Forbes | August 19, 2011
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is personally negotiating with China Mobile, the world’s largest cell phone carrier, to bring the iPhone to an increasingly tech-hungry Chinese market.'
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Jakarta Post | August 18, 2011
BlackBerry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) launched on Monday its latest generation of operating system (OS) and handsets, with RIM claiming they would offer users a better experience.
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Warsaw Business Journal | August 18, 2011
Despite its hefty price tag, Apple's tablet computer, the iPad, is making waves in Poland. It is now the most widely-used device for mobile browsing.
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The trial production of Apple Inc’s iPad 3 will begin in October, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which says Apple is already working closely with its component suppliers and manufacturing partner in Asia.
The WSJ said Apple had already completed its...
Not many would say Nokia and Apple were in the same league when it came to smartphones, but according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, data shows the Nokia N8 knocking the iPhone 4 from the top spot in terms of shelf space.
Using...
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) came out with news on rapid fire today. The company killed its webOS device business, leaving the webOS software destined for an anticlimactic end, and announced that its PC business might be separated into another company or spun off in another...
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) just dropped a bombshell — Palm and webOS are effectively dead. The company just announced that it will stop selling devices based on the webOS platform it acquired from Palm less than 16 months ago for $1.2 billion.
In addition to preliminary...
Nokia’s CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm’s decision back in February to go with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system instead.
"If I happened to be someone who...
Andy Miller is leaving Apple Inc. (AAPL) for a job in venture capital, AllThingsD reports. The mobile advertising executive came to Apple in 2010 by way of a $275 acquisition of Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising company he co-founded.
Miller is leaving Apple to become...
The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist InterDigital Inc.
According to Reuters, even heavyweight Google is still in the running to scoop...
Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011
India's Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the country's top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel for suspected violations of foreign exchange rules, a junior finance minister said on Tuesday.
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Hindustan Times | August 16, 2011 |Â Manoj Gairola & Rajesh Ahuja
The role played by some senior executives of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in the Aircel-Maxis deal has come under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI). The CBI is investigating whether...
Hindustan Times | August 18, 2011
The country's largest telecom operator Bharti airtel on Thursdau joined hands with the Formula One (F1) Group Companies to become title sponsor of the Indian leg of the race series, scheduled on October 30.
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Reuters | August 17, 2011 |Â Â Devidutta Tripathy
(Reuters) - Beetel Teletech, part of India's Bharti Enterprises that controls top mobile carrier Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS), launched a tablet computer priced at 9,999 rupees ($220) on Wednesday.
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Korea JoonAng Daily | August 16, 2011
A Korean law firm representing nearly 27,000 iPhone users on Wednesday filed a class-action suit against Apple Inc., demanding compensation for privacy violations inflicted by the smartphone’s user location tracking.
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Cisco | August 15, 2011 | Press Release
SAN JOSE, Calif., August 15, 2011 – Cisco today announced that Scandinavian mobile operator 3, a division of Hutchison 3G, is deploying Cisco® ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers to deliver 4G and Long Term Evolution (LTE)...
Cisco | August 15, 2011 | Press Release
SAN JOSE, Calif., August 15 2011 -- Cisco today announced that Kabel Deutschland (KD), Germany's largest cable operator, is deploying Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers to aggregate and distribute enhanced video, data and voice services...
Accenture | August 14, 2011 | Press Release
MELBOURNE, Australia; Aug. 15, 2011 – National E-Conveyancing Development Ltd (NECDL), the company charged with developing a national electronic system for property exchange, has signed a master agreement with Accenture to design and build a national e-conveyancing...
Accenture | August 17, 2011 | Press Release
SYDNEY, Australia; August 17, 2011 – Australia’s Department of Health and Ageing has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN)  to design and implement the country’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) system. The initiative will span all Australia-based health...
William R. Hambrecht, a director from Motorola Mobility’s board, has resigned for unspecified reasons just a day after Google announced its plans to take over the company.
The resignation is effective immediately, leaving Motorola Mobility's Board of Directors with nine members.
Reports say Hambrecht, also the...
The German Dusseldorf District Court which granted Apple an injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 across Europe has admitted it has no jurisdiction to stop sales of the tablet in countries outside Germany. The ban has thereby been lifted in all European countries except...
tw telecom | August 11, 2011 | Press Release
AUSTIN, Texas – August 11, 2011 – tw telecom, (NASDAQ: TWTC) a leading
provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and VPN solutions for
enterprises and large organizations across the U.S. and globally, today announced it has
been...
As the dust starts to settle on news of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility on Monday, the question now being asked is whether the deal will pass muster with regulators and be allowed to pass.
On the one hand, Google has said it...
