ARM president and co-founder Tudor Brown to retire in May
ARM president Tudor Brown announced on Thursday that he will not seek re-election during a May 3rd shareholder meeting. ARM does not currently have any plans …
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Over half of net new Sprint subscribers utilize government-sponsored ‘Lifeline’ service
More than 50% of Sprint’s net new subscriber additions at any given time utilize a government subsidy program called “Lifeline,” which provides low-income Americans with …
Thailand floods may hurt shipments, increase prices for PC makers
The devastating flooding in Thailand could hurt HP, Lenovo, Dell and Microsoft during the fourth quarter of this year, IDC said in a recent report. …
Tablet pricing to drop in 2012, eReader shipments to grow 31.4%
End user pricing on media tablets is set to drop substantially in 2012 as competition further increases among vendors. A new report from analyst James …
U.S. Senate votes in favor of FCC net neutrality rules
The United States Senate on Thursday voted 52-46 in opposition of a Republican bill that sought to block the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules. Here’s …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review [video]
I haven’t turned on my Xbox 360 in almost a year. I did to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, though. Modern Warfare 3 …
Apple is trying to make iOS autocorrect less horrible
Apple is working on solutions that will help to improve the text input experience on its iOS devices. The Cupertino, California-based company has been discovered …
T-Mobile USA revenues slip, contract customers continue to flee in Q3
T-Mobile USA on Thursday announced its results for the third quarter of 2011. The carrier said it added 126,000 net customers during the quarter, an …
NVIDIA officially unveils quad-core Tegra 3 chip [video]
NVIDIA has finally announced its quad-core ARM Cortex A9 Tegra 3 processor, previously codenamed “Kal-El,” that will deliver “PC-class performance” for tablets and smartphones. NVIDIA …
Android and iOS continue to steal gaming revenue from Nintendo DS, Sony PSP
In 2009, the Nintendo DS generated 70% of all portable gaming revenue in the United States, but in the last two years its share has …
Australian judge demands that Apple show carrier contracts to Samsung
Australian Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett has ruled that Apple must show Samsung its contracts with Vodafone, SingTel and Telstra if it cannot reach an agreement on …
RIM investigating BlackBerry message delays
RIM acknowledged that many its users have reported delayed message deliveries on Wednesday, although it remains unclear what the culprit might be. “We’re getting reports that some …
Amazon quietly acquires Yap in clear bid to combat Siri
Amazon recently quietly purchased Yap, a Charlotte-based company that specializes in voice-to-text technology. CLTBlog, a Charlotte-focused website, discovered a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange …
Barnes & Noble calls on feds to probe Microsoft’s patent warpath
It is no secret that Microsoft is on a warpath. The company has garnered Android patent licensing deals from major industry tech players like HTC, …
Apple reportedly slashes Q4 iPhone 4S orders on weaker than expected demand
Apple sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S handsets in the smartphone’s first weekend of availability but according to a new report, Apple thinks demand for …
HTC Ville detailed: HTC Sense 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, thinner than iPhone
We just got the scoop on another brand new HTC handset, which will be part of the company’s Mobile World Congress announcements alongside the HTC …
Kindle Fire demand surpasses iPad ahead of launch, could be a threat
Amazon is seeing huge pent-up demand for its Kindle Fire tablet ahead of launch according to data from a recent study. Market research firm ChangeWave …
AT&T’s planned T-Mobile merger will create 96,000 jobs, CWA says
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union said on Tuesday that AT&T’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA will create 96,000 additional jobs in …
More money being spent on online music than ever before, Gartner says
More money is being spent purchasing music online than ever before according to a new report from Gartner. The firm’s data suggests that consumer spending on …
‘AT&T Call International’ VoIP app launches for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone
AT&T recently launched its new “AT&T Call International” VoIP application that, exactly as its name implies, allows its customers to place international phone calls from …
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 …
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, …
