Walmart may be kicking off an iPhone price war. The retailer is getting ready to offer deep discounts on the 5s and the 5c. Starting on Friday the 13th, the …
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Instagram wants to become an instant messaging service, and it hopes that videos and photos will become a key part of mobile messaging. Today the Facebook subsidiary introduced Instagram Direct, …
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Becoming part of Microsoft apparently will not stop Nokia from creating an Android smartphone. Codenamed Normandy, perhaps to symbolize a turning point, Nokia’s Android smartphone is reportedly slated for release …
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bill called the Innovation Act by an overwhelming majority. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, would force patent holders to detail …
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AT&T launches mHealth device Carriers often think of the M2M market in terms of network traffic, but AT&T is taking a different approach with its EverThere mobile device for seniors …
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Apple and China Mobile may finally have a deal to offer the iPhone to the carrier’s 700 million-plus subscribers, but most of those people are unlikely to be able to …
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Amazon says that its own Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX 7 were the best sellers on its website during the weekend that included Black Friday and Cyber Monday. …
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Motorola’s website suffered a meltdown on “Cyber Monday” as demand for the device maker’s Moto X smartphone outstripped the capabilities of its host. Motorola had planned on offering up unlocked …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been on the job for almost a month now, and he is making good on his promise to focus on the software side of the …
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Now that mobile device users are becoming accustomed to ubiquitous Wi-Fi connectivity, the next step may be wireless charging stations. An Israeli startup called Wi-Charge is creating a wireless charging …
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Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility are both offering high-end smartphones for free with two-year contracts. The deals are in place for Cyber Monday but may last longer. Threatened by competitors …
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Tablets are set to outsell both PCs and notebooks next year. Market research firm Canalys is predicting that 285 million tablets will ship next year, more than the 192 million …
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Verizon breaks new ground, ZTE enters the smartwatch race, and HTC goes for the gold (again.) Verizon breaks new ground Verizon’s Ellipsis tablet represents several “firsts” for the mobile device …
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Apple is getting another slice of the $1.05 billion that a jury awarded it last year in its patent trial against Samsung. Judge Lucy Koh cut that amount to $600 …
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Google and Apple are investing in RF technology to support multiple carrier bands on one device, meaning that users will be able to take their smartphones and tablets from one …
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Apple has reportedly purchased Israel’s PrimeSense for $345 million, a move which would give Appe access to the company’s tiny 3D sensors that can be embedded in mobile devices. PrimeSense …
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to crowdsource information about how mobile devices and technologies are performing on wireless networks around the country. The agency has released a speed test app …
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The first smartphone to be made in America has not set any sales so far, and Google’s Motorola is hoping that will change as the Moto X rolls out to …
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Motorola has officially launched its Moto G smartphone, with the goal of bringing high-end Android devices to new segments of the global market. The Moto G is not an LTE …
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Motorola is set to launch a new smartphone tomorrow. The Moto G is expected to be a lower-priced companion to the Moto X, which has failed to gain much traction …
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Apple may finally be caving in to pressure from competing smartphones with larger screens … or perhaps curving in is the more appropriate phrase here. Bloomberg reports that curved glass …
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4K video is the next evolution of digital video, and it’s the first flavor of ultra-HD video to hit the market. It offers 2160 by 3840 pixel resolution, or 8 …
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BlackBerry canceled its plan to go private and instead will carry on with a new CEO, John Chen, former CEO of Sybase. Chen says he wants BlackBerry to focus on …
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Quality One Wireless has completed its acquisition of the assets of wireless device distributor PCD, saying the purchase price was north of $125 million. Quality One Wireless had previously submitted …
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Incoming BlackBerry CEO John Chen says the company is not really in the smartphone business. “We’re not really in phones, but we’re in phones for software, for services,” Chen told …
