Three top U.S. wireless carriers to embrace BlackBerry 10
(Reuters) - Three of the top U.S. cellphone carriers signaled this week that they would support Research In Motion's (RIM.TO) BlackBerry 10 products, the first of which are due to be unveiled Jan 30, ...
T-Mobile USA to soon sell iPhones, cut subsidies: CEO
(Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE) unit T-Mobile USA will start selling the Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPhone in about three to four months and will enforce its plan to get rid of cellphone subsidies ...
Surface Pro: an in-depth look at Microsoft's super tablet
Microsoft might not be at CES this year, but that hasn't stopped the company's CEO jumping on stage to pass the annual keynote responsibility over to Qualcomm. While its OEMs are out in force with cr...
Onlike Banking Attacks Were Work of Iran, U.S. Officials Say
SAN FRANCISCO — The attackers hit one American bank after the next. As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minu...
Apple Now Locking Screenshots for Submitted Apps, Shutting Down Popular Scam Tactic
Apple today announced on its Developer Portal that screenshots added to app descriptions will be locked in place once an app has been approved. … This small but important update shuts down a widely us...
Samsung's big push for 2013: content, corporates
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the global leader in consumer smartphones, is planning two major thrusts in 2013: bulking up mobile content and moving faster into the corporate market dominated by Re...
ZTE Planning to Sell Mozilla-Powered Phone in Europe
ZTE Corp. (000063) is working with a European wireless carrier to introduce a smartphone based on software built by Mozilla Corp. this year, saidCheng Lixin, chief executive officer of ZTE's U.S. unit...
It's official: 3D is dead
The tech industry's annual hot air balloon show is dead, and the world's better for it — There's something about 2013's Consumer Electronics Show that's different from every other iteration this dec...
FreedomPop's iPhone Sleeve stuck in FCC certification, costing firm $550,000
LAS VEGAS—MVNO FreedomPop said its WiMAX-capable iPhone Sleeve has been delayed in the FCC's approval process due to an untested design element. The company said the unexpected delay in obtaining app...
Dropbox to be included on all Samsung flagship phones and camera
Users get 50GB of cloud capacity for two years for free — LAS VEGAS — Dropbox on Wednesday announced tighter integration of its cloud storage and file-sharing service with Samsung products, from sma...
Polaroid's Jelly Bean tablets could give Google a run for its money
Polaroid isn't typically a name that comes to mind when people think of Android. While the company has released a few Android-powered cameras, it has never fully embrace the operating system.
LinkedIn Hits 200 Million Users Worldwide — Adding New Users At Rate Of Two Per Second
Adding New Users At Rate Of Two Per Second — LinkedIn has announced it has reached 200 million users worldwide — with new users being added at an average rate of two per second (or 172,800 per day). ...
A more complete picture of the iTunes economy
As it did yesterday, on occasion Apple reports the cumulative total downloads and payments to developers. Since this is done in variable time intervals, it makes analysis of the value of the app stor...
Justice Department against most sales bans for infringing key patents
(Reuters) - Companies that own a key patent, such as those that ensure mobile and other electronic devices work together, should be allowed to win sales bans as a punishment for infringement only in r...
Apple slashes price on Thunderbolt cable, releases additional shorter model
Apple has reduced the price of its 2.0 m Thunderbolt cable from $49 to $39. The Thunderbolt cable, which can be used for data transfers and for display attachment purposes, was originally released in...
Panasonic launches two new Toughpads, offers a choice of Windows or Android
Panasonic's launching a pair of Toughpads that'll take none of your nonsense — no matter what you throw at it. The FZ-G1 is a 10-inch version that runs Windows 8 Pro, while the seven-inch JT-B1 runs ...
Samsung seeks broader chip base as Apple cuts loose
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co is looking to supply chips to more Chinese and other emerging smartphone makers, the head of its system chip business said, to counter any fall-off in demand from Ap...
Baseball Dumping Dugout-to-Bullpen Landlines
The reserve clause is dead. And so are wool uniforms. There are no longer eight teams in each league. And the Houston Astros have departed the National League. — Major League Baseball is now abou...
Microsoft account enables Sina Weibo connection, integrates into Windows Phone, Windows 8, SkyDrive, and more
We reported as early as February last year that Microsoft is working on connecting Chinese micro-blogging service Sina Weibo to Microsoft account.
T-Mobile CEO pokes the bears, calls AT&T's network ‘crap’ and mocks Verizon
T-Mobile's CEO John Legere, who took the helm back in September, pulled no punches in his remarks during the carrier's press conference here at CES tonight. Legere started off earnestly enough …
Europe's Telco Giants In Talks To Create Pan-European Network, Reports FT
Europe's largest mobile network operators are considering pooling their resources to create pan-European network infrastructure, the FT is reporting. Quoting several people familiar with the situatio...
U.S. Spy Law Authorizes Mass Surveillance of European Citizens: Report
Participants work at their laptops at the annual Chaos Computer Club computer hackers' congress in Hamburg, Germany. They probably would not be pleased with FISA. — Europeans, take note: The U.S. g...
Lenovo's 5.5-inch IdeaPhone K900 is powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor
Lenovo has just announced the IdeaPhone K900, a 5.5-inch smartphone for the Chinese market with a dual-core Intel processor. The K900 is one of the first phones on the market with Intel's new 2GHz du...