Monday, December 26, 2011

Sony, Samsung dissolve panel joint venture (AP)

Sony, Samsung dissolve panel joint venture (AP)

Sony, Samsung dissolve panel joint venture (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:01 AM PST

AP - Japan's Sony and South Korean rival Samsung are dissolving their joint venture in liquid crystal display panels as Sony tries to stanch years of losses in its TV business.

10 Best Sports Games for iPhone (Mashable)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 10:00 AM PST

Mashable - It may be mid-winter, but sports are still in full-swing. The NBA is coming back, the NFL playoff races are in high gear, and even soccer and hockey fans are in the middle of their seasons. SEE ALSO: 10 Stunning iPhone Sports Photographs [GALLERY]

Online shopping jumps 16.4 pct on Christmas Day (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:35 PM PST

AP - A growing number of shoppers apparently need only the briefest of breaks before diving back in, especially if they can log in to shop.

U.S. Mobile Device Use Increasingly Important To Holiday Sales (NewsFactor)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:59 AM PST

NewsFactor - The use of mobile devices for making online purchases doubled in December from nine months earlier, according to a new report from RichRelevance. The customized-shopping-experience designer's study also indicates that over 90 percent of U.S. consumers making mobile purchases over the period were using an Apple device.

New iSample vending machine knows exactly who's using it (Digital Trends)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:56 PM PST

Digital Trends - Forget smart phones, how about a smart vending machine? Food giant Kraft recently teamed up with Intel to produce the iSample vending machine, capable of studying what kinds of people are buying their goods.

LG Announces Android 4.0 Device Updates (NewsFactor)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:14 PM PST

NewsFactor - Android smartphones made by LG Corp. will gain the much-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update in the next few months, somewhat later than Samsung's phones. Both rival companies are based in Seoul, South Korea.

Police: Utah mom, son rescued after Facebook post (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:41 PM PST

AP - A Utah woman used Facebook to seek help after she and her 17-month-old son were held hostage at a residence for nearly five days, police said.

Tests Show That Your Amazon Kindle Isn't Going to Bring Down an Airplane (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 10:28 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Tech reporter Nick Bilton continues his one-man war on the FAA regulations that prevent you from turning on your iPads, Kindles, and other electronic devices while taking off and landing in airplanes. Bilton has a report today at The New York Times blogs today about just how much energy those little doo-dads put out and the simple fact is that it just isn't enough to interfere with anything, especially not a well-designed aircraft.

Apple’s devices dominate mobile shopping this holiday (Appolicious)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

Appolicious - There might be a whole lot more Android devices out there in the world – Google says it's activating some 700,000 every day – but it's Apple's iOS platform owners who use their devices the most for mobile shopping, by a huge margin.

Video: UPS worker throws package onto porch (but not before flipping the bird) (Digital Trends)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 01:55 AM PST

Digital Trends - When a video turned up on YouTube last week showing a FedEx delivery worker throwing a box containing a computer monitor over a garden fence, anyone who uses the company’s service would’ve been rightly horrified. They might have even considered switching their custom to rival UPS.

Foxconn to expand iPhone production facility, set to become world's largest (Digital Trends)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST

Digital Trends - With Apple’s iPhone recently coming to market in 21 more countries and the likely launch of a new smartphone model from the Cupertino company in 2012, it may come as little surprise that Apple supplier Foxconn is planning to expand its Zhengzhou production facility in China, a move that will make it the biggest smartphone manufacturing plant in the world.
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