Apple: Google Saw Samsung Ripping Off The iPad And Demanded New Designs, Samsung Wouldn't Listen
The Apple (AAPL) v. Samsung (005930) patent trial of the century has cooled off a bit since the hits poured out last week, but a…
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Microsoft Reportedly Doesn't Care If Its $199 Surface Tablet Pushes Partners Out Of The Market
Microsoft (MSFT) is reportedly well aware that pricing its entry-level Windows RT tablet at $199 will push its vendor partners out of the market, but…
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WSJ: Apple's Talks With Cable Companies Over New TV Service Continue
Apple (AAPL) is currently speaking with major cable companies in the United States about allowing their subscribers to use the Apple TV as a set-top…
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Nokia And Microsoft Schedule September 5th Event; First Windows Phone 8 Lumia Phone Expected
Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) on Wednesday delivered invitations to the media for a press conference scheduled to take place on September 5th in New…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Launches Friday For $349.99 At Verizon
Verizon (VZ) subscribers will be able to able to pick up the Samsung (005930) Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 at their local retail stores starting on…
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HP Declines To Join The Microsoft Surface Hate Parade
At least one Microsoft (MSFT) OEM partner seems to realize that there's no point in bellyaching over Microsoft's decision to build its own tablet. CRN reports…
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$100 Apps, Bibles And Big-Budget RPGs: The Strange Nature Of Nigerian Mobile App Market
With 100 million mobile subscribers, Nigeria stands among leading mobile markets in the world. Its mobile content sector is quite fascinating — this is a…
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Microsoft Surface Windows RT Tablet Reportedly Priced At Just $199
Price estimates for the Windows RT version of Microsoft's (MSFT) Surface tablet have been all over the map, ranging from $600 to a highly unlikely $1,000.…
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The Secret To Samsung's Massive Success: Attack Every Corner Of Your Home
Samsung (005930) has seen tremendous success in recent history, and 2012 has been nothing short of stellar for the consumer electronics vendor so far. The…
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Gartner: Apple And Samsung Exploded In Q2 While BlackBerry Sales Slid 37%
Huge growth from Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930) in the second quarter wasn't enough to offset the declines seen across most of the rest of…
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Apple Stores Reportedly In The Midst Of 'Significant Layoffs' In U.S., Canada And U.K.
Apple (AAPL), the most profitable consumer electronics company in the world, is reportedly in the midst of a "significant" but quiet workforce reduction at its…
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Google Voluntarily Plays Copyright Cop, Punishes Violators In Search Results
Google (GOOG) may not have liked the idea of being forced censor its web results but the company now seems happy to do so on…
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FBI Believed Kim Dotcom Had A 'Doomsday Device' Capable Of Erasing All Piracy Evidence
Sane people may be wondering why the New Zealand government utilized its elite counterterrorism unit to raid Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's mansion. And now, via…
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Nokia's Masquerade
One reason for Nokia's (NOK) surprisingly strong share price rebound over the past two weeks is the success of its new Asha feature phones in…
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Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis, And The Giant With No Legs
Research In Motion (RIMM) was back in the news this week, but for all the wrong reasons. It seems like RIM is always in the…
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Google Beefs Up Mobile Search With Direct Answers To Common Queries
Google (GOOG) is smart enough to know that when users type "weather" into its search engine, they don't want to see a Wikipedia entry or…
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Early Unaired Mac Ad Even More Smug And Obnoxious Than Reviled 'Genius' Ads [Video]
Apple's (AAPL) history of creating advertisements featuring smug, cocky "geniuses" goes back well before the recent "Genius" ads and even before the old-school "Mac-versus-PC" ads.…
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Verizon Tops Customer Loyalty For The Ninth Consecutive Quarter
Verizon Wireless (VZ) this week announced that for the ninth consecutive quarter, the nation's largest carrier has led the industry in customer loyalty. Verizon's postpaid…
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Apple Sold More Smartphones In Two Quarters Than Samsung Sold In Two Years In The U.S.
Between June 2010 and June 2012, Samsung (005930) sold a whole lot of smartphones in the United States. According to records the company was forced…
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Four Major U.S. Carriers Team Up To Form Mobile Payments Committee
The Electronic Transactions Association this week announced a new task force that looks to unite the mobile payments industry. The Mobile Payments Committee includes representatives…
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Apple Begins Selling iPhone 4S At $149.99 To Match Sprint Discount
Apple (AAPL) Stores around the country will now match Sprint's sales price on the iPhone 4S, according to a recent report. Earlier this week, Sprint…
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Google To Pay $22.5 Million To Settle FTC Privacy Charges
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced that Google (GOOG) has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million to settle charges that it misrepresented…
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HTC In Hell
This HTC warning was different. There has been a stream of them since last November, but the latest one broke the back of Wall Street's…
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Lenovo's First Windows 8 Pro Tablet Set For October Release
Lenovo (0092) isn't going to let the Microsoft (MSFT) Surface have all the Windows 8 tablet glory. The ThinkPad manufacturer on Thursday announced that its…
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This Is Nokia's First Windows Phone 8 Handset, And It Looks Just Like Its First Windows Phone 7 Handset
Images published earlier this week that allegedly showed an unannounced Nokia (NOK) smartphone have reportedly been confirmed to be authentic, revealing what one blogger claims…
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Watch Out, Siri - Google's Enhanced Voice Search Is Coming To The iPhone And iPad [Video]
Google (GOOG) on Wednesday announced that it will be updating its Search application for the iPhone and iPad. The new version of Google Search will…
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T-Mobile USA Subscriber Losses Worsen To 205,000 In Q2
T-Mobile USA on Thursday reported its financial results for the second quarter. The company's experimentation with a number of new plan options and hardware subsidy…
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