APPLE will likely have to pay a Brazilian company for the right to use the iPhone brand in Latin America's biggest country, a Brazilian telecommunications analyst says. Brazil's Gradiente SA started selling Android smartphones with ...
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Earhoox , the cure for loose, uncomfortable earbuds, now appears on popular global crowdfunding site IndieGoGo, to kick off the launch of its premier earhoox product. earhoox are designed to work with the standard earbuds included with ...
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Bob Wolf, Alliance LLC vice president, doesn't believe everything he reads. Manufacturers claim they can swap out rare earth elements for cheaper, more accessible materials, while some miners insist they can fill every gap in the rare earth ...
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Chinese enterprises are turning to "urban mining" to satisfy the country's voracious appetite for metals, recycling the contents of abandoned household appliances and electronic devices. The China Daily reports that a total of 56 ...
New software from Web security specialists Blue Coat Systems allows companies to restrict what employees can do on their cellphones while logged into the corporate Wi-Fi. The software, which works with Blue Coat's ProxySG Web filtering ...
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Japan's FujiFilm is suing Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary over four patents associated with digital camera and photo technology in cellphones. The lawsuit has its roots in April 2011, when FujiFilm says it first notified Motorola ...
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Qualcomm saw a double-digit increase in sales this year and is now the world's third-largest chip maker, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. With a 27.2% growth in semiconductor revenue, Qualcomm is booming while seven of the top 10 ...
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The software allows stalkers to continuously track a person's whereabouts. But the US Congress's Senate judiciary committee has approved a bill that makes it a crime for companies to make and intentionally operate such stalking apps. ...
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A nine-person California jury will begin their deliberations Wednesday in the landmark patent battle between Apple and Samsung. The case, which has been argued since the beginning of the month, pits two of the world's largest electronics ...
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Name: Jon Brilliant Age: 48 Time with company: board of directors when founded, became CFO 3 years ago. Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and a graduate degree, Juris Doctor, from Duke ...
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Mobile communications equipment revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11% over the next five years until 2016 Factory revenue of original equipment manufacturers making mobile communications equipment is expected ...
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IDG News Service - Texas Instruments will lay off 1,700 employees as it refocuses its efforts away from the wireless sector -- including cellphones and tablets -- and toward embedded systems, the company announced Wednesday. The news ...
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Computerworld-Verizon Wireless'Share Everything plan,introduced in June,has helped boost the average Verizon wireless phone bill by 6.5%to$145 a month. That bill increase,reported in third-quarter results on Thursday,helped Verizon ...
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U.S.buyers of the iPhone 5 won't have international LTE roaming when the highly anticipated device hits the street on Friday,but information from Apple,the FCC and carriers offers glimmers of hope that foreign LTE networks will be in reach ...
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IDG News Service - Name: Patrick Harding Age: 44 Time with company: 7 years Education: Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia Company headquarters: Denver Countries of ...
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