Samsung is the best-selling smartphone brand across Europe, according to research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. The analyst company published a study this week claiming the South Korean firm holds 45% of the market share across the ...
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Applehour.com didn't just set out to bring you a NEW accessory for your phone but rather introduce one that would be revolutionary. The DOSS Alonso is the result of this approach. Let's first take a look at what's so special with the DOSS ...
A UK judge has ordered Apple to publish announcements that Samsung did not copy the design of its iPad, after Apple failed to prove the allegation in court. Judge Colin Birss said one notice should remain on Apple's website for six ...
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Tech stocks were flat Friday afternoon after earnings announcements from IT vendors this week and a government economic report offered glimpses of good news, but not enough to dispel the pall that hangs over the technology market. Apple, ...
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Boston-area Starbucks stores are the first in the nation to take part in a pilot program of Duracell's Powermat wireless charging technology. Seventeen stores in Boston and neighboring Cambridge are included in the wireless charging ...
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Samsung Electronics asked a U.S. federal court over the weekend for a temporary stay on its preliminary injunction on the sale of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the U.S., pending the company's appeal. Judge Lucy H. Koh of the U.S. ...
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AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying Thursday it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier. The carrier now offers LTE service in 120 ...
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Smartphone shipments to retailers worldwide this year are expected to total 717 million, 45% more than shipped in 2011, IDC said Tuesday. The positive news for smartphones is countered by IDC's projection of just a small increase -- 1.4% ...
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Computerworld - ISIS, a consortium of three wireless carriers, is reportedly set to launch its mobile payment pilot test on Aug. 20 in Austin and Salt Lake City. Separately, ISIS competitor Google on Wednesday announced a cloud-based ...
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IDG News Service - ARM showed strong growth in an otherwise weak semiconductor market, with robust demand for smartphone and tablet processors driving profit and revenue growth in the second quarter, the company said on Wednesday. The ...
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IDG News Service - The launch of the first commercial Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services took place last week, but most operators are likely to take a cautious approach as they face technical and business challenges. U.S. operator MetroPCS ...
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IDG News Service - The judge in Apple's patent-infringement suit against Samsung Electronics turned down Apple's request that she rule in its favor as punishment for an improper disclosure by Samsung. Judge Lucy Koh issued her decision ...
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IDG News Service - Softbank Mobile said Wednesday it will launch a new mobile router next week providing download speeds of up to 110Mbps on its LTE network. The Japanese company said the modem, made by Huawei Technologies, will also ...
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IDG News Service - A court in California has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 6 on Apple's request for a permanent injunction against eight Samsung phones, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Meanwhile, the court will hear next month ...
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Nokia's Lumia smartphones struggled to lift the Finnish handset provider's market share in China, while domestic vendors ZTE, Huawei Technologies and Lenovo overtook Apple in smartphone shipments in the second quarter, according to research ...
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