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Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

By Marc Ferranti | 25 May, 2012 22:22

Tags: Investments, business issues, Morgan Stanley, Facebook, workday, Eloqua, palo alto networks, sap, Ariba

Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

Tags: Telecommunication, smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile, iPhone, iOS, Hack In The Box, Exploits / vulnerabilities, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

Tags: Windows 8, Windows, steve ballmer, software, sharp, operating systems, Microsoft, MIchael Dell

Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

Tags: Hack In The Box, iOS, Mobile OSes, mobile, applications, Telecommunication, iPhone, smartphones, consumer electronics, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple

Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

By Jay Alabaster | 24 May, 2012 10:15

Tags: consumer electronics, Components, business issues, sharp, sony

Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 05:35

Tags: antitrust, e-commerce, Internet-based applications and services, internet, legal, Department of Justice, Apple

Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01

Tags: mobile applications, mobile, search engines, internet, browsers, applications, software, Yahoo

BlackBerry 7 smartphones approved for DOD use

Research in Motion's BlackBerry 7 smartphones have been approved for use by Department of Defense operations, the company announced.

By Matt Hamblen | 11 May, 2012 05:58

Tags: U.S. Army, smartphones, security, rim, Mobile and Wireless, consumer electronics

China's UCWeb partners with Evernote to bring note-taking feature to mobile browser

The company behind one of China's largest mobile Internet browsers, UCWeb, will incorporate note-taking features from Evernote into its product, as part of a partnership to help the companies expand globally.

By Michael Kan | 10 May, 2012 19:40

Tags: UCWeb, mobile applications, mobile, Evernote

Evernote launches China-based service to tap country's market

Evernote launched a Chinese version of its popular note-taking service on Thursday, marking the U.S. company's entrance into a key country, which has already become its third largest market, behind the U.S. and Japan.

By Michael Kan | 10 May, 2012 15:17

Tags: mobile applications, mobile, Evernote

Flipboard China downloads expected to soon surpass U.S. downloads

Flipboard expects the daily number of downloads coming from China for its popular personalized news reading app will very soon surpass its U.S. downloads, following the company's entrance into the Chinese market last December.

By Michael Kan | 10 May, 2012 01:34

Tags: Telecommunication, Mobile OSes, mobile applications, mobile, iOS, internet, Flipboard, applications, Android OS

BlackBerry 10 OS will have multi-layered security model

RIM's upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system is intended to be as secure, if not more so, than the OS running on RIM's current crop of BlackBerry devices. Mobile security could become a major selling point for the new platform, for enterprises, carriers and end users alike.

By John Cox | 09 May, 2012 08:53

Tags: wireless, security, rim, QNX, networking, BlackBerry security, blackberry10 security, BlackBerry 10, blackberry10

RIM names new COO, CMO

Research in Motion (RIM) on Tuesday appointed a new chief operating officer (COO) and chief marketing officer (CMO) as RIM prepares to launch BlackBerry 10 smartphones later this year in hopes of reversing a decline in its global smartphone share.

By Matt Hamblen | 09 May, 2012 03:46

Tags: sony, smartphones, rim, Management and Careers, LightSquared, Ericsson, consumer electronics

Nokia shipping 41-megapixel camera phone in May, hints at more to come

Nokia will start shipping the PureView 808 in May and has extended its deal with Carl Zeiss, which will result in further advancements in smartphone imaging in the coming months and years, the company said on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 May, 2012 22:48

Tags: consumer electronics, mobile, Mobile OSes, Nokia, smartphones, Windows Phone

Casio releases app that can encode and send data using colors

Japan's Casio has released an experimental app for the iPhone and iPad that encodes and sends data using colors.

By Jay Alabaster | 28 April, 2012 01:32

Tags: Casio, mobile, mobile applications, popular science

First BlackBerry 10 smartphone to launch in October, reports say

Reports indicate that the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone will be announced by mid-August and will be launched in October, somewhat earlier than expected.

By Matt Hamblen | 27 April, 2012 01:39

Tags: consumer electronics, hardware, hardware systems, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile OSes, rim, smartphones

Nokia, HTC score victory against IPCom as patent is deemed invalid

The European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich has revoked a patent belonging to IPCom, but the impact of the decision is in dispute.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 April, 2012 01:26

Tags: consumer electronics, htc, intellectual property, IPCom, legal, Nokia, patent, smartphones

Nokia reports loss in face of stiff competition

Nokia reported a sales drop and a loss during the first quarter, as it struggles to sell cheap phones as well as Symbian-based smartphones, and Windows Phone sales remain small.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 19 April, 2012 21:13

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

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