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Samsung Shipped More Smartphones than Apple Last Quarter
July 26, 2012Samsung's total number of smartphones shipped last quarter was nearly double that of Apple's shipped phones, quarterly reports and Juniper Research indicate. Samsung estimates they shipped some 52.1 million smartphones worldwide, while ...
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Google Paid $12.4 Billion for Motorola – Patents Only Worth $5.5 Billion
July 25, 2012Google paid quite the premium some months ago to acquire Motorola Mobility. Yesterday, Google filed a document with the SEC to outline the exact worth of Motorola Mobility and what the search ...
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iPod: Not Doing Too Hot, According to Report
July 25, 2012The iPod has long been associated with the resurrection of Apple itself; however, it now seems to be fading out of popularity, a recent quarterly report indicates. Last quarter, 6 million iPods ...
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AT&T: We Don’t Mind Lower Smartphone Sales
July 24, 2012AT&T's smartphone sales fell nearly 8% last quarter, and the company appears never to have been in a better mood. In fact, the fall in smartphone sales improved their second-quarter profits significantly, ...
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Apple Seeking $2.5 Billion Damages from Samsung
July 24, 2012Apple has been pursuing Samsung for several patent infringements in the past few weeks, and now the iPad maker has upped the ante: they now demand that Samsung fork over some $2.5 ...
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Samsung Galaxy Hits 10 Million Sold Ahead of Schedule
July 23, 2012The chief executive of Samsung predicted at the beginning of the year that the Galaxy S3 would hit over 10 million units sold by the end of July. It appears, however, that ...
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Over 100% Wireless Broadband Coverage in South Korea
July 23, 2012South Korea is the first country to go over 100% wireless coverage, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Worldwide, the OECD shows that subscriptions to wireless Internet have been ...
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Windows 8 Comes to the Public on October 26th
July 21, 2012Microsoft has long danced around the exact availability date of Windows 8, but yesterday they announced that (without further delay) it will be launched for public use on October 26th. On this ...
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IBM Has Excellent Quarter; Expectations are High for the Rest of the Year
July 20, 2012IBM's quarterly earnings not only met expectations, but exceeded them significantly. Still, the company did lose some money due to currency fluctuations that caused sales to drop in some countries. Second quarter ...
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Mobile Subscriptions Close to Outnumbering Number of People in the World
July 20, 2012A study done recently by World Bank found that 75% of the world's population has access to some sort of mobile device, whether it is a tablet or phone. Since 2010, the ...