Not only is Apple Inc. falling short on iPad shipments due to hyped up demand decimating its supply, but it has now surfaced that the firm is having trouble getting hold of enough 9.7 inch touchscreens from its Asian suppliers.
Business news outlet, Bloomberg, quotes...
It's election season on campus here at UC Santa Barbara and involved students are running around being grotesquely genial to everyone within their blast zone.
Some are asking for votes directed their way, but others are pleading with people to vote for anyone, anyone...
If one were the cynical kind, one might think believe that all these recent leaks about upcoming operating systems, architectures and new smartphones was all an elaborate ploy by phone makers to make consumers hold off just a couple more months to buy their...
One would expect Steve Jobs to have more important matters to attend to, like locking up the employee who lost the next gen iPhone in a dark dungeon somewhere, but instead, the big Apple boss has recently been finding a lot of spare time...
In any innovation competition, a cash prize is a sure incentive. And word on the Korean street is that local telco giant, KT telecom, is not only offering 130 million won (about $116,000), but also gadgets and gizmos like the IMac, iPhone and iPad...
The Internet was all aflutter this morning with news tech hardware site, Gizmodo, had managed to pick up a next-gen iPhone, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS, but neglectfully left sitting all on its lonesome at a bar in Redwood City, California.Was it...
Communication is a basic human right, right? After all, it is through communication that we control our existence, make friends and build relationships. The mobile and internet industry are dedicated to making this right even more effortless to exercise. With every new handset or...
Computer maker Lenovo has had to eat some humble pie, with the firm's president admitting mobile Internet products would likely make up a significant 10%-20% of revenues within five years, despite the company originally dumping its mobile unit back in 2008. Speaking at a...
The best things in life are free, and the same can be said for web-services and user generated content and data.Google was first to tap into the benefits of “free” when it created a clear formula for its online offerings, giving away services, in...
The best things in life are free, and the same can be said for web-services and user generated content and data.Google was first to tap into the benefits of “free” when it created a clear formula for its online offerings, giving away services, in...
The Internet has proved to be a rather leaky sieve this morning, with leaked pictures and reviews not only of the rumored iPhone 4G, but also of documents detailing Windows Phone 7's underlying architecture.Posted on WMPoweruser, the document details some rather juicy information, which...
Anyone who has ever been in a long-distance relationship knows its difficulties. Even with all the phone conversations, video-chats and e-mails, one still hears a common refrain: "I wish I could be there with you."The inability to physically touch one's partner is regularly cited...
Google may believe it's making money hand over fist from mobile advertising, but numbers from market research outfit and e-commerce specialist, ATG, beg to differ, saying people aren't yet using mobile phones for either researching or buying products.Polling 1,054 people, ATG asked whether mobile...
With all the tablets being announced, rumored and wished for of late, one would be forgiven for thinking we've entered a new biblical age – and Dell is the latest firm coming down the mountain.Engadget has managed to get its hands on a couple...
It would appear that competition between telcos and cable companies is hotting up, with both industries trying to woo over customers with Wi-Fi. And indeed, wi not, because who doesn’t love Wi-Fi access?The latest lucky masses to get a bit of a Wi-Fi boost...
In Google’s first quarter earnings call today, Jeff Huber, Google’s senior vice president of engineering discussed a number of mobile specific tools his firm had rolled out over the past quarter.“We believe in open platforms and encourage everyone else to push innovation too,” he...
One of the highlights of Google's first quarter earnings call today was the revelation about the amazing growth Android has seen over the past few months.Jeff Huber, Google's senior vice president of engineering said Android was now powering no less than 34 devices, from...
Mobile advertising is “doing very well” for Google, according to the firm’s vice president of product management, Susan Wojcicki, speaking on the company’s earnings call Thursday about the search giant’s efforts in the ad space. Wojcicki touched on several key areas of Google’s ad...
Mobile TV content got another boost this week as 12 major broadcast groups announced they'd be teaming up to form a national service for beaming programs to mobile devices live and on-demand, as well as content from print and electronic sources.The group - consisting...
Having the whole family crowd around one screen in the living room is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, as a plethora of options have begun to pop up around the average home, be they PCs, TVs, handheld consoles, smartphones or tablets. But...
Computer maker, Toshiba, has confirmed it will be bringing out tablets of its own to try and capture some of Apple’s market share pie.Feeling confident after seeing sales skyrocket by 50% in the first quarter, Toshiba said it was preparing to launch various different...
RCR Unplugged recently told readers of Intel Corp.'s efforts to port Google Inc.'s Android operating system to its Atom chip, in the hope that the ever-popular Google operating system might add some oomph to the chip firm's foray into the mobile and smartphone space.But...
It was early in the morning and the hordes of people were already pushing and shoving, twitching and elbowing, preparing themselves for the instant the shop would open and they could finally, FINALLY, get their impatient hands on an iPhone.While this scene should have...
Android development is certainly moving at break-neck speed, but even as Google released new statistics on the version breakdown for the mobile operating system, concerns over platform fragmentation continued to surface.With at least four different flavors of Android on the market, it's not hard...
