Research In Motion’s (RIM) stock prices soared this week, following speculation, rumours and high hopes about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 launch next week. RIM’s stock price has been languishing in the $11-$12 range on the ...
Leviton today expanded its industry-leading USB Charger Receptacle offering with a new 20 Amp version. The latest USB charging device from Leviton offers the same ground-breaking 2.1A of charging power as its 15A counterpart, but now ...
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PhatWare Corporation has updated the WritePad for Android application, vastly improving text input in the user's own handwriting with a stylus or even a finger. WritePad's input method for Android OS aims to replace the on-screen ...
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Cell phone screen repair can be costly. Depending on the damage, it can result in hundreds of dollars spent on repairs or a replacement phone; there is an alternative. LifeLine, a premier Atlanta cell phone repair company, offers to repair ...
Sony has expanded its portfolio of Android-based products with the Tablet Z, which is thinner and lighter than competing products from Apple and Google. This year tablet shipments are expected to total more than 240 million units ...
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Research In Motion kicked off its latest and last port-a-thon event on Friday, pushing developers to port their applications over to the new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The new OS, on which much of the fortunes of Research In Motion ...
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Mobile retailer Phones 4u has announced plans to launch its own mobile service, LIFE Mobile, which will begin operating in March this year. The mobile virtual network will initially run on EE's existing 3G network, with plans to roll ...
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Steve Ballmer is not the right choice for Microsoft CEO, and is holding onto a power base by removing those who may challenge his position. So alleges ex-senior vice-president Joachim Kempin. A day ahead of the release of a tell-all book ...
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Guillaume d’Eyssautier, formely CEO of picoChip, has been appointed CEO of RF MEMS specialist start-up DelfMEMS. DelfMEMS has just attracted $10.5m in ‘B’ Series financing from CDC Entreprises, Iris Capital, Capitalaria, ...
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LED lighting could become the most popular way of illuminating homes and businesses in just a few years' time as more people recognise the benefits it offers. Speaking to the New York Times, Home Depot merchant Brad Paulsen said he is ...
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A new report from Gartner states that worldwide IT spending is set to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, marking a 4.2% increase over 2012. “Uncertainties surrounding prospects for an upturn in global economic growth are the major ...
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In the face of reports claiming that sales of the iPhone are slowing down, one analyst has drawn up a chart comparing sales of Apple’s smartphones to Samsung’s, suggesting that the iPhone has outsold its competitor. The chart ...
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Sony on Monday expanded its portfolio of Android-based products with the Tablet Z, which is thinner and lighter than competing products from Apple and Google. This year, tablet shipments are expected to total more than 240 million units ...
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UTAH-based Fusion-io is making waves in Silicon Valley. With companies such as Facebook and Apple as clients, the $US2 billion ($1.9bn) start-up produces so-called NAND flash boards that are becoming a building block of modern data centres. ...
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VODAFONE has renewed calls for a review into how much telecom companies pay one another when their customers make calls to mobile phones, claiming that consumers have been ripped off to the tune of $1.3 billion by Telstra's intransigence to ...
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