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Nerval's Lobster writes "At this week's Google I/O in San Francisco, Google CEO Larry Page stood onstage and took unscripted questions from an auditorium of conference attendees. That's an unusual move for any chief executive, the sort of thing that risks giving their PR people a heart attack. But Page wasn't up there to offer insights into strategy or drop hints about...

Indian arms of television makers such as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic plan to limit their support and service backup for imported models.

The U.S. Department of Defense has officially approved Apple's iPhones and iPads for use on its networks, as expected. In an announcement issued Friday morning, the agency said it has certified iOS devices running iOS 6, granting them the same security approvals it issued to BlackBerry and Samsung last week. A crucial endorsement, and one that should open the door to lucrative...

Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research today reiterates an Overweight rating on shares of Apple (AAPL) and a $650 price target, while opining that in India, the company’s products are “not very popular,” based on his conversations with “about 30 – 35 people around Apple Reseller Stores” in the subcontinent. Those resellers, dubbed “iWorld,” are [...]...

Telefonica is today announcing a deal with Samsung that will see it make an even bigger move into the area of carrier billing. Samsung will integrate the carrier's billing backend directly into its own mobile services, meaning that the Telefonica customers (it has 316 million worldwide) who use the Samsung Hub and Samsung Apps portals on Samsung smartphones will be able...

With the move, Google will now support low-energy and other features found only in the latest version of the short-range wireless technology.

Samsung has launched Galaxy Grand Quattro in India shortly after the arrival of Galaxy Grand.

Das passiert, wenn ein nagelneues Samsung Galaxy S4 während eines Konzert aus den schwitzigen Händen flutscht und mitten in der wabernden Masse auf den Boden fällt. Dieser nicht ganz freiwillige Falltest wurde dabei noch mit der S4-eigenen Kamera mitgefilmt. Man muss dem Samsung Galaxy S4 zugute halten, dass es bei dem Sturz zwar leicht lädiert wurde, sich der Schaden...

Not surprisingly, users of the Google Chrome Web browser are increasingly coming from mobile devices.

Seoul, Korea (ots) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., ein führender Anbieter von modernsten Halbleiterlösungen, kündigte heute die industrieweit erste 45 nanometer (nm) Embedded Flash ("eFlash") Logik-Prozessentwicklung an. Samsung hat den neuen Prozess erfolgreich in einen Smart Card Testchip …

Hedge-fund billionaire Daniel Loeb's campaign to pressure Sony Corp. into spinning off its entertainment arm is the latest tremor to ripple through Japan's electronics industry, already reeling from unprecedented losses stemming from its lost standing in the technology world.

BlackBerry's wryly jovial CEO Thorsten Heins spent quite a bit of time talking up the new mid-range Q5 at this morning's BlackBerry Live keynote address, but the folks in Waterloo may be working on a follow-up smartphone that's staggeringly different than the one we saw today. According to a report from KnowYourMobile, the struggling Canadian company is working an all-touch...

Finnish firm tries to win back phone users as it continues to trail rivals Samsung and Apple

* Sharp forecasts 80 bln yen op profit this year vs 147.27 bln loss

Nate the greatest writes "It looks like those 4 month old rumors are true. Amazon has confirmed today that they have bought Liquavista, a Netherlands based screen tech company. There's no info yet on how much Amazon paid to Samsung, but previous rumors suggested that the asking price was under $100 million. Amazon also isn't talking about how they plan to use the electrowetting...

- J O Buys and Sells has a launched a new website http://www.janeoscartrades.com to cater to the needs of cellphone owners who want to receive the highest cash payout for their devices. The service is similar to other cell phone buying websites howev...

* Sharp to unveil 3-year revival plan on Tuesday, 0600 GMT

You know that shiny new iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S4 in your pocket? You probably call it a cellphone, right? Well, Newt Gingrich says you're wrong. Gingrich recently posted a three-minute video arguing modern cellphones shouldn't be called cellphones at all. "Think about it," petitions Gingrich, who's been attempting to shape himself as a Republican thought leader on...

A fifth-generation cell network is still years away but promises speeds hundreds of times faster than the current state of the art, the company says.    

Samsung is moving quickly to diversify its phone line, with variants of the S4 popping out of the woodwork left and right, including the Galaxy S4 Zoom, which features a rumored 10x optical zoom on its rear camera. Today the Galaxy S4 Active, a ruggedized, smaller version of the flagship S4 has hit the Bluetooth Special Interest Group for certification, which means it...

Samsung has developed a new mobile data transfer technology that's potentially up to "several hundred times" faster than current 4G networks. More precisely, the company announced "the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for cellular communications." Samsung says the technology "sits at the core" of a 5G mobile...

New technology paves the way for movie downloads in less than a second, Samsung claims.    

Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.