Amazon announces content agreement with Viacom for Kindle Fire, Prime customers
Amazon on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a new agreement with Viacom to provide a larger selection of television content to its Kindle …
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Protesters to rally against Apple at Grand Central store tomorrow
Protesters plan to stage a demonstration tomorrow in an effort to take Apple to task for partnering with Eastern manufacturers repeatedly accused of mistreating factory …
Why the iPhone is worse than a BlackBerry
I love my iPhone. In fact, I’ve loved every iPhone Apple has launched since the first model was unveiled in 2007. Slowly but surely, Apple …
Facebook addiction explained: study shows psychophysiological arousal from social media
A recent study showed that social networks like Twitter and Facebook are potentially more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol, and now we may have an …
Nokia’s last Symbian smartphone, the 803: 4-inch AMOLED, Symbian Belle and the largest camera sensor you’ve ever seen
Information has been appearing in dribs and drabs about Nokia’s last Symbian smartphone, the Nokia 803, but a trusted source of ours has come through …
Carriers hate the iPhone
Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable product offered by the most valuable company in the world. With only three iPhone models in its lineup, the …
Nokia to shed 4,000 jobs as manufacturing shifts to Asia
Nokia plans to eliminate 4,000 jobs as part of a major cost-cutting effort that will see much of its manufacturing shift to Asia. The cuts …
Sprint posts $1.3 billion net loss in Q4; 1.8M iPhones sold, 1.6M net subscribers added
Sprint on Wednesday reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2011. The nation’s No.3 carrier sold 1.8 million iPhones, 40% of which were sold …
Acer sues former CEO for violating non-compete agreement
Acer has filed a lawsuit against its former chief executive officer Gianfranco Lanci for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement. Lanci left Acer last March after …
ComScore: Amazon growth doubled the rest of the e-commerce market in Q4
Amazon announced the company’s fourth quarter results last week, which fell short of Wall Street’s estimates. The company reported $17.4 billion in revenue, with net sales up 35% …
Apple edges out IBM to become the top brand of 2011
Apple has edged out IBM to become the top brand of 2011, according to an annual list from marketing strategy firm Davis Brand Capital. The …
Apple claimed a staggering 80% of mobile profit in Q4
Impressive data points from Apple’s record-setting holiday quarter continue to trickle out, and new estimates suggest that the company accounted for a staggering share of …
Samsung takes another page from Apple’s playbook: increase margins
Apple has argued on multiple occasions that Samsung builds mobile products that “blatantly imitate the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success.” Courts seem …
New Verizon, Redbox joint venture to offer Netflix-like video streaming
Verizon and Redbox-owner Coinstar on Monday announced a new joint venture in which the two companies will offer a new streaming video service. The joint …
iPhone 4S launch sent Apple Store sales skyrocketing
Apple Stores are often busy and with the release of new iPhones and iPads, Apple’s retail locations become bombarded with waves of excited customers. According …
ITC attorney backs Barnes & Noble in Microsoft patent case
Barnes & Noble on Monday received some potentially good news following the rejection of its antitrust suit against Microsoft earlier this month. Microsoft is looking …
Amazon reportedly plans to open a retail store this year
Amazon is preparing to open a retail store in Seattle within the next few months, according to a report from Good eReader. Amazon is apparently …
Google reportedly hires Apple exec for top secret project
Google has hired Apple’s former senior director of product integrity for a new secret project, according to a report from VentureBeat. The man in question …
IDC: Smartphone sales hit all-time high in Q4 led by Apple, Samsung
The record sales managed by both Apple and Samsung during the holiday quarter last year sent smartphone market growth soaring in late 2011. Market research …
Facebook and Twitter are more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol, study finds
A new study suggests that social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter are more difficult to resist than cigarettes or alcohol. A team from …
Google wants people to ‘Solve for X’ with new conference [video]
Google unveiled its new “Solve for X” website early Monday morning, and it looks as if the Mountain View-based company is planning a TED-like think tank to encourage …
NPD: iPhone dominated in Q4, Android popularity grows among first-time buyers
Apple was the top smartphone vendor in the United States last quarter according to new data released on Monday. A new report from market research …
HTC slump continues in Q4; guidance misses Q1 estimates
HTC on Monday reported earnings for the fourth quarter last year along with guidance for the first quarter that missed analysts’ estimates. Further highlighting the …
Corning and Samsung form joint venture to combine ‘Lotus Glass’ with OLED displays
Samsung and Corning — best known for its Gorilla Glass products — announced a new joint venture this week that will manufacture specialty glass substrates …
Verizon begins testing new mobile payment solution
Vantiv, a provider of mobile payment solutions, announced a new point-of-sale product on Friday that it will be rolling out in partnership with Verizon Wireless. …
Mozilla developing push notification system for Firefox
Mozilla is developing a push notification system for the company’s Firefox Web browser. The system will allow users to receive notifications from any website, even …
Lawmaker launches assault on violent video games
An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive …
Apple and Samsung to pull in 90% of smartphone profits in 2012, UBS says
Industry watchers agree that smartphone sales will continue to balloon in 2012, but much of the projected growth will seemingly be enjoyed by just two …
Ban on iPhones and iPad suspended in Germany, sales resume
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G resumed on Friday after a permanent injunction had gone into …
EU tells Google to stop rolling out privacy changes
Regulators with the European Union have asked Google to stop rolling out new privacy changes that the company originally introduced earlier this month. “Given the …
