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Bits and Bytes: eAgency offers safety tools; American Tower launches in Chile; and more

eAgency Mobile Solutions announced the availability of Application and Browser blocking, which is a new feature of its My Mobile Watchdog child safety device. The blocking service is a free and automatic enhancement for new and existing customers and allows parents to control...

Apple sells a lot of iPhone 4s, AT&T Mobility braces for impact

Driven by an insatiable consumer demand for anything “i” related, and apparently overlooking some slight design flaws, Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it managed to sell more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 devices through its first three days of availability, becoming the “most successful product...

Friday mobile shortbread: Headlines in brief

We bring you the roundup of all the important news before the weekend begins

Capital Markets: Qualcomm invests in Anteryon; TI updates outlook; and more

Qualcomm Ventures Europe made a strategic investment in Anteryon, which makes wafer-based miniature optical modules for mobile phone cameras and laser projection. BNP Paribas Private Equity, Biggell Finance and Quest for Growth also participated in the round. Anteryon said it will use the funding...

ARM Chips Have Legs

The growing surge of mobile devices, as evidenced by the myriad display of smart phones and tablets at Computex 2010, combined with near-glacial pace of battery technology almost ensure ARM chips, with their battery sipping ways, continue to play starring roles in dedicated mobile devices.

Samsung’s newest projector phone, the Beam

Our intrepid reporter, Carolyn Green, heads down to the gadget district in Daegu, Korea to check out Samsung’s latest local offering, the 3.3-inch AMOLED Beam SPH-W9600.

Samsung's newest projector phone, the Beam

Our intrepid reporter, Carolyn Green, heads down to the gadget district in Daegu, Korea to check out Samsung’s latest local offering, the 3.3-inch AMOLED Beam SPH-W9600.

Google’s WebM initiative for open video

Google has just launched a new video codec initiative and “web media project” by the name of WebM, purportedly with the goal of providing the unwashed masses with a free and open video format on par with leading commercial choices.

Google's WebM initiative for open video

Google has just launched a new video codec initiative and “web media project” by the name of WebM, purportedly with the goal of providing the unwashed masses with a free and open video format on par with leading commercial choices.

Texas Instruments tells engineers to smash tech

ESC is not exactly known as a thrilling technology conference, but Texas Instruments (TI) was certainly doing its bit to liven things up, showing off its new video series, entitled "Smash IT" at its booth.

Texas Instruments tells engineers to smash tech

ESC, the embedded systems conference, is not exactly known as a thrilling technology show, but Texas Instruments (TI) was certainly doing its bit to liven things up, showing off its new video series, entitled "Smash IT" at its booth. The Smash IT video series...

TI unveils integrated chipset sans cellular radio

You know the mobile device chipset market has matured when a big player in the space, Texas Instruments Inc., unveils a new product targeting smartphones that includes every conceivable radio access technology except one for a cellular network.TI’s new WiLink 7.0 offering integrates 802.11n...

Video Interview: Arnon Friedman, Marketing Director, Texas Instruments Infrastructure, Part 2

Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Arnon Friedman, Marketing Director, Texas Instruments Infrastructure

Video Interview: Arnon Friedman, Marketing Director, Texas Instruments Infrastructure, Part 1

Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Arnon Friedman, Marketing Director, Texas Instruments Infrastructure

@MWC: Nokia and Qualcomm snuggling up in U.S.

Since the settlement last year that ended the industry's highest-profile cross-licensing battle, Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. have been expected to cozy up. Now it's official. Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, and Qualcomm, the world's leading wireless chip maker, will work together on...

Texas Instruments cuts 3,400 jobs: Chip maker girds for long-term recession

Texas Instruments, Inc. yesterday posted a 30% year-on-year drop in revenue and a 95% drop in operating profit. About one-quarter of T.I.'s revenue in the fourth quarter was derived from wireless work. As a result, the company announced it would cut 12% of its...

Smartphones a bright spot for chips: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G help in down year

No one can miss the dark clouds streaming overhead, but analysts say that without the expected growth in smartphone sales, those clouds might blot out the sun altogether. Handset sales, of course, drive chip sales, and most analysts have been revising their forecasts downward...

T.I. to shed merchant basebands: Competition, cost-cutting play a role in changes

Texas Instruments Inc. said last week that it will sell or shutdown its merchant baseband chip business, and focus on application processors and multimedia for smartphones. The news appeared to be driven by a slowdown in orders, increasing competition in the merchant baseband sector...

3D user interface gets prime placement during TI keynote: Futuremark shows off latest UI efforts

BOSTON - Futuremark Corp. is hoping to topple the bar set by Apple Inc.'s iPhone by taking the mobile user interface into the third dimension. The software company announced a new graphics software engine, dubbed Kanzi, that it said will allow handset makers to...

TI to shed cellular baseband business: Chip maker to refocus on processors for smartphones

Texas Instruments Inc. reported weak revenue and profit in the third quarter on a slowdown in orders - as it forecasted last quarter, the company said - and said it would sell off part of its wireless business.TI's stock sank more than 5% in...

Investors high on Qualcomm despite tepid outlook: Qcom-Nokia deal a boost, but chip sector bodes ill for handsets

Nearly lost in the generally positive hubbub over an agreement between Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp., was the former's actual earnings in fiscal third quarter and outlook for the rest of the year.Tepid guidance from Qualcomm, on the heels of a disappointing outlook from...

LiMo absorbs a Linux camp

Suddenly, it's all about consolidating handset platforms. Today, LiPS said it would jump on the LiMo. Earlier this week, Nokia Corp. said it would buy out its partners in Symbian Ltd. in order to drive innovation and consolidation of that handset platform. The drivers...

Nokia to acquire Symbian in $411M deal: Firm looks to counter Linux, Microsoft, others

Nokia Corp. will acquire total ownership of Symbian Ltd., buying out current partners in a deal valued at about $411 million, the company said today.Nokia said it would combine its own S60 platform with the Symbian platform and provide the results - a single...

Qualcomm brightens outlook, T.I. narrows view

Qualcomm Inc. said that it expected revenue in its current quarter, on a pro forma basis, would be just above the high-end of its prior guidance of about $2.5 billion to $2.7 billion. Meanwhile, Texas Instruments Inc. narrowed its range for the quarter's revenue...