Category: Technology

Lumia Windows 8 Phones Are ‘Last Chance Saloon’ For Nokia, Microsoft

Lumia Windows 8 Phones Are ‘Last Chance Saloon’ For Nokia, Microsoft

NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Nokia Oyj are loading up for their best — and possibly last — shot at denting a smartphone market dominated by Apple Inc’s iPhone and Google Inc’s Android mobile software. If the new Lumia phones do not appeal to consumers when they are unveiled next Wednesday, it could [...]

September 1, 2012 More
LinkedIn Sunnvale: Social Media Giant Announces Expansion

LinkedIn Sunnvale: Social Media Giant Announces Expansion

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Professional networking website LinkedIn plans to expand its California operation to a new campus in Sunnyvale. The Mountain View-based company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday that it has reached a deal to lease 580,000 square feet of space in the city. It plans to build a new campus there that [...]

September 1, 2012 More
Walmart Testing iPhone ‘Scan And Go’ System: Scan With The iPhone, Pay On Your own

Walmart Testing iPhone ‘Scan And Go’ System: Scan With The iPhone, Pay On Your own

(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is testing a “Scan & Go” system that would allow shoppers to scan items using their iPhones and then quickly pay at a self-checkout counter. Earlier this week, Walmart invited employees with Apple Inc iPhones to participate in a test at a Walmart supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas, near the company’s [...]

September 1, 2012 More
Facebook’s Fake ‘Like’ Problem Is Real Serious — And There’s A Crackdown Coming

Facebook’s Fake ‘Like’ Problem Is Real Serious — And There’s A Crackdown Coming

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is weeding out fake “Likes” on its social network that are being caused by spammers, malware and black marketeers as it strives to maintain credibility as an advertising platform. Facebook said the number of Likes, or endorsements by users, on corporate pages is likely to drop by less than [...]

September 1, 2012 More
Google Fiber, Company’s New Super Fast Internet Service, May Not Reach Kansas City’s Low-Income Residents

Google Fiber, Company’s New Super Fast Internet Service, May Not Reach Kansas City’s Low-Income Residents

When Google unveiled its new Internet service in Kansas City last month, the company said customers would receive speeds so fast they would no longer need to wait for videos to buffer or websites to load. But now, many of Kansas City’s poorest residents are in danger of being left out of the ultra-high-speed network, known [...]

September 1, 2012 More
Apple-Samsung Lawsuit: Apple Targets 4 Additional Products

Apple-Samsung Lawsuit: Apple Targets 4 Additional Products

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Seeking to capitalize on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd, Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple’s patents. In February, Apple alleged that at least 17 Samsung products infringe [...]

September 1, 2012 More
The 9 Biggest Tech Myths You Hear All The Time (But Are Absolutely Untrue)

The 9 Biggest Tech Myths You Hear All The Time (But Are Absolutely Untrue)

In the tech world, as in just about any other sphere, there are certain myths, campfire stories and old wives’ tales that get passed down and repeated until they transform themselves into indestructible kernels of well-worn wisdom. You know the type of “facts” I’m talking about: You can’t quite remember the source, but you “heard [...]

September 1, 2012 More
Microsoft: Apple Samsung Lawsuit’s Other Big Winner

Microsoft: Apple Samsung Lawsuit’s Other Big Winner

HONG KONG/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s decisive triumph over Samsung Electronics in the most closely watched patent trial in years could open the door for Microsoft Corp to finally hop on board the mobile boom as manufacturers of Android-based smartphones and tablets weigh their legal risks. Microsoft sounded a challenge to Apple and Samsung in [...]

August 27, 2012 More
Velvin Hogan, Foreman In Apple Samsung Case, Says Jury Didn’t Want $1 Billion Verdict To Be ‘Just A Slap On The Wrist’

Velvin Hogan, Foreman In Apple Samsung Case, Says Jury Didn’t Want $1 Billion Verdict To Be ‘Just A Slap On The Wrist’

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Jurors felt Samsung Electronics Co Ltd should pay significant damages in the landmark patent trial against Apple Inc, even though they viewed Apple’s demands as too high, according to the foreman. Apple won a sweeping victory against Samsung on Friday in a federal courtroom in San Jose, California. A nine-member jury [...]

August 27, 2012 More
Apple-Samsung Patent Lawsuit: Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $1.05 Billion

Apple-Samsung Patent Lawsuit: Samsung Ordered To Pay Apple $1.05 Billion

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad. The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion in the latest skirmish of a global legal battle between the two tech giants. An [...]

August 25, 2012 More
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