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Samsung announces 5G data breakthrough

Samsung Electronics Co. logo is seen at a showroom of its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest technology company by revenue, expects record earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 as shoppers continued to snap up its smartphones and tablets. The company said Tuesday its operating profit for the October-December quarter would be about 8.8 trillion won ($8.3 billion), up 89 percent from a year earlier and higher than expectations. It will release its full quarterly result including net profit at the end of this month. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.

Posted: May 13th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

BlackBerry says report of high return rate ‘false’

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

Smartphone maker BlackBerry on Friday slammed as “false and misleading” a brokerage research note which claimed consumers were returning the new Z10 handsets at a high rate.

Posted: April 12th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Nokia launches cheaper Windows-based phones

A man holds the new Nokia Lumia 720 at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013.  AP PHOTO/MANU FERNANDEZ

Nokia, once the leader of the mobile phone world, unveiled Monday two new Windows Phone-based Lumia smartphones aimed at the cheaper end of the market.

Posted: February 26th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Firefox smartphone system challenges Android, iOS

Mozilla's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gary Kovacs gives a press conference to present the new Firefox OS mobile operating system in Barcelona on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, a day before the start of the 2013 Mobile World Congress.  AFP/JOSEP LAGO

Mozilla Foundation announced Sunday it will launch in mid-2013 its widely anticipated Firefox operating system for smartphones in a direct challenge to the duopoly of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.

Posted: February 25th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Globe Telecom shifting to new IT system in March

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Globe Telecom postpaid users may experience difficulty in subscribing to various promotions for voice calls, short-messaging service (SMS) and mobile Internet for three days next month as the company launches its new $90-million computer system.

Posted: February 21st, 2013 in Gadgets,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 »

Microsoft wins latest round in Motorola patent case

Microsoft is criticizing Google as a lousy holiday shopping guide in its latest attempt to divert more traffic to its Bing search engine.

A federal judge on Thursday tossed out more than a dozen patent infringement claims filed against Microsoft by Google-owned Motorola Mobility.

Posted: February 8th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Apple sells 25 billionth song at iTunes store

The number of digital songs downloaded from its iTunes Store has topped 25 billion, Apple announced on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.  JOHN D. MCHUGH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Apple on Wednesday announced that the number of digital songs downloaded from its iTunes Store has topped 25 billion.

Posted: February 7th, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Apple, Android have smartphone ‘duopoly’—survey

Google’s new 10-inch Android-powered tablet Nexus 10 (left) and iPhone Apple iPhone 4S. Android and Apple smartphones captured a whopping 92 percent of global sales in the fourth quarter, giving the two systems an effective duopoly, a research firm said Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.  AP PHOTOS

Android and Apple smartphones captured a whopping 92 percent of global sales in the fourth quarter, giving the two systems an effective duopoly, a research firm said Monday.

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

Intel unveils smartphone push in emerging markets

Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of Intel’s PC Client Group, shows off the new Ultrabook, left, next to an average 3-year-old laptop, at Intel's media briefing prior to opening of Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in Las Vegas. Intel said Monday it would step up efforts to make chips for smartphones and other mobile devices by targeting emerging markets and the rapidly growing "value" segment.  AP PHOTO/INTEL, BOB RIHA JR.

LAS VEGAS—Intel said Monday it would step up efforts to make chips for smartphones and other mobile devices by targeting emerging markets and the rapidly growing “value” segment.   Intel unveiled its plans at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s biggest tech sector event, highlighting its efforts to get a bigger share of the sizzling [...]

Posted: January 8th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Post-smartphone era coming, CES told

A man shows the smartphone photo sharing application Instagram on an Iphone on April 10, 2012 in Paris, one day after Facebook announced a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind Instagram. The free mini-program lets people give classic looks to square photos using "filters" and then share them at Twitter, Facebook or other social networks. AFP FILE PHOTO/THOMAS COEX

The era of the smartphone is rapidly becoming a post-smartphone era, a key tech industry analyst said Sunday ahead of the opening of the world’s biggest technology show.

Posted: January 7th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Taiwan’s HTC unveils new rival to iPhone 5

Models are photographed with the new HTC J Butterfly smartphone, featuring a 5-inch Super LCD 3 display with 1920x1080 resolution, at a launch party in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.  AP/WALLY SANTANA

Taiwan’s HTC on Tuesday unveiled a new smartphone boasting a higher resolution display that Apple’s iPhone 5 just days before its rival’s latest handset goes on sale on the island.

Posted: December 11th, 2012 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Motorola closing operations in South Korea

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Motorola Mobility on Monday confirmed that it is shutting down most of its operations in South Korea as part of a move to consolidate research after being bought by Google this year.

Posted: December 11th, 2012 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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