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Sweden gets Europe's first LTE smartphone

Posted February 15, 2012 - 9:56 am

Thanks to the imminent availability of the Galaxy S II LTE, Sweden will become the first European country where consumers can pick up a phone with integrated 4G technology, Samsung said on Wednesday.
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Android loses market share,as Apple has exceptional quarter, Gartner says

Posted February 15, 2012 - 6:00 am

Android lost smartphone market share for the first time, as Apple had a great fourth quarter buoyed by the launch of the iPhone 4S, according to data from market research company Gartner.
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FCC seeks to kill LightSquared's LTE network plan

Posted February 14, 2012 - 7:42 pm

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission wants to drop the conditional waiver that could have allowed LightSquared to operate an LTE network in frequencies near the GPS band, potentially killing the carrier's plan to offer a hybrid satellite and cellular mobile data network.
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DOJ approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Posted February 13, 2012 - 6:24 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Google's acquisition of mobile-phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, following the European Commission's approval earlier in the day.
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Samsung launches low-cost Android 4.0 tablet

Posted February 13, 2012 - 9:18 am

Samsung Electronics has launched the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), the first of its tablets to ship with Android 4.0 and its own Touchwiz user interface, the company said on Monday.
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MediaTek lays groundwork for cheaper Android 4.0 smartphones

Posted February 13, 2012 - 8:21 am

Semiconductor company MediaTek has launched a package of components that will be used by vendors to build mid-range and entry-level smartphones based on Android 4.0, the company said on Monday.
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Japan's largest carrier to launch test service to combat Android fragmentation

Posted February 10, 2012 - 7:59 am

Japan's largest mobile operator is prepping an elaborate testing center, with hundreds of handsets monitored by streaming web cameras, to help software developers debug their apps on the growing morass of Android devices and software versions.
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Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards

Posted February 8, 2012 - 8:57 pm

A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition.
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Canada ruling pushes Dish's LTE plan forward

Posted February 7, 2012 - 3:06 pm

The Canadian government has approved the transfer of satellite spectrum to Dish Network, putting the company just one major ruling away from building a land-based 4G mobile data network on the frequencies.
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Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet to get Android 4.0 in May

Posted February 6, 2012 - 4:32 pm

Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet will get an upgrade to Google's latest Android 4.0 OS starting in May, Lenovo said on Monday.
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10 questions for Total Defense CFO Marcus Smith

Posted February 6, 2012 - 12:00 pm

Name: Marcus Smith
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Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership

Posted February 2, 2012 - 2:11 pm

LightSquared founder Philip Falcone's response to ethics allegations by a U.S. senator sheds some light on a strange chapter in the carrier's ongoing bid to build a controversial cellular data network.
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Samsung scores win in German patent battle with Apple over its tablets

Posted February 2, 2012 - 9:41 am

Samsung Electronics is allowed to continue to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, after a regional court in Munich rejected an Apple motion to block sales of the product due to a patent violation, a spokesman at the court said.
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Google Docs for Android gets offline access

Posted February 2, 2012 - 6:16 am

Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets, Googlesaid in a blog post on Wednesday.
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Sony's Hirai, executive who led PlayStation turnaround, promoted to CEO

Posted February 1, 2012 - 4:13 am

Sony said Wednesday that executive Kazuo Hirai, who runs the company's core consumer products division, will be promoted to CEO and President from April.
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Steve Jobs imitation with angel wings promotes a tablet in Taiwanese ad

Posted February 1, 2012 - 2:10 am

A new television advertisement airing in Taiwan has an actor with angel wings and a halo doing a thinly-veiled imitation of Steve Jobs, to promote a tablet called the "Action Pad."
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Sprint gives LightSquared six more weeks for FCC approval

Posted January 31, 2012 - 7:29 pm

Sprint Nextel has given LightSquared about six more weeks to win regulatory approval for its proposed cellular data network, extending a US$9 billion deal under which LightSquared would operate on Sprint infrastructure.
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Toshiba, Fujitsu join Japanese tech peers in booking massive 3Q losses

Posted January 31, 2012 - 7:05 am

Toshiba and Fujitsu, two of Japan's largest tech companies, both said Tuesday they booked deep losses during the October-December quarter, blaming a spike in component costs caused by Thai flooding and a tough market for consumer electronics.
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FCC seeks public comment on LightSquared petition

Posted January 30, 2012 - 2:29 pm

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on a petition by embattled mobile startup LightSquared that says GPS receivers aren't entitled to protection from interference.
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Acquisition investigations drag on, losses mount at Motorola

Posted January 26, 2012 - 5:27 pm

Losses grew at Motorola in the fourth quarter as regulatory investigations into its proposed acquisition by Google drag on, legal battles pile up and competition grows.
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Google+ offers more restrictive user experience for teens

Posted January 26, 2012 - 1:43 pm

Google+ is now officially welcoming teenagers and tailoring the experience of the social networking site for them by making it more restrictive and potentially safer.
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Intel to acquire multimedia patents from RealNetworks

Posted January 26, 2012 - 12:36 pm

Intel on Thursday said it had agreed to purchase RealNetworks streaming media patents and video codecs in a bid to improve the multimedia experience delivered through devices based on its chips.
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Nintendo slashes annual targets for 3DS despite price cuts, software bonanza

Posted January 26, 2012 - 6:37 am

Nintendo on Thursday slashed its annual sales target for the flagship 3DS handheld, conceding that price cuts and a barrage of software titles were not enough to recover from a weak launch last year.
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Android's tablet share at 39 percent as sales triple, says study

Posted January 26, 2012 - 6:18 am

Sales of Android-based tablets more than tripled during the fourth quarter of 2011. But Apple still dominates, even as its market share dropped, according to Strategy Analytics.
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NEC to cut 10,000 workers, forecasts $1.3 billion loss in year through March

Posted January 26, 2012 - 5:45 am

NEC said Thursday it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.
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