The tablet Apple tried to stop
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Smartphone penetration skyrockets in 2011, iPhone becomes No.1 handset
Smartphone penetration over the past two years has exploded, jumping from just 18% in the third quarter of 2009 to 44% during the three-month period …
Acer narrows focus as chairman sees ultrabooks slowing Apple’s growth
Acer will cut its product line by 66% in 2012 and focus on simplifying its portfolio, company chairman JT Wang recently said according to reports. …
Consumers spent $1.1 billion on Green Monday, up 19% from last year
U.S. consumers spent $1.1 billion on Green Monday, up 19% from the same day last year according to comScore. Green Monday was the third heaviest …
Intel inks deal with French NFC chip maker
Intel doesn’t have much of a presence in the mobile phone market right now, but that could change soon. The Santa Clara-based company announced recently that …
Clearwire raises another $734 million in funding from Sprint and public offering
Clearwire announced recently that it has garnered another $734 million in funding after closing its public offering of Class A common stock at $2.00 per …
Apple to open Israeli development center with semiconductor focus
Apple reportedly has plans to open a new office in Israel, its first center outside of its Cupertino, California headquarters. The outpost will be headed …
Feds launch Carrier IQ investigation
Federal investigators have launched a probe in order to examine Carrier IQ’s smartphone software, which tracks a range of activity and sends certain data to …
Sony, NBC Universal and Fox employees caught illegally using BitTorrent
Considering all of the concerns major music and movie studios have over piracy and file sharing, one would think the studios could at least manage …
TeleNav announces free HTML5-based turn-by-turn GPS navigation service
TeleNav just announced that the company will soon introduce a brand new voice-guided GPS navigation service for use in mobile apps and web sites. The …
Nokia again rumored to sell smartphone business to Microsoft
Rumors again surfaced on Wednesday suggesting that Nokia plans to sell its smartphone business to Microsoft. Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest bank, issued a report to clients …
FBI denies request for information on Carrier IQ
The FBI has denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for materials about Carrier IQ, a company that has been in the spotlight recently …
Apple may be tweaking policies in effort to attract advertisers to iAd
Apple may be implementing a number of changes to its iAd mobile advertising platform in an effort to attract more advertisers and to compete more …
Sprint and C Spire postpone AT&T merger lawsuits
Sprint and C Spire Wireless have decided to postpone lawsuits levied against AT&T. The two carriers had originally filed the suits in hopes of blocking …
Cequint sues Apple over caller ID patents
Seattle-based Cequint Inc. filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company of infringing on two patents related to its caller ID technology. “Cequint has been …
Google Voice calls within U.S. and Canada free for another year
Google on Tuesday announced that calls placed within the United States and Canada using Google Voice will continue to be free through the end of …
NTSB recommends all states ban use of cell phones, hands-free devices while driving
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted on Tuesday to recommend that all states ban the use of using cell phones while driving, whether for …
Verizon said to be ‘very serious’ about potential Netflix bid
Mediatech Capital managing partner Porter Bibb believes Verizon Communications is seriously considering making a bid for Netflix. Rumors swirled around recently suggesting that Verizon may …
Notebook market may rebound as PC makers shift from tablets to ultrabooks
Are PC makers starting to give up on tablets? Manufacturers Asus and Acer are shifting focus to Intel-powered ultrabooks instead of tablets to improve gross margins, …
Amazon to sell 6 million Kindle Fire tablets, 8 million eReaders in Q4
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is a smash hit, with fourth-quarter sales that may exceed even the most lofty estimates reported ahead of the tablet’s recent launch. …
Judge approves AT&T/DOJ request for antitrust suit delay
Judge Ellen Huvelle approved a joint request by AT&T and the Department of Justice to delay a lawsuit regarding AT&T’s planned purchase of T-Mobile USA. …
Apple and Google dominate smartphone space while others scramble
Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS dominated the U.S. smartphone space in 2011 while a number of companies that helped shape the market as we …
Apple may buy Israeli flash memory firm Anobit for $400-$500 million
Apple may be preparing to purchase Anobit, an fabless Israeli firm that specializes in flash storage solutions for mobile and enterprise markets. The Cupertino-based company …
U.S. holiday spending this year approaching $25 billion, comScore says
U.S. consumers have spent close to $25 billion so far this holiday season, up 15% from the same period last year, according to a new …
Barnes & Noble Nook Color update brings Netflix, other Nook Tablet features
Barnes & Noble’s previous-generation Nook slate is getting an update beginning today that will add a number of features from the new Nook Tablet to …
Drunk RIM execs gnawed through restraints on flight, assaulted a flight attendant
Two former RIM executives who were recently removed from an Air Canada flight on its way to Beijing after causing a drunken raucous apparently gnawed their …
EU regulators temporarily suspend review of Google’s planned Motorola Mobility buy
European Union regulators have temporarily stopped investigating Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility until more information is made available. The antitrust investigation will resume …
Dish Network interested in T-Mobile partnership if AT&T merger fails
Dish Network is interested in partnering with T-Mobile USA should AT&T’s planned acquisition of the carrier fail to gain regulatory approval. Dish Network chief executive …
Microsoft bumps Windows Phone head Andy Lees to new role
Microsoft has moved Andy Lees, the head of its Windows Phone division, to a new position within the firm. AllThingsD broke the news but did …
AT&T asks Justice Department to delay court proceedings
AT&T said Monday that it, along with Deutsche Telekom, has asked Judge Ellen Huvelle to delay any further court hearings regarding AT&T’s planned $39 billion …
