IDG News Service - Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Qualcomm have formed the In-Location Alliance, which will work to improve the accuracy of indoor positioning, the companies said on Thursday. Indoor positioning is the next frontier ...
Tags: Nokia, Samsung, Sony, indoor navigation, mobile services
Computerworld UK-Google is launching indoor maps for Android devices in the UK,to enable smartphone users to easily find their way around train stations,sporting venues,art galleries,shopping centres and department stores. More than 40 ...
IDG News Service - At the CEATEC show that opens in Japan this week, the country's electronics manufacturers will show a host of products that are probably a few years from catching on, as well as a few design concepts that will need a bit ...
Tags: high-definition TV sets, new concept TV, Ultra High-Def TVs, Smart INSECT
IDG News Service - Sony Mobile is laying off 1,000 employees and will also move its global HQ to Tokyo, as the company tries to turn around its dwindling fortunes in the smartphone space. The reorganization comes about six months after ...
Tags: Sony Mobile, Sony, smartphone, Sony portfolio
IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet with Windows 8, and said the device can be easily disassembled to replace components in order to save hardware and support costs. The HP ElitePad 900 ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, ElitePad 900 tablet, Windows 8, Atom tablet
After recovering strongly from 2009 with growth of 22% in 2010, the gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate market slowed sharply in 2011, rising just 4% to nearly $360m, due to weak demand in RF circuits (handsets and WLANs) and in ...
A new beta version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) that allows users to make voice calls over Wi-Fi is now available for download, Research In Motion said Tuesday. The beta version of BBM 7 works on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry ...
Tags: BlackBerry, WiFi, voice calls, RIM
Computerworld - Sprint will start selling the quad-core LG Optimus G smartphone on Nov. 11 for $199.99 and a two-year contract, nine days after AT&T put its version on sale for the same price. The Sprint LG Optimus G will have a ...
Tags: LG, LG Optimus, smartphone, LTE networks
IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank said Monday it has reached a deal to acquire a 70% stake in U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel for $20 billion, forming one of the world's largest telecom operators. The companies said the deal would ...
Tags: Softbank, telecom operators, network, network speeds
With Black Friday just a week away and the nagging feeling that we need to get our holiday shopping done, how much online buying will be done at work? If it's not, this is the question that should be on IT managers' minds, according to ...
Tags: holiday shopping, online shopping, time, bandwidth
Network World - Trying to get computer forensics data out of mobile smartphones and tablets in order to conduct investigations is hard -- often much harder than on PCs, laptops or Macs -- and experts say that forensics tools need to ...
Tags: smartphones, tablets, mobile smartphones, laptops, PCs
Verizon Wireless announced that the BlackBerry Curve 9310 smartphone will be available online on Thursday,and in stores in"coming weeks,"at a price of$49.99 after rebate with a two-year service plan. The announcement came just minutes ...
Tags: Blackberry, Verizon Wireless
Good Technology announced Good Vault, a system for adding two-factor authentication to the iPhone 4 and 4S for access to Good for Enterprise email. One of the Good Vault options features a smart-card reader that can be attached to an ...
Tags: Good Technology, Good Vault, authentication, iPhone
US chipmaker Marvell Technology faces having to pay one of the biggest ever patent damage awards. A jury in Pittsburgh found the firm guilty of infringing two hard disk innovations owned by local university Carnegie Mellon. It said Marvell ...
Tags: Marvell Technology, patent damage awards, LED chip, LED lighting
AT&T said Monday it has upped its LTE wireless network reach to 109 markets, by adding six cities in Puerto Rico as well as Albuquerque, N.M., Reading, Pa. and Salt Lake City. The three cities in Puerto Rico are Guayama, San German-Cabo ...
Tags: LTE, wireless network, six cities, Puerto Rico