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Google is set to take over Motorola Mobility, the American company’s smartphone business, in a cash deal worth $12.5bn (£7.6bn). The acquisition will boost the emergence of Google Android within the blossoming smartphone market. The $40 per share deal – the biggest acquisition which Google have ever agreed – is a premium of 63 per [...]
(Read More)3rd Jun 11
Nokia boss denies Microsoft takeover
by Sally Davies
Nokia has described speculation that Microsoft is in discussions to purchase it as “completely baseless”, with the company’s chief executive Stephen Elop informing a US audience that there are no negotiations on the subject between the two companies. Elop said during the D9 conference, held near Los Angeles, that the rumours are baseless because there [...]
(Read More)28th Apr 11
Amazon.com seeks Apple lawsuit dismissal over App Store
by Katie Naylor
Amazon.com Inc, in response to Apple Inc.’s trademark lawsuit over its usage of the words “App Store”, claimed that the phrase is generic, denying that the producer of iPhone has sole rights to the term. Amazon, the largest online retailer in the world, said that it isn’t required to be granted a license or gain [...]
(Read More)27th Apr 11
Nokia market share drops but Microsoft deal confirmed
by Katie Naylor
Mobile phone producer Nokia has posted higher-than-expected profits over the opening three months of the year, a fall of one per cent to 344m euros (£304m). However, its market share dropped four per cent to 29 per cent as cheaper competitors and the popularity of rivals’ smartphones chipped away at Nokia’s dominance. Nokia also confirmed [...]
(Read More)6th Apr 11
Robber dies after US Apple store shoot-out
by Natasha Redman
An armed robber was shot dead as he attempted to carry out a robbery at Apple store in San Diego yesterday. The shoot-out began just after 7am on Tuesday morning when a security guard dressed in plain clothes exchanged fire with the burglar and a 25-year-old male accomplice after the pair had broken into the [...]
(Read More)30th Mar 11
Nokia files second patent complaint against Apple
by Katie Naylor
Nokia has filed another complaint against Apple. The Finnish telecommunications firm, which has accused Apple of infringing its patents, filed the complaint at the International Trade Commission in the USA. Nokia says several of Apple’s products copy technology it had developed. The latest complaint from Nokia, its second against Apple, follows a ruling a week [...]
(Read More)11th Mar 11
Microsoft Kinect breaks sales records
by Paul Russell
Microsoft’s Kinect has blown Apple’s iPhone and iPad into the weeds, as it blazes its way to setting a new record as the quickest-selling consumer electronics product in history. Guinness World Records has confirmed the record-setting pace of Kinect sales. The Kinect gives users of the Microsoft Xbox 360 games console a hands-free interface. The [...]
(Read More)3rd Mar 11
Apple launches lighter, faster iPad 2
by Harry Oldfield
Apple has launched an upgraded version of its popular iPad, in a bid to maintain its lead over competitors in the expanding market for tablet computing. Chief executive Steve Jobs put in a surprise appearance for the launch of iPad 2. The launch, held last night in San Francisco, had been eagerly awaited by hordes [...]
(Read More)2nd Mar 11
Study proves existence of iPhone death grip
by Harry Oldfield
Long the subject of considerable debate, the iPhone ‘death grip’ appears to be real and not a figment of users or competitors imaginations. The conclusion comes in the latest study on the problem, in which the effectiveness of the iPhone 4s antenna is reduced by contact with a user’s hand. Called the ‘death grip’, the [...]
(Read More)23rd Feb 11
Pressure rises surrounding Apple subscription charge
by Adam Richards
The pressure is rising around 30% subscription charges that Apple allegedly plans to unleash on selected mobile content. Apple allegedly plans to release a subscription charge of 30% of the payments made for downloading publications and newspapers onto the company’s mobile devices. Europe and the US both have anti-trust regulators on deck and prepared to [...]
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