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Apple sells $17 billion in bonds in record deal

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Apple Inc. sold $17 billion in bonds Tuesday in a record deal spurred by the company’s plan to placate its frustrated shareholders.

Posted: May 2nd, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Smartphones overtake ‘dumb’ phones worldwide

This is a Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 file photo of Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, as he introduces its newest smartphone, the Lumia 920, equipped with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 in New York. Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market from rivals Samsung and Apple with sales for the handset maker falling by a quarter in the first quarter. Although the Finland-based company managed to reduce its first-quarter net loss to euro272 million ($357 million) from a loss of euro928 million a year earlier, mainly thanks to cost cutting, net revenue dropped by 25 percent to euro5.8 billion . Nokia's share price plunged 10 percent to 2.39 euros in Helsinki, following the announcement Thursday April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Research firm IDC said more smartphones than “dumb” phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that’s putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide.

Posted: April 28th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Germany quashes Apple’s patent on unlocking iPhones

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Germany’s patent court invalidated Friday a patent held by Apple — and contested by rivals Motorola and Samsung — on its “slide to unlock” function for smartphones, but the ruling can still be appealed.

Posted: April 5th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

New iPhone set for production—report

Instagram is demonstrated on an iPhone Monday, April 9, 2012, in New York. Since Verizon Wireless broke AT&T's exclusive grip on the iPhone last year, several other phone carriers now offer Apple's popular smartphone. On Monday, T-Mobile said it will make a stronger bid for used iPhones from AT&T as Apple prepares to launch a new version. AP FILE PHOTO

Apple is planning to begin production of a new iPhone similar in size and shape to its latest version in the second quarter of the year, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Posted: April 3rd, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Time is ripe for smartwatches, analysts say

A hostess shows a smartwatch by Sony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Analysts say 2013 may be the year for the smartwatch because "the components have gotten small enough and cheap enough" and a large number of consumers now have smartphones that can connect to a wearable device. AFP

Amid much speculation on the future of the “smartwatch,” the consensus is growing: the time is right.

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

China orders stepped-up scrutiny on Apple

Chinese employees pose for photographers at the newly opened Apple Store at the MixC mall in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Apple Computer currently has eight stores in mainland China. AP Photo

Apple is to face “strengthened supervision” from China’s consumer watchdogs, state media reported Friday, as the US computer giant is hit by a barrage of negative publicity in the country.

Posted: March 29th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple in court in China over ‘Siri’ claim

Tim Cook. AFP FILE PHOTO

Apple appeared in a Shanghai court on Wednesday, accused by a Chinese firm of copying software used for the “Siri” personal assistant on its hugely popular iPhones.

Posted: March 27th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

New smartphone platforms to challenge to Android, iOS eye inroads in hot market

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A handful of new smartphone platforms are expected to become available this year, challenging the stranglehold of the two market leaders, Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.

Posted: March 24th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

BlackBerry CEO says iPhone is outdated

In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is displayed in New York. Apple's iPhone is outdated, according to Research In Motion Ltd. chief executive Thorsten Heins. Heins made the comment Thursday, March 21, 2013, on the eve of the much-delayed launch of the new touchscreen BlackBerry in the United States. AT&T begins selling the Z10 on Friday, more than six weeks after RIM launched the devices elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Apple’s iPhone is outdated, according to the chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd.

Posted: March 22nd, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

UP fitness wristbands get in stride with Android gadgets

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UP fitness wristbands got in stride with Android late Tuesday, keeping in step with the popularity of smartphones powered by the free Google software.

Posted: March 20th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

BlackBerry boss has swipe at Apple as Z10 hits stores

The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is displayed, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in New York. BlackBerry is promising a speedy browser, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities separate on the same phone, the fruit of a crucial, long-overdue makeover for the Canadian company. AP FLE PHOTO

The head of BlackBerry has taken a swipe at Apple, saying in an interview the iPhone’s operating system was outdated, while promising thousands of new apps as it prepares to launch its new Z10 handset.

Posted: March 19th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Half of $1B Apple awarded from Samsung invalidated

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III, right, and Apple's iPhone 4S are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. South Korea's Samsung won a home court ruling in its global smartphone battle against Apple on Friday when Seoul judges said the company didn't copy the look and feel of the U.S. company's iPhone, and that Apple infringed on Samsung's wireless technology. However, in a split decision on patents, the panel also said Samsung violated Apple technology behind the bounce-back feature when scrolling on touch screens, and ordered both sides to pay limited damages. AP/Ahn Young-joon

A U.S. judge is erasing nearly half of the $1 billion in damages that a jury decided Samsung Electronics should pay Apple in a high-profile trial over the smartphone and tablet computer patents.

Posted: March 2nd, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Android and Apple extend smartphone dominance

Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S III, right, and Apple’s iPhone 4S are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. AP FLILE PHOTO

Android-powered smartphones and Apple’s rival iPhone have extended their near duopoly with a whopping 91 percent of the global market in the fourth quarter, a survey showed Thursday.

Posted: February 15th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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