Canalys: Apple blazes past HP to dominate global PC market in Q4
Apple pulled ahead of HP in the fourth quarter to become the largest player in the client PC market, a new report suggested Monday. The …
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Verizon to reportedly roll out shared family data plans soon
Speaking during a UBS conference in December, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said the company may roll out shared data plans in 2012. According to an …
Proposed congressional bill targets Carrier IQ and other mobile tracking software
Democratic Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts released a draft of his cell phone privacy bill on Monday. The Mobile Device Privacy Act is designed to …
Xbox 720 will not launch this year, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft will reportedly not launch the highly anticipated follow-up to the Xbox 360 this year. Cedrick Delma, Microsoft’s marketing director in France, recently told Le …
President Obama to host a Google+ hangout Monday at 5:30PM
President Obama will be hosting his first Google+ hangout tonight at 5:30 p.m. Eastern. In the discussion, the president will be answering questions that were …
Kindle Fire ‘defined and dominated’ low-end tablet market with 6 million units sold
When it comes to tablets there is no denying the iPad’s dominance, selling more than 15 million units last quarter alone. Not everyone can afford nor …
Former RIM co-CEO Lazaridis says he planned to step down for years
Former Research In Motion co-CEO and co-Chairman Mike Lazaridis said in a recent interview that he had been planning to step down from his role …
Samsung marketing boss: Consumers should be obsessed with Samsung, not Apple
Samsung’s new run of television commercials is the start of a wider effort to make the company’s products the apple of the U.S. consumer’s eye. …
First look at SlingPlayer for Amazon’s Kindle Fire
Sling Media has been the go-to provider for video placeshifting solutions for nearly seven years now. The California-based company launched its first Slingbox in 2005, …
AT&T to launch Samsung Galaxy Note on February 19th for $299.99 [video]
AT&T announced Monday that the Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone will be available in stores on February 19th for $299.99 on contact, a day after we …
Barnes & Noble’s next Nook said to launch this spring
Barnes & Noble’s fifth-generation “e-reading device” will reportedly launch this coming spring. Mentioned in passing within a New York Times profile of the struggling bookseller, …
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S Advance smartphone; global roll-out begins next month
Never afraid of a mouthful when it comes to device names, Samsung on Monday unveiled the Galaxy S Advance smartphone. The new phone is seemingly …
Nokia Lumia 910 with 12-megapixel camera headed to Europe
Nokia seemingly has plans to launch a European varient of the upcoming Lumia 900 smartphone that will feature an upgraded 12-megapixel camera. Dutch online cell …
Microsoft and Asus may be working on Kinect-enabled Windows 8 laptops
Asus is reportedly working on Windows 8 laptops that are equipped with Microsoft’s Kinect technology. The Daily recently reported that it was able to “check out” …
DROID RAZR MAXX customers won’t have to wait for custom ROMs
Verizon released the DROID RAZR MAXX on Thursday for $299.99 with a new two-year agreement. The device features a massive 3,300 mAh battery and a slightly …
Nokia still top vendor as global handset shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2011
Global mobile phone shipments grew 14% annually to shatter the previous shipment record in 2011. Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that 1.6 billion cell …
Apple’s mobile web share reportedly slid in Q4 as Android took No.1 spot
Although Apple outsold all Android vendors in the fourth quarter, the Cupertino-based company’s share of mobile internet usage is reportedly beginning to slide. An analysis of …
Twitter announces ability to censor content by region
Twitter announced recently that it now has the ability to, and will begin to, censor content on the social network by country. “As we continue …
Samsung rumored to announce next-gen tablet at MWC
After the rumored cancellation of Samsung’s Galaxy S III debut at next month’s Mobile World Congress, we were left wondering what the South Korean company will unveil instead. …
Apple, Google and others face antitrust lawsuit over secret no-poaching agreements
Apple, Google and five other technology companies must face a lawsuit for violating antitrust laws, according to a federal judge. The two companies, along with …
Facebook reportedly plans IPO filing for Wednesday
Facebook plans to file for its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday next week according to multiple reports from Dow Jones Newswires. Morgan Stanley …
Google addresses concerns over new privacy policy
Earlier this week, Google announced that the company would combine individual privacy policies from a variety of its products into one main policy. The idea …
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP
Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, has left HP. AllThingsD broke the news Friday afternoon, noting that Rubinstein had served his promised 12-24 month tenure …
Future iPhone and iPad may feature MagSafe ports, wireless charging
The magnetic MagSafe connectors Apple uses on its MacBook laptops was first introduced in 2006 and it has become a signature design element used across …
New RIM CEO admits Apple and Google are winning, says change is coming
Investors had been clamoring for Research In Motion co-founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis to relinquish their co-CEO and co-chairman roles, and the company finally announced …
Apple CEO: ‘We care about every worker in our supply chain’
The New York Times recently published an article discussing the unsafe working conditions in the factories Apple employs to build its products. It’s no secret that …
Apple reclaims No.1 smartphone spot in Q4
Apple is once again the top smartphone vendor in the world by shipment volume according to a report released late Thursday. Market research firm Strategy …
German court dismisses second Samsung patent suit against Apple
One week after dismissing Samsung’s first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, a German court has also rejected a second suit, reports Florian Mueller of …
BlackBerry users are older and wealthier than average smartphone users, study suggests
BlackBerry owners tend to be older and wealthier than other smartphone users according to a new report released this week. Data from comScore Data Mine …
iPad owns 96% of enterprise market and iPhone share climbs to 53%, study finds
Enterprise mobile vendor Good Technology published a new study on Thursday revealing iOS’s massive market share in the corporate world. The iPad accounted for 96% of …
