AT&T May Eye Dish Network Acquisition For Much-Needed Spectrum
AT&T is in such need of spectrum following the collapse of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA, that one analyst thinks the carrier may soon seek…
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Inspired By Siri's Success, Nuance Acquires Vlingo
Nuance announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Vlingo, a voice-to-text and voice recognition technology firm that was once the subject of a Nuance…
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T-Mobile USA To Receive AWS Spectrum And A 3G Roaming Deal From AT&T Breakup
Deutsche Telekom recently detailed the breakup terms AT&T agreed to following the deterioration of its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Deutsche Telekom will receive $3…
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Samsung Overtakes Apple In Australia Despite Patent Attacks, Becomes No.1 Phone Vendor
As Samsung continues to field repeated patent-related strikes from Apple in Australia and around the world, the Cupertino-based company's aggressive stance seems to be having…
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Sony Sells 321,400 PlayStation Vitas In First Two Days
Sony's PlayStation Vita portable gaming system made its debut in Japan on Saturday and early sales estimates are beginning to trickle out. According to research firm…
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AT&T Cancels Plans To Acquire T-Mobile USA
AT&T on Monday announced that it has ended its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telecom. "The actions by the Federal Communications Commission and…
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HTC Responds To ITC Ruling, Says It Has A Solution Ready To Address Apple Patent Violations
HTC on Monday responded to a ruling from the United States International Trade Commission that will ban the import of several HTC devices beginning April…
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ITC Bans U.S. Import Of Multiple HTC Devices In Apple Patent Ruling
A judge with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled Monday that HTC is guilty of infringing Apple's patents in several devices. The ITC also ordered…
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Skype Sponsors Free Wi-Fi In More Than 60 U.S. Airports During The Holidays
Flying home for the holidays and navigating through crowded airports — or facing flight delays, as is often the case — may be a hair…
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'Free Shipping Day' Pulls In $1.07 Billion As 2011 Holiday Spending Tops $30 Billion
This past Friday will go down in the record books as another heavy spending day this holiday season. Consumers spent a total of $1.07 billion…
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Misguided Protesters Should 'Occupy' Apple, Former San Francisco Mayor Says
Protesters who are part of the Occupy Movement in San Francisco are misplacing their efforts according to former city mayor Willie Brown. In a column…
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Apple Begins Pitching Voice-Controlled TV To Top Media Execs
Apple has reportedly met with top media executives to discuss the company's vision of the television market's future, suggesting that the company is moving full…
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Explosion At iPad Plant Injures 61 Workers
The safety of workers at electronics manufacturing plants has again been called into question on reports that 61 people were injured by an explosion at…
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Jurors In $1 Billion Microsoft Antitrust Suit Fail To Reach Verdict
Jurors in a Utah court failed to reach a verdict in an antitrust lawsuit filed against Microsoft more than six years ago. Software firm Novell…
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Verizon To Bolster 4G LTE Network With $315 Million Cox Spectrum Buy
Cox Communications on Friday announced an agreement that will see Verizon Wireless purchase its 20MHz AWS spectrum licenses for $315 million. Verizon announced a deal…
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Carrier IQ Revealed To Be Installed On 26 Million Sprint Phones And 900,000 AT&T Phones
Documents related to a Senate inquiry into Carrier IQ and its smartphone software reveal that Sprint is by far the company's biggest carrier client in…
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Apple's A5 Chip Reportedly Now Manufactured By Samsung In Texas
Apple and other consumer electronics companies typically look to the Far East for components, but a new report suggests that the production of Apple's current…
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BlackBerry 10 Could Be 'Too Little, Too Late'
Research In Motion confirmed part of an exclusive BGR report Thursday night when its co-CEOs announced during an earnings call that its first BlackBerry 10…
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Samsung Gives Up On iPhone 4S Patent Suit In Germany
Samsung has reportedly dropped a lawsuit being tried by the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany that sought to ban sales of Apple's iPhone 4S in…
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RIM Beats Q3 Earnings; Q4 Guidance Worse Than Expected
Research In Motion on Thursday reported earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. The struggling smartphone vendor announced earlier this month that it would…
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Facebook Timeline Now Live For All Users
Facebook on Thursday activated its Timeline feature for all users of the social network. Facebook's Timeline totally revamps a user's profile page and lists events,…
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The Tablet Apple Tried To Stop
For all the trouble Apple's aggressive litigation strategy has caused Samsung, the South Korea-based electronics giant has finally found a way to make the pricey…
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Smartphone Penetration Skyrockets In 2011, iPhone Becomes No.1 Handset
Smartphone penetration over the past two years has exploded, jumping from just 18% in the third quarter of 2009 to 44% during the three-month period…
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Acer Narrows Focus As Chairman Sees Ultrabooks Slowing Apple's Growth
Acer will cut its product line by 66% in 2012 and focus on simplifying its portfolio, company chairman JT Wang recently said according to reports.…
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Apple Could Sell Almost 200 Million iPhones In 2012
Apple could sell as many as 190 million iPhones next year according to a survey conducted by AlphaWise for Morgan Stanley. The survey results also…
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Feds Launch Carrier IQ Investigation
Federal investigators have launched a probe in order to examine Carrier IQ's smartphone software, which tracks a range of activity and sends certain data to…
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Intel Inks Deal With French NFC Chip Maker
Intel doesn't have much of a presence in the mobile phone market right now, but that could change soon. The Santa Clara-based company announced recently that…
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