Venturebeat
Apr. 26 2010
The Korea Herald, an English-language newspaper based in South Korea, quotes an unnamed Samsung executive: “We are considering Google TVs. We are examining the business feasibility.”
The television sets would run on Google’s Android operating system, already used on the company’s Nexus One and Motorola Droid phones, among other devices.
Rumors surfaced last month that [...]
04/14/2010
New York Times
Apple is tightening its already firm grip on what software can run on the iPhone and its other mobile devices, as shown by its recent changes to the rules that outside programmers must follow.
The company is locked in a battle with other cellphone makers, particularly those using Google’s Android operating system, for [...]
04/13/2010
Techday
Google has officially confirmed that it is working on a tablet computer that will likely rival Apple’s iPad.
The New York Times reported that Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently announced that the tablet will run on Google’s Android platform. Many speculated that the tablet would run on Google’s Chrome OS in order to make it [...]
04/07/2010
Wall Street Journal – San Francisco Bureau
A federal judge in San Diego found that six attorneys who represented Qualcomm Inc. in a high-profile case against Broadcom Corp. should not face sanctions for mishandling evidence, but sharply criticized Qualcomm employees for withholding information from the lawyers.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Major, ending an evidence-handling flap that [...]
04/05/2010
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Corp. plans to introduce a new line of mobile phones next Monday. according to people familiar with the matter.
The new devices, based on a Microsoft development project code-named “Pink,” are expected to emphasize social-networking services targeted at young consumers, and will be offered through a partnership with Verizon Wireless, the carrier [...]
04/05/2010
Fast Company – Online
The iPad has landed, rocketing its gleaming metal tech down on the dusty computing world to set up a new Tranquility Tablet base. But report after report notes iPad is anything but “tranquil”–it’s blazingly fast. Why? It kinda had to be.
Before Joe Public got his mitts on Apple’s wondertablet this weekend, [...]
04/02/2010
Network World
From net neutrality to developing its own mobile phone and OS to creating a high-speed broadband network, Google hasn’t been shy about throwing its weight around.
Brad Reed
April 1, 2010 (Network World) Google says it doesn’t want to be your Internet service provider; rather, it wants to make your ISP behave in a more Google-friendly [...]
03/24/2010
Forbes – Online
LG Electronics is taking another stab at popularizing its netbooks in the U.S.
Though the Korean electronics giant is best known for its cellphones, flat-screen televisions and household appliances, it also makes computers. Last year, LG entered the U.S. netbook market through a trial partnership with AT&T, but the alliance ended after a [...]
03/11/2010
CNET.com
The global smartphone market is still RIM’s to lose, with Apple in the pole position to profit from its mistakes. But new ComScore data on the U.S. smartphone market suggest that both should be worried by what they see in their rear-view mirrors:
While Android still claims only 7.1 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, [...]
03/10/2010
Yahoo! News
The launch of Apple’s iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said Wednesday, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will be launched globally.
The coming swarm of tablets has even prompted Arm, Intel’s main rival in the mobile microprocessor business, to rent more space at [...]
