Verizon laying off 950 workers at Houston call center
Verizon Wireless notified one of its call centers in Houston, Texas about plans to close the facility. The center houses 943 employees, all of whom …
Verizon Wireless notified one of its call centers in Houston, Texas about plans to close the facility. The center houses 943 employees, all of whom …
A judge with the United States District Court for Northern California has rejected Samsung’s appeal to a lift a sales ban of its Galaxy Tab …
Nokia’s ace in the patent wars is the breadth of its portfolio. Nokia was central in developing GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, HSPA, LTE and Wi-Fi …
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that the highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone will finally launch on July 10th. Following a number of delays across …
Microsoft may be going it alone in making its first tablet but company chairman and founder Bill Gates says that Windows PC original equipment manufacturers …
Amazon on Monday reportedly closed a deal to acquire 3D mapping startup UpNext, according to GigaOM. The acquisition will thrust the retail giant into new …
Everyone knows Apple plans on releasing its next-generation iPhone this fall, but its flagship smartphone could also share the stage with a next-generation iMac that …
Shares of Apple’s stock hit the $600-mark on Tuesday for the first time since April 27th. The company’s stock price sky-rocketed earlier this year after Apple …
The mobile phone industry is used to vendors flaming out, sometimes just a couple of years after companies peak. Yet few handset companies have self-destructed …
5,000 layoffs? Delays of major products? Quarterly losses totaling more than $500 million? “‘Tis but a scratch,” says RIM CEO Thorsten Heins. Canada.com reports that …
Apple’s “iPad mini,” a smaller version of the company’s popular iPad tablet, will soon launch at a price point that may send shockwaves through the …
Google debuted its brand new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system last week during the annual Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. The latest …
A purported roadmap outlining Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 launch plans has emerged, seemingly outlining the current state of RIM’s ever-changing launch schedule for the …
Computer World's Gregg Keizer writes that two firms have put out two wildly different sets of numbers for which browsers were the most used in …
Facebook royally ticked off many of its users last week when it made their @facebook.com email addresses the primary ones displayed on profile pages without …
Beats Electronics has finally acquired subscription music service MOG. “Beats was created as a response to the complete erosion of the music experience,” Beats' president …
Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony's gaming arm, announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire California-based cloud gaming firm Gaikai Inc. for $380 million. Sony …
After struggling for nearly two years, Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is finally starting to gain substantial ground… in Finland. Nokia's strong presence in its home …
Windows 7 for the first time ever has captured more than half of the global operating system market, according to data compiled by Web analytics …
Apple has scheduled its third-quarter earnings report for Tuesday, July 24th at 2 pm PT. Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer will announce Q3 …
Despite iOS usage hitting an all time high, sales of Apple’s iPhone have declined over the past few months as customers await the arrival of …
Mozilla on Monday revealed that its Boot to Gecko mobile platform has been rebranded as Firefox OS. The HTML5-based OS will power smartphones built to …
Best Buy has decided to give its customers a little bit of relief if they decide to buy a new MacBook Pro with Retina display, …
Microsoft on Monday announced that the company’s online services division will take a $6.2 billion charge related to its 2007 acquisition of aQuantive. “Microsoft Corp. …
Business users who want a more enterprise-oriented version of Windows 8 can soon upgrade their current machines to Windows 8 Pro for just $40, Microsoft …
HTC on Monday announced that Mike Woodward has been named president of HTC North America. Woodward, who joins the company from a VP role at …
Just what the tech industry needs: even more prospective patent lawsuits! The latest shocking twist in the patent soap opera comes courtesy of The Inquirer’s …
A new player has entered into what seems like a never-ending patent war between Samsung and Apple. After the United States District Court for Northern California …
Android is still the most popular smartphone operating system in the United States by a wide margin, as comScore has once again found that Android …
AT&T announced on Monday that the highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone will finally become available beginning July 6th for $199.99, one full month after …