Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has spoken out about his dissatisfaction with the pace of innovation at the company he founded in the 1970s. Gates handed over the role of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000 and has been blamed for a number ...
HTC and Nokia are separately expected to announce super-high-quality cameras in new smartphones expected to be unveiled over the next week. It remains unclear whether the new cameras alone can lure new customers to either smartphone ...
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AT&T has announced plans to carry HTC's global flagship smartphone, the new HTC One®. The HTC One offers a new perspective on smartphones with HTC Sense innovations that allow you to use your smartphone in ways you never could before ...
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LG Electronics has taken the fight to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2, having revealed its new Optimus G Pro on Monday, which, LG says, is a direct competitor to the hugely successful phablet. The new device will have a 5.5-inch screen, ...
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Tizen, the open-source project backed by Intel and Samsung, on Monday released the software development kit and source code for a new version of its operating system to software developers and device manufacturers. The Tizen 2.0 release ...
Israeli telecommunications company Accel Telecom has launched VOYAGER, a connected-car smartphone device. VOYAGER is the first standalone connected-car smartphone that can be easily installed in any car and operates using an existing phone ...
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MyPourPal, LLC has launched what is expected to be one of the beverage world's hottest apps: MyPourPal , Linking Bartenders to Their Regulars. This "first of its type" app creates a social link between bartenders and their regular ...
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Australian-produced app Roamz is reaching out to the retail sector with analytics that will tell a store what customers are saying in real time. Developed in Sydney by entrepreneur Jonathan Barouch, Roamz uses the number-crunching ...
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According to market research firm Flurry Analytics’ latest research report, China has surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest smartphone and tablet market. Flurry Analytics investigated a large number of mobile applications ...
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Sales of mobile phones worldwide have gone into reverse as the industry's drive towards longer contracts has reduced the need to constantly upgrade a handset. About 1.75 billion mobile phones were sold last year, according to Gartner, the ...
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Optus has declared that its strategy to increase its business and return to revenue growth is the right one despite Telstra beating the No 2 telco by a factor of 10 in the past year in adding new mobile phone customers to its network. For ...
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Google's Android system was used on 70.1 per cent of smartphones shipped in the quarter, while Apple held 21 per cent, according to research firm IDC. "The dominance of Android and Apple reached a new watermark in the fourth quarter," ...
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Wahoo Fitness is now shipping its RFLKT computer, which displays data from the user's iPhone fitness apps. The RFLKT (pronounced "reflect") receives data from apps running on Bluetooth Smart-compatible iPhones, which include the iPhone ...
The Nokia Germany product manager David • Akinjise recently in an interview revealed that user demand is not high on the full QWERTY keyboard phones and Nokia may not launch such products. Nokia might no longer launch a full ...
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Panasonic’s net profit of 61 billion yen (about 662 million dollars) in the third quarter of December 31, while at the same time last year the net loss of 198 billion yen. Analysts had expected the net loss of 17 billion yen on ...
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