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Motorola Switcharoo: Taking Apple to Court for Patent Infringement
Motorola is yet again in the news. The company has sued Apple for patent law infringements. Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility, expressed the company’s dismay over failed negotiations for licensing with Apple in the official statement. Motorola has filed complaints in district courts of Illinois and Florida and also ...
Verizon to Upgrade to 4G Network Soon
Verizon is launching 4G in a bunch of cities. This network upgrading and expansion plan was announced by the company president, Lowell McAdam, at a trade show today. The network will use Long-Term Evolution technology (LTE), stretching across 38 markets right out the gate. That’s a tad higher than what Verizon was planning for, putting ...
Motorola Tapping Niche Markets with New Product Line
Motorola has launched 7 new android phones in a press event in San Francisco. The new handsets are targeting particular niche markets. This starts a new trend for manufacturing not only task- specific devices, but also making devices marketed to one demographic or another. Here is a quick breifing on the features of the phones ...
Motorola to Spinoff Handset Manufacturing by 1st Quarter 2010
Motorola is spinning off its handset manufacturing, and this move might come in earlier than expected. This news was revealed by a top executive in an interview. W e can expect the spin-off in the first quarter of next year. It was reported in Business Week : Motorola has said in the past it would ...
iPhone Apps can Lead to Privacy Concerns as Well
Concerns about information security and privacy are a natural aftermath in the digital era of mobile and maximized connectivity. The latest raised red flag for privacy issues concerns iPhone Apps. A study conducted by Bucknell University reveals several possible security glitches that you might find in some iPhone Apps. Here’s how it works: several applications ...
Google TV Hype Grows on Eve of Logitech Launch
Google TV made huge waves when it was first announced in mid-May this year. This project has now matured and Google TV partners will be releasing their products this month. First in the race is Logitech, which will unveil their Google TV product this week during a press event. However, other contenders are not far ...
Samsung to Discontinue Symbian Developer Support; Not a Good Start for the Nokia Corporate Re-vamp
Samsung has announced today that the company would no longer support the development of Nokia’s Symbian platform. The announcement was made in a letter via Samsung mobile innovator forum. The brief announcement gave the rollback schedule, pointing towards the complete shutdown for Symbian support till the end of this year. Symbian Platform was launched in ...
Tango Launch Brings Video Calls to iPhone and Android Phones
A decade ago video phone calls were just one of the gizmo wow factors from science fiction movies. But then Skype came along and video conferencing became so common that it was being used for regular social calls across the globe. Now the video call feature is coming to your phones. This technology is pushed ...
Investors Regaining Interest in CleanTech Ventures
The future for Clean Tech companies is looking bleak as they are finding it more difficult to find investors. Multiple sources report a decline in funding money for GreenTechnology initiatives. The news of closing of CrossLink Capital Fund of $200 million (for energy and information technology sector), however, brings a streak of hope to the ...
Insights from Facebook COO on the Company’s Future, as it Soars Past Yahoo for Video Views
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, spoke about the future plans of the company at a Huffington Post event in New York, shedding some light on topics we’ve all been wondering about. In the interview, she discussed the various issues surrounding Facebook, including privacy, strategy for mobile devices, recent donations by the company and ...