipped an estimated 55.5 million smartphones in …
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The new BlackBerry debacle
We all know BlackBerry is collapsing in America, so the new Kantar Worldpanel data showing its market share slipping below 2% in the United States …
Cyber Monday sales climb to record $2 billion
Online retail e-commerce spending topped $1 billion for the first time on Black Friday 2012, and now estimates suggest Cyber Monday sales set new records …
New technology promises to transform children’s school desks into giant tablets
Remember the days when school desks were only useful for jotting down graffiti? Well those days might be coming to an end. Reuters reports that …
Sprint continues 4G LTE expansion with 11 more markets
Sprint (S) is on a roll with its 4G LTE coverage build out in the United States. Only two weeks after it revealed it will …
HP gets sued by investors over $8.8 billion Autonomy write off
And here come the lawsuits. Bloomberg reports that HP (HPQ) investors have unsurprisingly decided to sue the company over the $8.8 billion write off related to …
Yet another analyst touts RIM as 2013’s comeback kid
Shares of Research In Motion (RIMM) are rebounding since falling to a nine-year low this past summer. The BlackBerry maker’s stock has rallied nearly 70% in …
Facebook revenue set to ‘explode’ after mobile app gets clogged up with more ads
Facebook (FB) may finally be figuring out how to make money on mobile. Analysts at BTIG are now projecting that Facebook’s ad revenues will “explode” …
The post-PC era takes shape: Tablet sales to top notebooks next year
Steve Jobs’s “post-PC” era is shaping up to be more than just a marketing buzzword. Estimates from market research firm NPD Group from earlier this …
Apple’s iPad dominated mobile holiday shopping this past weekend
The iPad isn’t just the most popular tablet in the world right now, it’s also the most popular way to do your early holiday shopping on …
Former Apple retail boss explains what makes Apple Stores so special and inviting [video]
People don’t just love new Apple (AAPL) devices; they also love Apple Stores – so much so, that throngs of people are willing to wait hours …
Google buys Wi-Fi service provider ICOA for $400 million [updated]
Google (GOOG) may not be a wireless carrier yet, but it’s certainly inching closer to becoming a full-fledged ISP. Google on Monday announced that it …
Apple’s ‘next big thing’ might not be a ‘thing’
The “next big thing” from Apple (AAPL) might not be a smartphone, tablet, computer or a television, as countless recent rumors have suggested. It might …
Samsung denies child labor accusations following factory investigation, but finds many cases of worker abuse
In response to China Labor Watch accusations that Samsung (005930) is abusing factory employees in China and employing child workers, the Korean electronics giant announced on Monday …
Black Friday sales top $1 billion online, Cyber Monday expected to set record
For the first time in history, online retail e-commerce spending on November 23rd — Black Friday — topped $1 billion this year, according to market …
How playing too many video games could help prepare you for a career as a surgeon [video]
Don’t despair over kids who sit in their basements and play video games for hours on end — they could one day save your life. …
Smartphone growth expected to slow again in 2013
Smartphones are where the money is at in the mobile industry right now, but growth is expected to decline again next year after having slowed …
RIM shares surge after another analyst predicts better times ahead
It’s only taken a couple of positive comments from a pair of analysts to set RIM’s (RIMM) stock surging. Bloomberg reports that RIM shares “soared …
iPhone 5 now starts at $99 as refurbished units hit AT&T website
Apple’s (AAPL) popular iPhone 5 is now available starting at just $99 from AT&T (T) as refurbished units reach the carrier’s website for the first …
Judge says Apple must show Samsung how much HTC is paying in patent settlement
While the public may never know how much HTC (2498) is paying Apple (AAPL) for every Android device it sells, Samsung’s (005930) attorneys are about …
‘More money to be made’ by RIM ahead of BlackBerry 10 launch
Research In Motion (RIMM) has taken a beating over the past year, but reports that the end is nigh could be premature. In fact, some …
Police raid home of 9-year-old Pirate Bay user, confiscate her ‘Winnie the Pooh’ laptop
Copyright enforcement might be getting out of hand in Scandinavia. As anti-piracy groups and copyright owners continue to work with authorities to curtail piracy in …
Samsung targets iPad mini
Apple’s (AAPL) new tiny tablet is the target of an amended complaint from Samsung (005930), which alleges that the iPad mini infringes several protected technologies …
Google’s U.S. search market share closes in on 70%
It looks as if Microsoft’s (MSFT) efforts to dethrone Google (GOOG) as the search engine king have failed. The Internet giant’s search market share hit …
Google may dodge antitrust bullet after all as FTC reportedly wavers
Google (GOOG) executives might be able to relax a bit this Thanksgiving after all. Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that regulatory officials at the Federal …
HTC DROID DNA review: A full HD display isn’t the only thing that makes this DROID a winner
Things haven’t been going well for HTC (2498). The company continues to lose market share to Samsung (005930) and Apple (AAPL), among others, and has …
Demand for Nokia’s Lumia 920 gives Windows Phone 8 a fighting chance against iOS, Android
Baffling U.S. launch and relatively bleak projections aside, Nokia’s (NOK) Lumia 920 appears to be off to a good start if U.S. availability – or lack thereof – is any …
Autonomy auditor says it found nothing to justify HP’s fraud allegations
Congratulations, HP (HPQ) — this is the most interesting you’ve been in years! The New York Times reports that Deloitte, the firm whose work auditing software …
Some look to tear down Apple’s walled garden
Apple (AAPL) reshaped the smartphone industry in a number of ways following the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, not the least of which …
Recording industry stamps its feet, triples URL takedown requests to Google
ISPs’ new “six strikes” anti-piracy policies apparently aren’t enough to satiate the recording industry. As TorrentFreak reports, the Recording Industry Association of America has filed a …
