Yahoo To Purchase Flurry To Beef Up Mobile Ad Revenue
Yahoo Inc will acquire mobile analytics startup Flurry to beef up a fast-growing mobile advertising business that still lags Google Inc’s and Facebook Inc’s in scale. Six-year-old Flurry uses...
View ArticleUltra High Def TV Sales Being Hampered By Steep Prices
Ultra high-definition televisions (UHD TVs) have made minor gains in the flat-panel market because prices remain too high, according to a new report from IHS Technology. Among the top 13 LCD display...
View ArticleHP Recalls 6M Laptop Power Cords Over Fire Concerns
Hewlett-Packard has recalled more than 6 million laptop power cords that could potentially cause fire and/or burning hazards. HP is recalling LS-15 AC power cords used with HP and Compaq branded...
View ArticleGoogle Launches Android One Program
Google Inc rolled out in India on Monday the first smartphones under its Android One project, pricing them at around 6,399 rupees ($105) to capture the low-cost segment of the world’s fastest growing...
View ArticleAngry Birds Rovio Plans To Eliminate Jobs
Finnish mobile games developer Rovio, owner of the globally successful Angry Birds brand, said on Thursday it was planning to cut up to 130 jobs in Finland, or 16 percent of its total workforce. “We...
View ArticleIBM, Twitter Teaming Up On Data Analytics
International Business Machines Corp (IBM) on Wednesday announced a collaboration with Twitter to aid in business decisions using data collected from tweets worldwide. IBM will help businesses predict...
View ArticleTwitter Acquires Marketing Start-up ZipDial
Twitter Inc announced plans to acquire Indian mobile phone marketing start-up ZipDial, reportedly for $30 million to $40 million, as the U.S. microblogging service looks to expand in the world’s...
View ArticleAlibaba Looking To Push Own Mobile OS With Latest Deal
China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is taking a $590 million stake in a little known domestic smartphone maker as the e-commerce giant explores ways to expand its mobile operating system in a shrinking,...
View ArticleFlip-Phones Oddly Increasing In Popularity In Japan
Japanese shipments of traditional flip-phones picked up pace in 2014 for the first time in seven years while smartphone shipments dropped, highlighting Japanese consumers’ tenacious attachment to the...
View ArticleGoogle Acquiring Softcard’s Mobile Wallet Technology
Google announced it has reached a deal with three of the country’s major cellular carriers to acquire “technology and capabilities” from Softcard, a competing mobile wallet app created jointly by the...
View ArticleChina Drops Big Technology Brands From State Purchase Lists
China has removed some of the world’s most popular technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more home grown products, in what some say is a response to...
View ArticleHuawei Hints At Big Plans To Sell Phones, Wearables In U.S.
Two years after U.S. lawmakers declared it a national security threat, China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is planning a campaign to win over U.S. consumers, rolling out new mobile phones and wearable...
View ArticleAmazon Rumored To Be Pursuing Net-a-Porter
Amazon.com is holding discussions to acquire online luxury retailer Net-a-porter in what could be the biggest acquisition yet for the e-commerce giant, but the negotiations are in early stages and...
View ArticleIKEA Launches Wireless Charging Furniture Collection
IKEA has rolled out its Wireless Charging collection of furniture, which has built-in Qi-enabled wireless chargers for compatible mobile phones. In addition to offering bedside tables, floor- and table...
View ArticleGoogle, Levi Collaborate On ‘Smart’ Clothing
Google executives have a vision that one day soon your jacket, shirt, pants — even your socks — might control your phone, tablet or even the lights in your house. Ivan Poupyrev, Google’s technical...
View ArticleFord Creates Global Team To Focus On Self-driving Cars
Ford Motor Co is finally ramping up its efforts to roll out self-driving cars, according to company executives. The U.S. automaker will expand advanced safety technology, including automatic braking,...
View ArticleZTE To Offer High-end Axon Smartphone In U.S.
Chinese mobile brands don’t normally stir much interest in the U.S., so when ZTE teased its newest smartphone, the Axon, it initially didn’t mention the company at all. The company’s online promotions...
View ArticleMassive iPhone Counterfeiting Operation Shut Down In China
Police in Beijing have raided a factory that made more than 41,000 fake iPhones worth as much as 120 million yuan ($19 million), including some that reached the United States, and have arrested nine...
View ArticleLenovo-backed ZUK Brand Enters Mobile Phone Market
Lenovo’s latest smartphone strategy downplays the company name, instead spotlighting a new brand, ZUK. The newly created brand debuted its first Android phone, the Z1, which will arrive in China later...
View ArticleAmazon Makes ‘Dash’ Button Free
Amazon.com Inc announced that its ‘Dash’ button, which allows customers to place orders instantly, will now be effectively free. The company’s Prime members can now purchase the button for $4.99 and...
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