Microsoft acquires start-up id8: source |
- Microsoft acquires start-up id8: source
- Apple testing new iPhone, iOS 7: report
- Judge rejects part of Apple App Store suit vs Amazon
- World's First Eye-Tracking PC Accessory to Launch in 2013
- Barack Obama's AMA is Reddit's Top Post of 2012
- How to Sync All Your Calendars Onto One Smartphone
- Chipmaker AMD names new chief financial officer
- Google's Schmidt plans North Korea trip: AP
- T-Mobile confirms appeal over Austria telecom merger
- Best Android apps to keep 2013 resolutions
- Apple may have sold up to 4 million iPhones to businesses in Q4
- APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea
- Samsung forced to reveal Galaxy sales data to Apple
- One month after its release, Windows 8 desktop share approaches 2%
- Quick fix for Boot Camp brings Windows 8 to new iMac computers
- 2013′s first hot Kickstarter project: An Android-based gaming ‘console-on-a-stick’
- Review: Nintendo's TVii tops button-laden remotes
- Google's executive chairman plans North Korea trip - AP
- Patent hints Apple may bring its own unique stylus to iOS devices
- Samsung said to be readying fix for randomly dying Galaxy S IIIs
- Microsoft renews plea for crackdown on Google
- As netbooks crash and burn, Amazon’s best-selling laptop is a Chromebook
- What Happened to the 2012 Tech Bubble That Never Was
- HTC rumored to debut flagship ‘M7′ smartphone at CES
- Microsoft lashes out at Google’s decision to spurn Windows Phone
- Typical American without a landline: A 27-year old Latino living in Columbus, Ohio
- Patent trolls’ latest gambit: Sue businesses if they dare to use office scanners
- Poll: Would you buy a blue, pink or yellow iPhone 5S?
- Why Is Eric Schmidt Going to North Korea?
- Apple says ‘Do Not Disturb’ bug in iOS 6 will persist until next week
- Nokia’s Lumia 920 remains as expensive as Apple’s iPhone 5
- Apple reportedly considering Waze acquisition to help fix iOS Maps app
- Media stocks buoyant after 'fiscal cliff' deal
- 50 million Android and iOS devices activated in last week of December alone
- Court dismisses Apple’s lawsuit against Amazon over the term ‘app store’ [updated]
| Microsoft acquires start-up id8: source Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:29 PM PST
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| Apple testing new iPhone, iOS 7: report Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:38 AM PST
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| Judge rejects part of Apple App Store suit vs Amazon Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:05 AM PST
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| World's First Eye-Tracking PC Accessory to Launch in 2013 Posted: 01 Jan 2013 04:01 PM PST
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| Barack Obama's AMA is Reddit's Top Post of 2012 Posted: 01 Jan 2013 12:02 PM PST
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| How to Sync All Your Calendars Onto One Smartphone Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:15 AM PST It's a simple request: I just want my online calendars to sync with my smartphone… is that too much to ask? It took some initial research and finesse, but I've discovered the best ways to get your Yahoo and Google calendars to appear on either an Android or Apple IOS mobile device. Google Calendar on [...] |
| Chipmaker AMD names new chief financial officer Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:01 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices said on Wednesday it promoted senior executive Devinder Kumar to chief financial officer after the struggling PC chipmaker announced in September its previous CFO was leaving. Kumar, a 28-year AMD veteran, had been standing in as CFO since AMD announced the departure of Thomas Siefert, who was liked by many on Wall Street. Since 2001, Kumar was corporate controller at AMD, which like other PC-related companies has been hit by a slump in demand as smartphones and tablets grow in popularity. ... |
| Google's Schmidt plans North Korea trip: AP Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:28 PM PST
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| T-Mobile confirms appeal over Austria telecom merger Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:36 AM PST VIENNA (Reuters) - T-Mobile Austria confirmed it had filed an appeal against the allocation of radio frequencies that will result from Hutchison Whampoa's takeover of Orange Austria, in a move that could derail the 1.3 billion euro ($1.7 billion) deal. A source familiar with the matter had told Reuters last month that the Deutsche Telekom unit planned the appeal over fears it will be at a disadvantage to rivals who will have a head start of up to a year in building next-generation LTE networks. ... |
| Best Android apps to keep 2013 resolutions Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:56 PM PST We survived the Mayan Apocalypse and the fiscal cliff. I couldn't dream up a more optimistic way to kick off 2013. It's an opportunity to hit the reset button, pondering goals for the next 12 months and determining the best way to maintain them. I find that starting small is the best way forward when it comes to life-altering resolutions, and mobile technology makes get them going. Your Android device is always by your side, acting as a second brain to track your behavior and keep you in check. Here's some top notch Android apps to jumpstart 2013. |
| Apple may have sold up to 4 million iPhones to businesses in Q4 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:30 PM PST As we've mentioned countless times, it's a good thing that RIM (RIMM) will release BlackBerry 10 soon, because otherwise Apple (AAPL) and Android will continue to wreck its market share among enterprise users. Benzinga reports that Trip Chowdhry, a managing director at Global Equities Research, has put out a research note estimating that Apple sold between 3 million and 4 million iPhones to businesses over the past quarter, some of whom have switched over from BlackBerry. "This figure emerges from a combination of new purchase of iPhones and users switching to iPhones from Blackberry," Chowdhry writes. "After the two-year contract expiration on Apple iPhone[s], [the] majority of the enterprises have replaced their employees' current phones with the new iPhone 5." As for reasons why more companies |
| APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:43 PM PST
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| Samsung forced to reveal Galaxy sales data to Apple Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:15 PM PST Samsung (005930) was found to have infringed upon six of Apple's patents this past August and ordered to pay the company $1.05 billion in damages. Apple (AAPL) is also seeking additional damages after its bid to blocks sales of eight Samsung devices failed. In order to asses the damages, Apple requested that Samsung hand over its sales data for its popular Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets. The company refused, however, in an effort to protect its confidential pricing details and profit margins. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh recently ruled that Samsung must file an exhibit listing the total number of units of sold during certain time periods, Bloomberg reported. In a separate order, the Judge granted Samsung its request |
| One month after its release, Windows 8 desktop share approaches 2% Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:00 PM PST Congratulations, Microsoft (MSFT): your latest operating system is starting to make its mark. According to new data from NetMarketShare, 1.72% of all desktop computers in December 2012 used Windows 8, up from less than 1% in November. Of course we won't have a real measure of Windows 8′s adoption rate until we see the January numbers since by that time many people will have started using the shiny new Windows 8 laptops they got for Christmas. Overall NetMarketShare found that Windows 7 was still the most widely used operating system in the world, accounting for more than 45% of all desktops used in December, while Windows XP finished a close second with 39%. All versions of Apple's (AAPL) OS X accounted for |
| Quick fix for Boot Camp brings Windows 8 to new iMac computers Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:15 PM PST Early adopters of Apple's (AAPL) new iMac computers who chose the 3TB Fusion Drive model have been unable to use Boot Camp Assistant. The program, which allows OS X users to install a Windows partition on their computers, is limited to drives of up to 2.2TB. Apple has hinted that the software may be updated in the future to support larger drives, however no set time frame has been given. Despite the set back, it has been discovered that it is still possible to create a working Boot Camp partition on new iMacs. TwoCanoes Software notes that, "since it is not possible to get around the 2.2 TB limitation with booting Windows, it is possible to organize the partitions so that |
| 2013′s first hot Kickstarter project: An Android-based gaming ‘console-on-a-stick’ Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:30 PM PST We didn't have to wait very long to discover what 2013′s first big Kickstarter project would be. Via Ars Technica, we give you the GameStick, an Android-based two-inch long stick that plugs directly into a controller and acts as a highly portable gaming console. The GameStick team says that their goal with the new mini-console was to create "a big screen games console that was so small you could pop it in your pocket… so you can take all your games with you to any TV you like." As far as titles go, GameStick developers so far have "identified 200 [Android] titles that will be great to play on GameStick" and are also "working with our network of over 250 developers |
| Review: Nintendo's TVii tops button-laden remotes Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:59 PM PST
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| Google's executive chairman plans North Korea trip - AP Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:52 PM PST
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| Patent hints Apple may bring its own unique stylus to iOS devices Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:45 PM PST Many people had a good laugh when Samsung (005930) unveiled the Galaxy Note last year and made a big deal out of the device's Palm Pilot-like stylus. But once the Galaxy Note became a hit, people stopped snickering and began to take the stylus seriously as an accessory once again. Apple (AAPL) is apparently considering hopping on the stylus bandwagon, as HotHardware reports that the company has filed a patent for a pen accessory it describes as an "active stylus" that "can either act as a drive electrode to create an electric field between the drive electrode and the sense lines of a mutual capacitive touch sensor panel, or as a sense electrode for sensing capacitively coupled signals from one |
| Samsung said to be readying fix for randomly dying Galaxy S IIIs Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:00 PM PST It was previously reported that several Galaxy S III owners were experiencing problems with their devices. Users discovered that the flash memory in the handset was becoming corrupt and failing, causing the phone's mainboard to die. Devices were reportedly lasting between 150 and 200 days before permanently dying, at which point Samsung (005930) was replacing them with no questions asked. A company spokesperson revealed to Dutch site Tweakers that the problem is in a firmware bug that can be easily solved with a small update. The spokesperson confirmed that the issue has only been affecting "a very limited number of Galaxy S III models with 16GB memory" and the company is working on a fix that will be released as soon |
| Microsoft renews plea for crackdown on Google Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:44 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft began the new year harping on a favorite theme: The software maker is arguing that government regulators need to crack down on Google to preserve fair competition in the Internet and smartphone markets. |
| As netbooks crash and burn, Amazon’s best-selling laptop is a Chromebook Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:17 PM PST Netbooks may be on the way out as companies like Acer and Asus cease production, but it is becoming increasingly clear that there is still a market for low-cost laptops in a world where tablets are taking over. Microsoft's (MSFT) new Windows 8 operating system has been eating up most of the news cycle when it comes to notebook computers, but Google's (GOOG) Chrome OS shouldn't be counted out just yet. Online retail giant Amazon (AMZN) currently lists a Google-powered Chromebook built by Samsung (005930) as the best-selling laptop on its website. To make things even more interesting, Amazon's own stock of the $250 Chromebook is sold out but it remains a top-seller even though it is now being sold |
| What Happened to the 2012 Tech Bubble That Never Was Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:53 PM PST
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| HTC rumored to debut flagship ‘M7′ smartphone at CES Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:48 PM PST HTC (2498) will reportedly unveil a new flagship smartphone code-named "M7″ at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The rumor comes to us from XDA-Developers forum member "Football," who reported accurate information about unreleased HTC devices in the past. The phone is believed to the be the successor to the One X and could be equipped with a 4.7-inch full HD 1920 x 1080-pixel display, a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, a 13-megapixel rear camera, LTE and HSPA+ connectivity, Beats Audio, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and a 2,300 mAh battery. The M7 is also said to be HTC's first smartphone to utilize on-screen navigation keys in place of traditional hardware buttons. The problem for HTC in the past has been the company's ability to market its high-end |
| Microsoft lashes out at Google’s decision to spurn Windows Phone Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:16 PM PST Dave Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel for Microsoft (MSFT), took aim at Google (GOOG) and the company's unwillingness to develop for Windows Phone 8 in a blog post on Wednesday. Heiner claims that, "Google continues to prevent Microsoft from offering consumers a fully featured YouTube app [among other] for the Windows Phone." Microsoft has been apparently been trying to get a full-feature YouTube app for its Windows Phone operating system for more than two years, however it has been unsuccessful. Despite the fact that the Windows Phone Marketplace has doubled in the past year, Google has not yet produced any quality apps for the platform. The company previously said that it will not be launching a native Gmail or Google Drive app |
| Typical American without a landline: A 27-year old Latino living in Columbus, Ohio Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST The statistical study compiled by NHIS about landline and mobile phone usage in American households is a pretty fascinating read. The number of U.S. adults with a mobile phone but no landline rose to 34% in the first half of 2012. That percentage is ticking up roughly two points every six months — a fairly rapid clip. The number of adults with a landline but no mobile phone plunged below 8% according to the study, which was picked up by GigaOm. These numbers may explain why some of the pollsters using landline-only calls in the last election ran off the rails so spectacularly. So many Americans can no longer be reached via a landline phone that polling methods simply must be |
| Patent trolls’ latest gambit: Sue businesses if they dare to use office scanners Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST We've seen a lot of ridiculous claims asserted by patent trolls over the past few years, but this one truly takes the cake: Ars Technica reports that an entity called "Project Paperless LLC" has been sending out letters to small and medium-sized businesses demanding licensing fees for using office scanners capable of sending PDFs via email. Steven Vicinanza, founder of Atlanta-based IT services provider BlueWave Computing, told Ars that both his company and several of its customers had received letters telling them that they needed to buy licenses for "distributed computer architecture" patents that cover basic networked scanning technology. At a cost of $1,000 per employee, Vicinanza said that the licenses would have cost his company a grand total of $130,000 just for the |
| Poll: Would you buy a blue, pink or yellow iPhone 5S? Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST A report issued by Topeka Capital Markets on Wednesday morning suggested that Apple (AAPL) has some big changes in store for the next-generation iPhone. According to analyst Brian White, the "iPhone 5S" will be available with two different screen sizes to help Apple better address emerging markets, marking the first time Apple offers a single smartphone model with multiple screen size options. In another first for Apple, White reports that the next iPhone will be available in three new colors — blue, pink and yellow — on top of black and white, which are both currently available. Apple's most recent iPod touch is available with multiple color options and the new case on the iPhone 5 is aluminum, so it |
| Why Is Eric Schmidt Going to North Korea? Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:40 AM PST
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| Apple says ‘Do Not Disturb’ bug in iOS 6 will persist until next week Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:35 AM PST Apple (AAPL) has acknowledged a bug with the "Do Not Disturb" feature in iOS 6 and has said that the issue will persist until it is fixed automatically on January 7th. In a support article posted to Apple's website on Wednesday, the company acknowledged a bug that causes "Do Not Disturb" mode to remain enabled each day past the time it is configured to switch off. The bug reportedly began affecting iOS 6 devices on January 1st. In addressing the issue, Apple confirmed that the bug exists for some users and indicated that it has no plans to fix the problem. Instead, the bug will correct itself next week. "Do Not Disturb scheduling feature will resume normal functionality after January |
| Nokia’s Lumia 920 remains as expensive as Apple’s iPhone 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:10 AM PST One thing handset industry analysts are watching like hawks is the price graph of the most important Windows Phone 8 model in the European handset market. Nokia (NOK) priced the Lumia 920 very, very ambitiously for its November debut. How long can the model maintain a stiff premium? Was the early pricing just designed to skim high margins from the pool of eager Nokia/Windows Phone early adopters? Christmas is now over and the year 2013 has rolled in. But in the most important handset market in Europe, the Lumia 920 still costs as much as the 16 GB iPhone 5. At Phonehouse Germany, the price is 640 euros. At Handy Attacke, Ebay Germany, Amazon.de and other leading German phone retail |
| Apple reportedly considering Waze acquisition to help fix iOS Maps app Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:35 AM PST Less than a month after rumors of a potential TomTom acquisition swirled, Apple (AAPL) is now reportedly considering a buyout of social navigation startup Waze in an effort to improve its much-maligned Maps application. TechCrunch reported on Wednesday that "there are rumours flying around that Apple is sniffing around Waze with a view to a possible acquisition," though the source of the rumors is unclear. A similar report was published by Israeli news site NewsGeek. Waze, which currently provides some data to Apple for use in its iOS Maps app, utilizes user-submitted data to enhance its free navigation service available for iOS, Android and other platforms. Waze CEO Noam Bardin has been vocal about the quality of Apple's mapping solution in the past, |
| Media stocks buoyant after 'fiscal cliff' deal Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:15 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shares of media companies rose Wednesday as fears of an advertising slowdown based on slower economic growth abated somewhat due to a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff." |
| 50 million Android and iOS devices activated in last week of December alone Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST The latest numbers from analytics firm Flurry suggest that Android and iOS flourished in the last week of the 2012. The firm previously estimated that roughly 17.4 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas Day, leading to an estimated 1.76 billion mobile application downloads and more than 50 million activations for the full week. The latest numbers represent the highest number of device activations and app downloads of any week in history, an increase from 20 million activations and 1.2 billion downloads during Christmas week in 2011. Flurry estimates that in 2013 the trend of one-billion app downloads per week will become more frequent and by next December, more than 2 billion apps will be downloaded in a single week. |
| Court dismisses Apple’s lawsuit against Amazon over the term ‘app store’ [updated] Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:35 AM PST After hitting some early hurdles, Apple's (AAPL) lawsuit filed against Amazon (AMZN) in 2012 over the use of the term "app store" has been dismissed. Apple had filed a complaint last year claiming that Amazon's "Amazon Appstore" infringed on Apple's trademark, but Amazon argued that the claim was baseless because "app store" is a generic term. In a terminal alert picked up by Business Insider, Bloomberg reports that a judge has now sided with Amazon on the matter and the case has been dismissed. UPDATE: Reuters notes that the case has only been partially dismissed. The judge ruled that Apple cannot bring a false advertising claim against Amazon but Apple's other claims, including the claim alleging trademark infringement, have not been dismissed. |
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