Apple looked in part to Sony for inspiration in designing its first iPhone, even having an internal designer produce “Sony-like” …
NTP announces patent settlements with 13 tech firms
Patent holding firm NTP, which won a US$612.5 million patent settlement from Research In Motion in 2006, has reached a …
Toshiba cuts NAND flash production by 30 percent
Toshiba announced a reduction in its production of NAND flash memory, which go into smartphones, tablets and storage devices, by …
Microsoft steps closer to redefining PC
Journalism can be a rather spontaneous trade to be in. Take a couple of Wednesdays ago, when we were invited …
Learning to grow
Khwaja Saifuddin holds a Masters in International Business Management from Lucknow University, India and has worked across both vendor and …
PC makers rush to build Windows 8 tablets
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will be entirely released by the end of October, signalling when Windows 8 laptops, PCs and …
Amazon, Google, Apple among least transparent companies in the world
Apple, Amazon.com and Google are among the least transparent companies in the world, according to a survey of 105 publicly …
Toshiba developing new data centre products
Toshiba said Tuesday it is developing a line of products for storing large amounts of data, based on its flash …
Apple climbs up Fortune 500 ranking
Apple is ranked at number 55 in Fortune’s Global 500 list, the company was previously ranked at number 111 in …
Intel invests $2.1 billion in tools maker ASML to enable smaller chip circuits
Intel will take a stake in semiconductor tools company ASML and invest in its research and development efforts, to advance …
HTC Q2 profit down by 58 percent
HTC’s second-quarter net profit dropped 58 percent year on year, the company reported Friday, a sign that its newest smartphones …
Apple's China challenge: 150 million counterfeit phones by 2013
With an anticipated 150 million counterfeit mobile phones predicted to be shipped in 2013 – accounting for 14% of the …
Amazon prepping a smartphone and four tablets
Amazon is keeping busy as the e-retailing company is reportedly prepping to release four new tablets and a smartphone. Amazon …
Dell XPS 13
The Dell XPS is back. The undeniably famous brand name that even Dr. Sheldon Cooper himself owned before he got …
Google Nexus 7
Google has announced its own-brand Nexus 7 tablet and we’ve managed to get some hands-on time with the much anticipated …
Firefox for Android
Mozilla yesterday updated its free Firefox for Android web browser for smartphones running version 2.2 or later, claiming dramatic performance improvements from startup and page-load times …
Toshiba fined $87M for LCD price fixing
A jury in San Francisco yesterday decided to fine Toshiba US$87 million for colluding with other vendors to keep LCD prices artificially …
Apple mobile market share grows on strength of iPhone, iPad
Five years after the iPhone debuted, Apple commands a one-third share of the smartphone market. And the one-two punch of …
Partnerships drive Android uptake in Africa
Partnerships between handset manufacturers, the entertainment industry, educational institutions and mobile service providers have driven the use of Android-based gadgets …
Apple wins injunction against Galaxy Nexus
A California court has granted Apple an injunction against Samsung over sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphones in the U.S. …