Apple's maps proved to be far inferior to Google's. The product's shoddiness prompted Apple CEO Tim Cook to issue a rare public apology and recommend that iPhone owners consider using Google maps through a mobile web browser or seek other ...
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STMicro's new plan is aimed at boosting operating margin rapidly to a targeted 10% Swiss semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics has confirmed its plans to conclude mobile chip venture with Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer Ericsson ...
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GOOGLE Maps have found their way back to the iPhone, and the new alternative was already the top-ranking free app in Apple's iTunes store. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late yesterday with the release of the ...
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has taken a swipe at rival Apple, claiming that its lead over Apple in the mobile operating system market compares with flocks of consumers opting for Microsoft's desktop software in the 1990s. Google's ...
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ST-Ericssona's integrated applications processor and modem,NovaThor,recorded 28%sequential growth in shipments in Q2,according to Strategy Analytics. While Qualcomm maintained its lead position with 48%of the apps processor ...
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Samsung has improved its market lead over rival "smart connected device" manufacturer Apple, according to an IDC report. The Korean firm saw its share of the PC, tablet and smartphone market grow by 27 per cent year-on-year in the third ...
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A US court is to review a jury's decision to award Apple$1bn in damages in its patent dispute with rival Samsung. Samsung wants the verdict overturned or the damages reduced,while Apple wants to increase the amount and ban some of ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia said its new Lumia 620 handset is its most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone yet,priced$249 when bought without a contract. In addition to the Lumia 620,Nokia also announced its first Windows Phone handset for ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Amalfi Semiconductor of Los Gatos, CA, USA (a fabless semiconductor firm specializing in highly integrated CMOS silicon RF and mixed-signal ...
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Nokia continues to expand its line-up of advanced feature phones with the Asha 205,with a dedicated Facebook button allowing users to more easily access the social networking site. While Nokia is trying to revive its fortunes in the ...
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Lenovo,already China's top PC seller,is expected to take the title for the country's top smartphone vendor in 2013,Gartner said. It made the prediction as Lenovo's swift growth in China's smartphone market has exceeded the research firm's ...
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Jolla,the mobile operating system start-up founded by Nokia refugees,has finally unveiled Sailfish,the smartphone operating system based on Linux. The company had been in"stealth mode"for almost a year before it launched in the summer,and ...
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Nokia dropped to seventh place in the global smartphone market in the third quarter,as Samsung and Apple controlled 46.5%of the market,Gartner said today. Nokia had a"particularly bad quarter"with smartphones,selling 7.2 million,Gartner ...
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Rival smartphone makers Apple and HTC have settled all outstanding disputes over patents. The agreement has seen HTC both losing and winning court battles against Apple in just over two-and-a-half years of legal wrangling. In ...
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IDG News Service-Analysts say HTC still faces an uphill battle to rebuild its smartphone business amid heated competition,despite reaching a deal with Apple to settle their patent disputes. On Sunday,HTC and Apple announced the dismissal ...
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