Computerworld - Samsung's battle with Apple has gone to the courts, and now to the streets. A new attack ad by Samsung pokes fun at Apple customers who wait in line outside stores for the iPhone 5. A new attack ad from Samsung pokes fun ...
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A Dutch court has banned sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy products that infringe on an Apple patent describing a way to scroll through a photo gallery using a touchscreen. The ban only applies to Galaxy products that run Android 2.2.1 ...
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Samsung Electronics has alleged that three recent products from Apple, including the iPad mini, infringe on its patents. The South Korean company said in a filing Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, ...
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Samsung's Galaxy Grand smartphone has a 5-in. screen -- but the big display seems aimed at those with smaller budgets, according to an analyst. Screen sizes around 5 inches have so far mainly been found on expensive high-end phones with ...
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More that a dozen retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven have joined forces to form the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a mobile-payments network that will compete with Google and Isis. The retailers claim that they ...
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IDG News Service - Apple has appealed a judge's decision not to ban from sale in the U.S. 26 Samsung cell phones that were found to infringe on its patents. A jury trial in August found that the Samsung phones had infringed on six Apple ...
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Verizon Wireless Thursday announced that it will start upgrading Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones on its network to the Android 4.1 operating system tomorrow. Samsung had unveiled the upgrade of the smartphone to the so-called Jelly Bean ...
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Are you still in awe looking at the Samsung Galaxy S III’s polarizing 4.8” HD Super AMOLED display? Of course you are, mainly because of its brilliant looks and vibrant color production. Indeed, you probably want to keep that ...
Tags: Samsung, Galaxy S III, Super AMOLED, GLAS Premium, Tempered Glass Screen
Vodafone is attempting to keep hold of its customers by promising a special upgrade deal when its 4G network launches next year. EE is the only UK mobile operator with the capability to launch a 4G network at the moment after Ofcom ruled ...
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Samsung Display will terminate its contract to supply LCD panels for Apple due to financial pressures caused by Apple's tight supply chain management, according to a news report published in The Korea Times on Monday. Samsung can't ...
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The Isis joint venture of three wireless carriers announced the launch today of its new mobile wallet system in Salt Lake City and Austin using nine NFC-ready and Isis-ready smartphones sold by the carriers. Consumers interested in using ...
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MasterCard is testing new ways to make online transactions more secure with its PayPass application and a mobile phone, including using QR codes to secure the transactions. The card company is cooperating with Dutch bank ING Group on a ...
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The global mobile phone market is showing signs of slowing, despite the continuing boom in smartphone sales. New research from IDC claimed worldwide shipments of mobiles grew by just 1.4% in 2012, which it predicts will translate to 1.7bn ...
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Two weeks after online orders of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone reached some AT&T customers, the carrier said the new smartphone will finally be available in its stores on Friday for $199.99 and a two-year contract. "We did let ...
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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, ...
Tags: Tech stocks, IT vendors, technology market, Apple, Facebook, SAP