Recent advances in the smartphone/handheld device technology have led to a boom in the mobile device manufacturing industry. It has also given rise to a situation of patent warfare, wherein each company operating in this segment is locked ...
Tags: Mobile Devices, Electrical, Electronics
Overall, the global economic recovery was muted during the first quarter of the year under review, though there were signs of a bottoming out. Regionally, the U.S. economy recovered at a gradual pace, getting a boost from improved ...
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NEC will introduce no new smartphones, and will make current models only to order, as it struggles to find the economies of scale required to compete in the market. The Japanese company is ending the development, manufacturing and sale of ...
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The Ford Fiesta ST will become Australia’s cheapest hot-hatch when it launches next month from a sharp $25,990. The most powerful production Fiesta in history undercuts its key rivals, including the $27,990 Skoda Fabia RS, $27,790 ...
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Xinyi Glass (0868) said yesterday interim net profit surged 110 percent to HK$1 billion from a year earlier due to robust demand for float glass and energy-saving construction glass in the mainland. Turnover increased 18.4 percent to a ...
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VODAFONE Australia has launched a new set of mobile phone plans to help customers avoid overseas bill shock by allowing them to use their existing call, text and data quotas while travelling. Under the new plans Vodafone will charge its ...
Microsoft yesterday added Android to the list of mobile operating systems now supported by Office Mobile. But Office Mobile for Android only covers phones, not tablets, limiting its utility. The Android version,?Office Mobile for ...
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Microsoft yesterday added Android to the list of mobile operating systems now supported by Office Mobile. But Office Mobile for Android only covers phones, not tablets, limiting its utility. The Android version,?Office Mobile for ...
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Fujitsu reported a consolidated net loss of 21.9 billion yen (US$221 million), representing an improvement of 3.5 billion yen compared to the loss posted in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. The operating loss was an improvement over ...
Apple's share of the smartphone market dropped in the second quarter to its lowest level in three years, research firm Strategy Analytics said. The share of the iPhone slipped to 13.6 percent in the quarter from 16.6 percent in the same ...
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Tech earnings this week highlighted the importance of mobile communications to IT, as companies including Apple, Samsung, Facebook, AT&T and Texas Instruments reported mixed results for the quarter ending in June. Apple and Samsung ...
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Smartphones are set to become the main device for enterprise users in the future, taking over from desktops and laptops. That's the result of a recent Computing poll, which also placed wearable technology such as the imminent Google Glass ...
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As the retail industry discusses the topic of tracking shoppers' location via WiFi signals on their smartphones, an independent study commissioned by Swirl reveals that women are willing to share personal information with retailers as long ...
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The Green Electronics Council plans to expand its EPEAT environmental rating system later this year to include smartphones, the council said Tuesday. The move could push phone makers to change the way they manufacture, package or ...
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More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between Northeastern University in Boston and ...
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