Can Smartphone Vendors Survive With Apple And Samsung Dominating The Industry?
Apple and Samsung are in the midst of a patent-fueled war with no end in site, but the pair has also inadvertently joined forces to make…
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Public Interest Group Sues Google To Block New Privacy Policy
A public interest group asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block Google from changing its privacy policy, reports Reuters. The lawsuit comes from the…
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Amazon Announces Content Agreement With Viacom For Kindle Fire, Prime Customers
Amazon on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a new agreement with Viacom to provide a larger selection of television content to its Kindle…
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Facebook Addiction Explained: Study Shows Psychophysiological Arousal From Social Media
A recent study showed that social networks like Twitter and Facebook are potentially more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol, and now we may have an…
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Sprint Posts $1.3 Billion Net Loss In Q4; 1.8M iPhones Sold, 1.6M Net Subscribers Added
Sprint on Wednesday reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2011. The nation's No.3 carrier sold 1.8 million iPhones, 40% of which were sold…
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Vonage Brings Free Calling And Messaging To iPhone, Android
Vonage on Wednesday unveiled a new mobile app for the iPhone and Android smartphones that affords free calling and messaging along with cheap international calling…
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Apple Claimed A Staggering 80% Of Mobile Profit In Q4
Impressive data points from Apple's record-setting holiday quarter continue to trickle out, and new estimates suggest that the company accounted for a staggering share of…
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Samsung Takes Another Page From Apple's Playbook: Increase Margins
Apple has argued on multiple occasions that Samsung builds mobile products that "blatantly imitate the appearance of Apple's products to capitalize on Apple's success." Courts seem…
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Apple Edges Out IBM To Become The Top Brand Of 2011
Apple has edged out IBM to become the top brand of 2011, according to an annual list from marketing strategy firm Davis Brand Capital. The…
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IDC: Smartphone Sales Hit All-Time High In Q4 Led By Apple, Samsung
The record sales managed by both Apple and Samsung during the holiday quarter last year sent smartphone market growth soaring in late 2011. Market research…
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Amazon Reportedly Plans To Open A Retail Store This Year
Amazon is preparing to open a retail store in Seattle within the next few months, according to a report from Good eReader. Amazon is apparently…
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Google Wants People To 'Solve For X' With New Conference [Video]
Google unveiled its new "Solve for X" website early Monday morning, and it looks as if the Mountain View-based company is planning a TED-like think tank to encourage…
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Facebook And Twitter Are More Addictive Than Cigarettes Or Alcohol, Study Finds
A new study suggests that social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter are more difficult to resist than cigarettes or alcohol. A team from…
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Google Reportedly Hires Apple Exec For Top Secret Project
Google has hired Apple's former senior director of product integrity for a new secret project, according to a report from VentureBeat. The man in question…
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Lawmaker Launches Assault On Violent Video Games
An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive…
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Corning And Samsung Form Joint Venture To Combine 'Lotus Glass' With OLED Displays
Samsung and Corning — best known for its Gorilla Glass products — announced a new joint venture this week that will manufacture specialty glass substrates…
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Verizon Begins Testing New Mobile Payment Solution
Vantiv, a provider of mobile payment solutions, announced a new point-of-sale product on Friday that it will be rolling out in partnership with Verizon Wireless.…
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EU Tells Google To Stop Rolling Out Privacy Changes
Regulators with the European Union have asked Google to stop rolling out new privacy changes that the company originally introduced earlier this month. "Given the…
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Apple And Samsung To Pull In 90% Of Smartphone Profits In 2012, UBS Says
Industry watchers agree that smartphone sales will continue to balloon in 2012, but much of the projected growth will seemingly be enjoyed by just two…
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iPhones, iPad 3G Pulled From Online Apple Store In Germany Following Ban
Apple's aggressive litigation strategy against Android vendors over the past year has seen precious little return considering the huge investment it reportedly requires, and on…
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Touchscreen iMac Could Be In The Works According To Apple Patent
Apple certainly helped shape the mobile space by popularizing multitouch screens on smartphones and tablets, but can it do the same for desktop computing, too?…
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Google To Pay €500,000 Fine To French Cartographer In Google Maps Case
Google has been ordered to pay €500,000 to Bottin Cartographes, a French company that filed a lawsuit against Google France after it began providing its…
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Sony Posts Huge $2 Billion Net Loss In Q3, Cuts Forecasts
Kazuo Hirai was appointed Sony's new chief executive on Wednesday and one day later, the company reported a wider than expected loss in the third…
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German Court Denies Apple's Request To Ban Samsung Galaxy Nexus And Galaxy Tab 10.1N
The Munich Regional Court in Germany on Wednesday rejected Apple's request to ban Samsung's local subsidiaries from selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone and Galaxy…
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Microsoft Is Running Anti-Google Newspaper Ads Focused On Privacy
Microsoft has started to run anti-Google newspaper ads in a clear effort to sway people from using Google's services. On Monday, Google announced that it…
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Facebook Files For Biggest Internet IPO In History At $5 Billion
Facebook on Wednesday formally filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its first step toward an upcoming initial public offering. Facebook said…
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ITC Reportedly Rejects Barnes & Noble's Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft are currently tied up in two separate legal battles, one being heard by the Department of Justice and the other…
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