Kobo to be acquired by Japanese e-commerce giant for $315 million
Kobo, purveyor of eReaders and eBook software across a variety of platforms, announced on Tuesday that it will be acquired by Japan-based Rakuten. Rakuten will purchase …
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Microsoft chasing down Huawei for Android patent license agreement
Microsoft is chasing down Huawei in search of a patent licensing agreement, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. “Yes, Microsoft has come to us,” Huawei Devices chief …
Facebook’s Zuckerberg says Google, Yahoo and Microsoft collect data ‘behind your back’ [video]
In a recent interview on the Charlie Rose show, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Yahoo, Microsoft and Google are secretly collecting user data. …
Republic Wireless launches with $19 unlimited plan
Republic Wireless went live on Tuesday with its impossibly cheap $19 unlimited talk, text and data plan, presenting a service that could potentially save some …
Google lures college students to Google+ in effort to speed adoption
Google’s latest social networking effort follows a long line of failed attempts to break into a space owned by the likes of Facebook, Twitter and …
Ex-Motorola employee charged with espionage after attempt to sell trade secrets to China
Former Motorola software engineer Hanjuan Jin, a 41-year old naturalized United States citizen, is standing trial for stealing trade secrets from Motorola with plans to …
HTC Edge to lead the smartphone pack with quad-core CPU, optically-laminated display and unibody design
Renders of the HTC Edge appeared online yesterday with some hugely impressive specifications that included a quad-core 1.5GHz NVIDIA processor. We have received some more details …
Apple updates ‘Apple Store’ app with self checkout, in-store pick up support
Apple on Tuesday released a highly anticipated update to its Apple Store app for iOS, adding functionality that may represent the future of the company’s …
iPhone 4S launch helps end HTC’s record revenue run
HTC has been on a tear this year, registering month after month of record revenue thanks to strong demand for its Android-powered smartphones. The Taiwan-based …
Samsung VP Gavin Kim departs to lead Microsoft’s Windows Phone product management
Samsung’s vice president of consumer and enterprise services Gavin Kim has left the company to join Microsoft as general manager of the Windows Phone team, …
Live from Barnes & Noble’s Nook tablet event!
We’re live from Barnes & Noble’s press conference here in New York City where the bookseller is expected to take the wraps off its sequel …
Motorola DROID RAZR review
The Motorola DROID RAZR is arguably the most exciting Android device to come across my desk in some time, but all the hype in the …
Brookstone Pocket Projector for iPhone 4 and 4S review
Brookstone announced a new device Monday morning that allows you to project images up to 50 inches diagonally onto any surface using your iPhone. It …
We’ll be reporting live from Barnes & Noble’s Nook tablet event tomorrow at 10AM
Barnes & Noble is holding a press conference on Monday morning where the company is expected to unveil a new color eBook reader that will …
AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, HTC Vivid launch; each $100 cheaper than expected
AT&T’s first two 4G LTE-enabled smartphones are now available for purchase, and subscribers looking to be among the first to own these powerful new Android …
AT&T says T-Mobile deal will close later than expected
AT&T has pushed back the date it expects to close the books on its planned merger with T-Mobile and spectrum purchase from Qualcomm, The Wall Street …
With just 4% of mobile market, Apple owns 52% of profits
Apple’s iPhone accounted for just 4.2% of the mobile handsets shipped in the third quarter of 2011, but the company still managed to rake in …
Samsung Focus Flash review
Samsung’s Focus Flash will soon join the Samsung Focus S on AT&T’s shelves as the South Korea-based company’s second and third Windows Phone devices in …
U.S. Cellular refused to sell iPhone citing ‘unacceptable’ terms
U.S. Cellular CEO Mary Dillon recently said on a conference call that her company turned down a chance to sell Apple’s iPhone. Dillon explained that …
iPhone 4S now No.1 smartphone at top-3 U.S. carriers, iPhone 4 still hot
Apple looks to be following up its surprising miss in the September quarter with a huge holiday quarter for its popular iPhone line. According to …
Sprint to help finance Clearwire’s 4G LTE network
Sprint announced on Friday that it will offer new notes due in 2018 and 2021, the proceeds of which may be used in part to …
We’re live from Apple’s new glass cube at the 5th Avenue store
We’re live outside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York City where Apple has just unveiled the redesign of its iconic glass cube. This is …
LightSquared wants to be America’s dumbest pipe
LightSquared, a wholesaler of satellite and terrestrial broadband services, took to the stage at the Open Mobile Summit on Wednesday to clarify the company’s goal: to …
Amazon intros Kindle book lending for Prime members
Just ahead of the release of Amazon’s highly anticipated Kindle Fire tablet, the company has added a new perk for Amazon Prime subscribers that could …
AT&T asks Sprint to disclose competition plans pending outcome of planned merger
AT&T recently requested that a federal judge push Sprint to reveal what its plans for competition will be pending the outcome of AT&T’s planned acquisition …
Siri suffering from extended outage
Apple’s new virtual personal assistant Siri is currently suffering from a major outage — the first extended outage since the service launched on October 14th. …
Verizon to offer ‘turbo’ data speed boost in apps for a price
Verizon Wireless will soon publish an API that allows users to temporarily “turbocharge” their data speeds for a fee. The new API must be implemented …
HTC Rezound hands-on
We just spent a couple minutes with HTC’s latest and greatest, the HTC Rezound for Verizon Wireless complete with Beats audio, and it’s surely positioned …
Live from HTC’s Rezound unveiling!
We’re live from HTC’s New York City media event where HTC is expected to announce the HTC Rezound for Verizon Wireless. It’s the first smartphone …
Microsoft tears into Google, says it lacks a product roadmap
Microsoft’s senior director of online services Tom Rizzo recently published a blog post titled “Google Graveyard” that tore into Google’s practice of launching products and …
