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Qorvo's Quarterly Revenue Down 8.3% Year-on-Year, But Exceeding Lowered Guidance by $10m
Aug 8, 2017For fiscal first-quarter 2018 (ended 1 July 2017), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $639.9m, down slightly on ...
Tags: Qorvo, IDP product
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Nokia Is Targeting Emerging Markets with Three Low-Cost Smartphones
Feb 27, 2014Nokia is targeting emerging markets with three low-cost smartphones that use Google's Android operating system rather than the Windows Phone software from Microsoft, which is about to take over Nokia's handset business. Nokia will ditch ...
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Samsung Will Unveil Its Second-Generation Galaxy Gear Smartwatch
Feb 24, 2014On Monday Samsung will unveil its second-generation Galaxy Gear smartwatch, this one running the open source Tizen operating system, not the Android software that runs the first-generation model, according to reports. Samsung ...
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Google Will Sell The Business to Lenovo for US $2.91 Billion
Feb 8, 2014After first acquiring Motorola Mobility in 2012, Google has today announced that it will sell the business to Lenovo for US $2.91 billion, a figure dramatically lower than the US $12.5 billion that Google paid to acquire the brand. ...
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Android Ecosystem and Wearable Technology Will Probably Get a Boost
Feb 7, 2014The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung’s intellectual property disputes with Apple, ...
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Motorola Recently Signed a Deal with 3D Systems to Develop a Futuristic 3D-Printing Phones
Nov 26, 2013Pre-Google, who ever imagined that Motorola would be one of the world's most forward-thinking mobile manufacturers? The company recently signed a deal with 3D Systems to develop a futuristic 3D-printing production platform for?Project ...
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Google's Android Operating System Accounted for 81% of All Smartphones Sold Worldwide
Nov 19, 2013Devices running Google’s Android operating system accounted for 81% of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2013, according to a study released today by IDC. Of the more than 261 million units shipped, just under ...
Tags: Google, Android, smartphone, ship
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Apple Faces a Threat From an Unexpected Quarter
Sep 2, 2013Apple faces a threat from an unexpected quarter: Chinese developers crafting Android apps, an analytics firm said today. Chinese developers build nearly two-thirds of the mobile apps used by Chinese consumers — an even higher ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Apple
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Nokia Chose Windows Phone Over Google's Android Operating System for Its Smartphones
Jul 16, 2013Finnish 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 ...
Tags: Nokia, Computer Products
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IT Shops and Mobile Workers Are Likely Already Champing to Use a Hands-Free Technology
May 29, 2013While Google Glass is currently being viewed as a consumer technology, IT shops and mobile workers are likely already champing at the bit to be able to use a hands-free technology to do their jobs. "The same way that tablets followed ...
Tags: Google Glass, Google, Computer Products
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Google Is Likely to Have to Agree to More Concessions
May 29, 2013Google is likely to have to agree to more concessions before the European Union's antitrust probe into the web giant is settled, says Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (pictured). The world's number one web firm has been under ...
Tags: Google, EU Antitrust, Computer Products
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Samsung Will Host a US$800,000 Contest for Developers
May 22, 2013Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface. The South Korean company said Monday entrants in its "Smart App Challenge 2013" must make use of ...
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Global Android Smartphone Profits Reached US$5 Billion in Total
May 16, 2013According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone profits reached US$5 billion in total during the first quarter of 2013. Samsung dominated and captured an impressive 95 percent share of all Android ...
Tags: Samsung, Android Smartphone Profits, Consumer Electronics
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MaaS360 Platform Supports The Ability to Monitor a Mobile IT Environment and Actions
May 16, 2013Fiberlink® today announced that its MaaS360 platform supports the ability to monitor a mobile IT environment and perform actions directly through Google Glass. MaaS360 through Google Glass now delivers unprecedented ways to interact ...
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Blackberry Announced Blackberry 10 OS Will Be Available for Download on The Blackberry Z10
May 15, 2013At BlackBerry Live 2013, the company announced that the latest version of the BlackBerry 10 OS, version 10.1, will be available for download on the BlackBerry Z10 as of today. BlackBerry also announced the Blackberry Q5, a QWERTY keyboard ...
Tags: Blackberry, Cursor Control