Verizon Wireless came out just ahead of revenue and income targets for the first quarter, reporting the highest growth in wireless sales in three years due to increased smartphone usage. [...]
Audit reveals labor issues at Foxconn
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March 30, 2012, 3:48 PM
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Electronics manufacturing services company Foxconn International (a division of Taiwan’s Hon Hai), has said it will make the necessary changes to improve working conditions in its Chinese factories after an [...]
Smartphone shipments grow, may outpace Windows PC sales by 2016
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March 29, 2012, 5:02 PM
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It should come as a surprise to no one that nearly everyone now has a smartphone. Well, half of everyone, anyway. The latest Nielsen report on smartphone sales puts the [...]
T-Mobile courts smartphone users with network upgrades
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February 24, 2012, 9:44 AM
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Faced with drastically shrinking subscriber numbers as US mobile customers flock to leading carriers with the iPhone and faster broadband networks, T-Mobile USA said this week that it plans to [...]
Bogus Pokémon iOS app highlights Nintendo’s Apple-ness
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February 22, 2012, 2:11 PM
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Last week ambitious developer (that’s as generously as one can put it) House of Anime gave Nintendo fans what they’ve been clamoring for: an iPhone game! And fans responded, making [...]
AT&T searches for more wireless spectrum
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February 17, 2012, 8:52 AM
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AT&T is on the prowl for more wireless spectrum as it struggles to provide enough bandwidth to handle the swelling data demands of smartphone users. The company and top rival [...]
Samsung and Apple locked in legal struggle
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February 6, 2012, 3:42 PM
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If the Galaxy and iPhone had a fight who would win? I’m not sure, but the latest round appears to be a split decision. Samsung (maker of the Galaxy smartphone and tablet [...]
HTC’s Q4 profit decline prompts strategy revamp
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January 27, 2012, 10:49 AM
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Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC is rethinking its product lineup after a lackluster Q4; the company’s profit fell by more than one quarter during the period, although profit for 2011 as [...]
Research In Motion hires new CEO after years of misfires
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January 23, 2012, 4:21 PM
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A company that has struggled with losing 88% of its peak value of $80 billion in 2008, Research in Motion (RIM), has replaced its co-CEOs, who had led the company [...]
TripAdvisor heads to the NASDAQ Global Market
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December 21, 2011, 5:04 PM
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Online travel research company TripAdvisor packed up and took its own trip from under Expedia‘s umbrella to the NASDAQ Global Market. As part of a planned spinoff that Expedia shareholders overwhelmingly [...]
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