China's largest search engine Baidu is planning to acquire two leading app stores in the country for $1.9 billion, as the company seeks to expand its presence in the mobile Internet space. Baidu on Monday said it signed an agreement to ...
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Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still made a net loss. Net sales totalled a!5.70 billion (US$7.48 billion), down 24 percent year-on-year. The company ...
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With Apple's iWatch and several competing smartwatches from major manufacturers in the works, some analysts question whether such wearable technology will gain popularity among consumers. The smartwatch market is especially questionable ...
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Apple's iPhone sales are sputtering as rival smartphone makers ramp up their offerings, a market research firm says. The survey by IHS iSuppli said smartphones are still going strong around the world, but that Apple is lagging. "Apple's ...
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In another example of the consumerization of IT, people have embraced cloud storage and file sharing services like Dropbox both at home and at work, and CIOs better take notice about this trend, according to a Forrester Research report. ...
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Microsoft is reportedly moving ahead quickly on development of a smartwatch, having reached the prototype stage with a 1.5-in. device running on a modified Windows 8 housed in a translucent aluminum case. In addition to a housing made of ...
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The combined value of paid apps, app-enabled purchases of goods and services, and in-app advertising is expected to double to $151 billion in the U.S. by 2017, AppNation said today. According to the research firm, the largest segment of ...
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Apple is reportedly looking to purchase the company behind the Kinect sensor, the motion controller for Microsoft's Xbox 360. PrimeSense, a semiconductor chip manufacturing company based in Israel, licensed the hardware design and chip ...
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Microsoft has detailed the next software update to its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. The next update (GDR2) to Windows Phone 8 will be coming soon but with only minor changes for users to enjoy. Unfortunately Microsoft hasn't ...
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To capture and capitalize on mobile traffic growth, retailers are eagerly looking for ways to optimize their digital marketing campaigns across various devices. As a result, top investment priorities include a few tried and true favorites: ...
Datsun, a Japanese subsidiary of the car manufacturer Nissan, has unveiled the new Datsun GO that is scheduled to be available from early 2014 in India. The five-door hatchback is powered by a 1.2L engine mated to a five-speed manual ...
As digital commerce extends into mobile technologies, growing numbers of consumers are integrating smartphones into their purchasing processes. This worldwide trend is moving fastest in certain emerging markets, where switched-on consumers ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets, says that it has started volume production of its RFX333 ...
Finnish phone manufacturer Nokia chose Windows Phone over Google's Android operating system for its smartphones, so that it could entice mobile carriers with a "third alternative", according to Nokia's chief executive, Stephen Elop. At ...
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The current direction of smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry means its products might not be a sustainable option for use in BYOD schemes. That's what Maurice Jenkins, director of information systems and telecommunications for Miami ...
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