Asus expects to ship 3-6 million tablets next year, including Windows 8 Transformer models
Asus CEO Jonney Shih said he expects his company to ship between 3 million and 6 million tablets next year, a big leap from the …
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Volkswagen now deactivates BlackBerry email after each workday
You may want to consider moving to Germany and working for Volkswagen if you feel like you’re a slave to email even after you leave …
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 …
Major Japanese carriers join forces to adopt international NFC standard
NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank have created the “Japan Mobile NFC Consortium,” which will help the three carriers coordinate and adopt an international NFC standard. …
Hasbro sues Asus for naming its tablet the ‘Transformer Prime’
Toymaker Hasbro recently filed a lawsuit against Asus for naming its new convertible Android tablet the “Transformer Prime.” According to The Verge, Hasbro has a …
Biggest week in online holiday shopping history pushes holiday spending over $32 billion
The week ended December 18th was the heaviest week for online holiday shopping ever, with shoppers spending more than $6.3 billion, up 15% from the …
Rhapsody president shaves head as service tops 1 million paid U.S. subscribers
Rhapsody announced on Thursday that it now has more than 1 million paying subscribers in the United States. The company claims it is now the …
HTC wins injunction against IPCom, which tried to sue 100 HTC retailers in Germany
HTC now has the upper hand in a legal battle with German patent firm IPCom. IPCom won a lawsuit in 2009 related to UMTS technology …
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 …
BlackBerry 10 is a failure that won’t be able to compete, company source says
Bad products, horrible software and no cohesive vision have seemingly turned Research In Motion into a company without motion at this point. Throw in a …
Apple unlikely to win German ban on tweaked Samsung tablet
Apple is not likely to succeed in its efforts to ban Samsung’s revised flagship tablet in Germany, the judge presiding over the case said on …
Analyst boosts Q1 iPhone shipment estimates to more than 30 million units
Susquehanna issued a note to its clients on Wednesday in which the firm said it is increasing its iPhone shipment forecast for Apple’s first fiscal …
Acer’s $699 15-inch ultrabook could undercut rumored 15-inch MacBook Air
Following the early successes of its of 11-inch and 13-inch ultrabooks, Acer has reportedly decided to build a brand new 15-inch ultrabook that may dramatically …
HTC CEO: We already have workaround for infringed Apple patent
HTC’s chief executive officer Peter Chou recently said his company has already developed a solution to dodge an ITC injunction, which was issued after a …
Apple’s new app-switching patent could spell trouble for Android
Apple recently won an injunction that could prevent HTC from importing several Android phones into the United States, and now it has been granted a patent …
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 …
ITC finds Motorola Mobility guilty of infringing on Microsoft patent
The United States International Trade Commission ruled late Tuesday that Motorola Mobility is guilty of infringing on one of Microsoft’s patents. The patent is related …
Google will remain default Firefox search engine for three more years
Mozilla announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Google in which Google Search will remain the default search engine in Firefox for the …
Sony sells 321,400 PlayStation Vitas in first two days
Sony’s PlayStation Vita portable gaming system made its debut in Japan on Saturday and early sales estimates are beginning to trickle out. According to research firm …
NFL, NBC to stream Superbowl live online and to Verizon mobile users for first time ever
The NFL and NBC will stream Superbowl XLVI live online and to mobile devices for the first time ever in February. Unfortunately, the broadcast won’t …
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 …
RIM reportedly rejected takeover talks with Amazon this summer
Research In Motion reportedly cut short takeover talks with Amazon and other companies, preferring to instead attempt to solve its own financial woes. Reuters broke news of …
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 …
Aluminum dust contributed to explosion at iPad factory, China Labor Watch says
Aluminum dust, which accumulates during the iPad polishing process, likely contributed to the recent explosion at an iPad plant that injured 61 workers according to the …
AT&T may eye Dish Network acquisition for much-needed spectrum
AT&T is in such need of spectrum following the collapse of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA, that one analyst thinks the carrier may soon seek …
U.S. government to probe Verizon’s $3.6 billion spectrum deal with Comcast
The antitrust division of the United States Justice Department will investigate Verizon Wireless’s plans to acquire spectrum from Comcast and its partners for $3.6 billion. …
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 …
Inspired by Siri’s success, Nuance acquires Vlingo
Nuance announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Vlingo, a voice-to-text and voice recognition technology firm that was once the subject of a Nuance …
