Chitika: iPhone Usage Share Drops Almost 5% In December As Samsung, HTC Gain
Usage of Apple's iPhone slid more than 4 percent in December despite what analysts estimate will have been a huge month in Apple's biggest-ever quarter…
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Nokia Acquires Smarterphone AS, Eyes Feature Phone Rebound
Nokia has acquired Oslo, Norway-based cell phone operating system developer Smarterphone AS as it prepares to launch a reinvigorated attack on emerging markets. The transaction…
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Sony Ericsson's 'Nozomi' Revealed In Hands-On Preview Ahead Of CES Debut
It looks like Sony Ericsson's secret has finally been revealed in the form of "Nozomi." The company has been teasing the previously mysterious and unannounced…
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Toshiba To Unveil Affordable 7-Inch Tablet And World's Thinnest 10-Inch Tablet At CES
Toshiba's tablets never took off like the company wanted, but according to Notebook Italia, Toshiba will soon launch an entry-level 7-inch Android tablet that will…
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iPhone 4S Owners Consume Almost Twice As Much Data As iPhone 4 Users
iPhone 4S users consume nearly twice the amount of data as iPhone 4 owners according to a new study. Research from Arieso suggests the phone…
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Web Traffic Patterns Suggest Apple's iPad Was A Dud This Holiday Season
Countless analysts predicted Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet would be a big seller this holiday season, and new data suggests that the slate may have been…
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Corning To Showcase Gorilla Glass 2 At CES
Corning, the company behind the popular Gorilla Glass used on hundreds of smartphones and other devices, announced on Thursday that it will be at this…
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Motorola Announces MOTOLUXE And DEFY MINI Android Phones
Motorola Mobility on Thursday announced two new smartphones to launch this spring, the MOTOLUXE and DEFY MINI. Both devices will be available in China, Europe…
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Sprint Reveals Initial 4G LTE Markets; Rollout Begins In Coming Months
Sprint on Thursday announced the first markets that will be upgraded with 4G LTE service this year. The company's LTE network will launch in the…
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Apple's iTV Could Offer Dynamic Backlighting For Improved Picture Quality
Apple recently filed for a patent called "Dynamic Backlight Adaptation for Black Bars with Subtitles" that may be used to provide improved picture quality in…
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MetroPCS Adds 197,000 Subscribers In Q4 But Misses Expectations
MetroPCS on Thursday announced its fourth quarter 2011 subscriber results. The carrier added 197,000 net subscribers, which missed analyst expectations that the carrier would add…
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AT&T Activates 4G LTE In 11 New Markets Including New York And San Francisco
AT&T on Thursday announced that it has activated its 4G LTE network in 11 new markets. The new markets include: the New York City metro area,…
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon GameCommand Looks To Compete With NVIDIA's Tegra Zone
One of the many reasons to buy an NVIDIA Tegra 2-powered device is support for Tegra Zone, NVIDIA's exclusive gaming portal. Qualcomm is looking to…
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Apple Patents Suggest Thunderbolt Coming To iOS Devices
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published three Thunderbolt related patents that suggest Apple may have plans to build Intel's Thunderbolt connections into its…
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Microsoft Patent Suggests Xbox 720 With DVR Support In The Works
A patent that was granted to Microsoft in December suggests the company is working on an Xbox game console that will double as a digital…
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Marvell's ARMADA 1500 CPU To Power Next-Gen Google TV
Google has teamed up with Marvell for the next-generation Google TV platform. Marvell's ARMADA 1500 dual-core chipset will be featured within future products and will…
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9% Of U.S. Consumers Have Canceled Cable TV, Study Says
9% of consumers in the United States have already cut cable TV service from their monthly utility bills, the latest State of the Media Democracy…
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Motorola's Failed Bootloader Promise Pushes Users To The Edge
Throughout the years, numerous companies have made the decision to lock the bootloader on a smartphone or tablet, making it impossible for savvy users to…
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Apple To Pay Taiwanese Firm $5 Million In Patent Settlement
Apple will pay $5 million to settle a patent lawsuit with the Taiwan-based firm Elan, a report said Thursday. According to its website, Elan focuses…
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Apple Prepping 42-Inch And 50-Inch iTV Models As Talks With TV Industry Stall, Report Claims
Apple's design boss Jonathan Ive is reportedly hard at work on two models of Apple's upcoming "iTV," a new report claimed on Wednesday. Earlier rumors…
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Netflix Streaming Subscribers Watched More Than 2 Billion Hours Of Video During Q4
Netflix announced on Wednesday that its streaming subscribers around the world watched more than 2 billion hours of video during the fourth quarter of 2011.…
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Gingerbread Found On Majority Of Android Devices; ICS Penetration Approaches 1%
Google on Wednesday released the latest numbers for the software versions that are powering Android smartphones and tablets. Ice Cream Sandwich appears on the list…
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Yahoo Names Former PayPal President Scott Thompson As New CEO
Yahoo on Wednesday announced that former PayPal president Scott Thompson will takeover as CEO of the company. Thompson will replace Tim Morse, who has served…
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AT&T To Pay TiVo $215 Million Through 2018 To Settle Patent Lawsuit
AT&T has settled a patent lawsuit with TiVo in which it will pay the DVR vendor $215 million through June 2018, including an initial payment…
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Samsung Galaxy S Likely Won't Get Android 4.0 'Value Pack' Update
Samsung announced at the end of December that the highly popular Galaxy S line would not be receiving an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The…
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Global Telecommunications Industry Revenue To Reach $2.1 Trillion In 2012
Worldwide telecommunications industry revenue is set to reach $2.1 trillion this year according to market research firm Insight Research Corp. Despite the rocky global economy,…
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Microsoft Sues Firm For Selling 94,000 Counterfeit Copies Of Vista And XP
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against Comet Group, LLC. for creating and selling more than 94,000 counterfeit recovery discs for Windows Vista and Windows XP.…
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