Skype has released version 2.1 of its application for Android, which allows more smartphones and tablets based on Google’s operating …
Google buys 1000 IBM patents
Google has acquired more than 1,000 patents from IBM in a defensive move aimed at protecting itself from lawsuits. “Like …
Apple contributes half the cost of Nortel patents
Apple is contributing more than half the total US$4.5 billion price tag for Nortel patents, with partners including Microsoft and …
Apple, Microsoft consortium outbids Google for Nortel patents
Nortel Networks has auctioned off its remaining patents and patent applications to a consortium of key technology companies for a …
Nortel’s patents more valuable than its products
Nortel’s patents were slightly more valuable than its products, as the transactions for Nortel’s product groups combined did not quite …
Sony launches Qriocity for Android smartphones
Sony has just announced the launch of a dedicated Qriocity app for Android smartphones. Officially titled “Music Unlimited powered by …
Nokia Siemens talks more QoS in mobile networks
“Nokia Siemens Networks is hoping more operators will start using QoS to offer differentiated mobile broadband services. But the technology …
Amazon’s Android e-store inferior: Apple
Apple this week called Amazon’s Appstore for Android “inferior” as it urged a federal court to block the online retailer …
Jumbo’s service centre completes one year
Jumbo also plans to continue growing business in non retails areas such as IT solutions The Jumbo service centre, the …
Sony hacked again, customer records posted online
The problems keep coming for Sony. Yesterday, the company confirmed that someone had hacked into its website and stolen about …
STC’s Indonesian arm gets funding
AXIS, the Indonesian subsidiary of Saudi Telecom Company, has signed $1.2 billion financing deal with a tenor of 7.5 years …
du launches mobile health network
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, du, launched a new programme “Your Health in Your Hands” to coincide with International Women Health …
Google Android OS going strong: Canalys
Market research firm Canalys has given Google’s Android OS a 35% share of the smartphone market for the first quarter …
Nokia outsources Symbian OS activities, transfers employees
Nokia will outsource its Symbian software activities to Accenture, transferring 3,000 employees to the company in the process, as it …
Networking Glory
The second annual Network World Middle East Awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at the Address Hotel in Dubai …
A brave new world
The industry seems to have learned its lessons from 3G, which was beset with problems when it came out ten …
Android sales leap to second place: Gartner
Android in 2010 became the second best selling smartphone operating system after Symbian from Nokia, Gartner reported yesterday. Android sales …
Sony PlayStation phone to be launched at MWC
Sony Ericsson will officially unveil its highly anticipated ‘PlayStation phone’ at Mobile World Congress this year. The Xperia Play features …
Back to normal?
Telecom equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent saw losses grow and revenue drop during the first three months of 2010. Although, positive signs …
Compact but smart
By introducing mobile phones that are both compact and clever, Sony Ericsson is challenging the norm and defining a brand …