Stories by Mikael Ricknäs

Apple and Google disagree over licensing of essential patents

Google is at odds with Apple, Microsoft and Cisco over the licensing and litigation of patents. While Google wants to make the most of patents it will receive if its acquisition of Motorola is approved, the others want to change the way so-called essential patents are licensed.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 February, 2012 04:45

Tags: Telecommunication, tablets, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, patent, Motorola Mobility, Motorola, Mobile OSes, mobile, legal, iPhone, iPad, iOS, intellectual property, hardware systems, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

Samsung wins against Apple, Galaxy Tab 10.1N still on sale

The changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough to no longer infringe on Apple's intellectual property rights, a judge at the district court in Düsseldorf, Germany, decided on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 February, 2012 22:49

Tags: Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, Apple

Vodafone's revenue drops as European struggles continue

Vodafone reported a 2.3 percent drop in revenue for the last three months of 2011, as economic conditions, particularly across southern Europe, continue to be weak.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 February, 2012 22:47

Tags: Vodafone Group, Telecommunication, financial results, Carriers, business issues

Nokia will lay off 4000 and move more manufacturing to Asia

Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2012 21:23

Tags: Windows Phone, Nokia, Mobile OSes, mobile, layoffs, business issues

Red Hat launches storage appliance for Amazon's cloud

Red Hat has announced the Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS), which can take advantage of Amazon's cloud while at the same time offering excellent performance, the company said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2012 01:24

Tags: Storage servers, storage, Software as a service, Red Hat, internet, Infrastructure services, cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, amazon.com

Amazon Web Services lowers price of storage in its cloud

Amazon Web Services has cut the cost of storing data using its Simple Storage Service (S3) -- saving users with 50 TB stored on the service around 12 percent on their monthly bill, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 February, 2012 22:19

Tags: internet, Infrastructure services, cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, amazon.com

Samsung scores win in German patent battle with Apple over its tablets

Samsung Electronics is allowed to continue to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, after a regional court in Munich rejected an Apple motion to block sales of the product due to a patent violation, a spokesman at the court said.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 03 February, 2012 01:41

Tags: tablets, Samsung Electronics, hardware systems, Apple, Android tablets

Google Docs for Android gets offline access

Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets, Googlesaid in a blog post on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 February, 2012 22:16

Tags: tablets, smartphones, mobile applications, mobile, hardware systems, Google, consumer electronics, Android tablets, Android OS, Android

Scattered Genesys needs to regroup after Alcatel-Lucent split, says analyst

Alcatel-Lucent has closed the sale of its customer-service software and contact-center business Genesys, which now needs to regroup and start working on improving areas such as analytics, Gartner analyst Steve Blood said.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 February, 2012 02:39

Tags: VoIP, telephony, Telecommunication, Technology Crossover Ventures, Permira Funds, mergers and acquisitions, interactive intelligence, genesys, business issues, alcatel-lucent

Prison sentences in Pirate Bay trial made final as Supreme Court refuses hearing

The Swedish Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from the founders of The Pirate Bay against prison sentences and fines imposed by the Swedish Court of Appeals, the court said on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2012 22:38

Tags: pirate bay, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Criminal

Zultys adds Android client for its IP PBX

Zultys has upgraded the software in its MX family of IP PBXs and added a Mobile Communicator client for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 31 January, 2012 23:55

Tags: Zultys, VoIP, Telecommunication, smartphones, mobile applications, mobile, consumer electronics, Android OS, Android

Samsung still not allowed to sell original Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany

Samsung Electronics is still not allowed to sell the original version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany after it lost an appeal at the higher regional court in Düsseldorf, a spokesman at the court said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 31 January, 2012 21:31

Tags: Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, intellectual property, Apple

McAfee Mobile 2.0 moves beyond virus protection

Intel-owned McAfee has released Mobile Security 2.0, which allows users of Android-based smartphones and tablets to keep better track of what applications are up to, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 31 January, 2012 00:24

Tags: smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile applications, mobile, mcafee, consumer electronics, BlackBerry OS, Blackberry, Android OS, Android

Samsung loses again in German patent suit against Apple

The district court in Mannheim, Germany, has again sided with Apple in a patent suit brought by Samsung Electronics, saying on Friday that the company had not infringed on a second patent asserted by Samsung against the iPhone and iPad.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 27 January, 2012 21:13

Tags: tablets, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, patent, legal, iPhone, iPad, intellectual property, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple, Android tablets, Android

Nokia reports loss as Windows Phone sales are off to okay start

Nokia's sales dropped and losses increased during the fourth quarter, as sales of Symbian-based smartphones suffered and Windows Phones got started.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 January, 2012 23:48

Tags: Windows Phone, smartphones, Nokia, Mobile OSes, mobile, Microsoft, financial results, consumer electronics, business issues

 
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