How Much Did 'Locationgate' Cost Apple? Less Than $1,000
Following the "Antennagate" scandal that cost Apple zero sales last year, a new "Locationgate" scandal took the media by storm earlier this year that ultimately…
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Judge Denies Apple's Request For Expedited Patent Trial With Samsung
A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple's request for an expedited trial in the company's patent case against Samsung, FOSS Patents reports. "The Court agrees…
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Analysts Peg Q3 iPad Sales In 6-9.5 Million Range
Ahead of Apple's third-quarter earnings report on July 19th, Fortune has tapped 39 analysts and has created a roundup of their iPad sales estimates. We already…
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Microsoft Makes Secret Investment In Social Navigation Company Waze
Microsoft secretly participated in a recent $25 million funding round for Israel-based navigation solutions provider Waze, Israeli tech site TheMarker reported last week. Microsoft makes…
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Analyst Calls For RIM To Break Apart Handset, Network Businesses
With Research In Motion's annual shareholder meeting scheduled to take place later today, one popular RIM-focused analyst is calling for the company to split its…
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HTC Says Apple Should Compete Fairly In The Mobile Market, Not Sue Every Vendor In Its Way
HTC on Tuesday responded to Apple's new round of patent infringement claims by dismissing them publicly and suggesting that Apple should focus on competing in…
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Apple Could Ditch Samsung As A Parts Supplier Following Patent Battle
Apple could cut Samsung from its list of part suppliers, an arrangement that is worth as much as $5 billion for Samsung, one analyst has…
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Apple Looks To Block Sale Of HTC Devices With New Patent Complaint
Apple on Monday filed a new patent complaint with the International Trade Commission looking to block the sale of several HTC devices it claims infringe…
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Netflix Beats Hulu Plus In Social Streaming Showdown [Infographic]
When we last heard from social media listening firm Mashwork, we learned that future smartphone buyers were much more interested in purchasing the Samsung Galaxy…
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Spotify Said To Launch In U.S. Next Week
Popular European streaming music service Spotify could launch in the U.S. as soon as next week, AllThingsD's Peter Kafka speculates. Spotify announced earlier this week…
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Second Hacker Indicted Over Stolen AT&T iPad Data
An Arkansas man has been indicted for carrying out a cyberattack on AT&T servers that resulted in the theft of personal data from more than…
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Major ISPs Target Pirates With 'Six Strike' Copyright Enforcement Plan
AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon have reached an agreement with music and movie publishers that will help enforce copyright infringement while giving…
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Samsung Profits Slide 26% Amid Poor Display Sales
Samsung's profits fell 26% during the second quarter due to poor sales in its LCD display division, according to a report the company released today.…
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Judge Shoots Down Apple's 'App Store' Suit Against Amazon
A U.S. judge has shot down Apple's request that Amazon stop using the word "Appstore" to describe its mobile application marketplace. Apple originally filed a…
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Apple Files Complaint With ITC To Block Import Of Samsung Smartphones And Tablets
Last week Samsung filed an official complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) asking the government body to block the import of Apple's iPod, iPhone,…
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The BlackBerry PlayBook Is My Favorite Tablet
Research In Motion launched its first tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, on April 19th of this year. Since that point in time — and even before,…
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HTC Acquires S3 Graphics For $300 Million
On Wednesday, VIA Technologies and WTI announced that the two have reached an agreement to sell holdings in S3 Graphics to HTC for $300 million.…
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Microsoft Asks Samsung To Pay $15 Licensing Fee For Each Android Phone It Builds
According to Reuters, Microsoft has asked Samsung to pay $15 for each Android smartphone it makes. The Redmond-based firm believes that its software patents cover…
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Verizon Wireless To Switch From Unlimited To Tiered Data Plans On July 7th
Verizon has confirmed to FierceWireless that it will move to tiered data plans on July 7th, and the new plans are in line with earlier reports for…
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Mobile Payment Transactions To Hit $670 Billion By 2015
According to a new study published by Juniper Research, the value of near-field communications (NFC) purchases, mobile-sourced money transfers, and mobile payments for digital and…
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Samsung Component Sales To Suffer In Second Half, Exec Says
Last week, Samsung announced that it will combine its LCD and semiconductor businesses. The move is expected to conceal poor LCD sales, but the head…
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Apple Seeks Preliminary Injunction To Halt Sale Of Four Samsung Devices
Apple on Friday asked the U.S District Court in San Jose to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt the sale of four Samsung devices…
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RIM Responds To Open Letter Published By BGR
RIM on Thursday released its response to an open letter published exclusively by BGR. The letter, which was written by a senior RIM executive, pleads…
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Skype For Android Updated With Video Calling Support [Video]
Skype announced on Wednesday that its Android application now supports video calling on select devices. The application is particularly attractive because it allows mobile users…
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HP Needs Touch-To-Share More Than You Might Think
In my review of the HP TouchPad, which we published last night, I went off on a tangent about the "touch-to-share" functionality Hewlett-Packard introduced with…
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PayPal President Says We Won't Need Wallets By 2015
In a blog post that announced PayPal now has 100 million active accounts, PayPal president Scott Thompson also discussed the future of the mobile payment…
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Samsung Asks ITC To Block Import Of Apple iPhone, iPad, And iPod Touch
Earlier this week Samsung filed a complaint with ITC against Apple and asked the government agency to block the import of Apple's iPod, iPhone, and…
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