Make or break day for RIM
Today is make or break day for Research in Motion. Either its Blackberry 10 will be a surprising hit, or the company is toast. The Blackberry maker, which once ruled the mobile world, was mismanaged to...
View ArticleStartup offers 3D printed objects with embedded NFC
A US startup is offering a rather interesting new service. Miami-based Flomio has come up with 3D printed objects with embedded NFC tags, starting at $8 per item. The outfit allows clients to use...
View ArticleVodafone warns iOS 6.1 breaks 3G on iPhone 4S
Vodafone has been sending out text messages to iPhone 4S owners warning them not to upgrade to Apple's latest iOS 6.1. Apparently the software has problems with 3G performance which were only noticed...
View ArticleBlackberry shares plummet
Shares of BlackBerry fell three percent after Home Depot said it is giving its executives the Apple iPhone instead of the new Z10. It is a big setback for BlackBerry which is trying to retain its base...
View ArticleApple was knifed by hedge funds
One of the reasons that Apple's share price is tanking is largely due to the huge hedge funds that propped up the company's meteoric share rise. While some sections of the press will tell you that the...
View ArticleRIM cofounder Jim Balsillie dumps 26.8 million shares
Former RIM CEO and cofounder Jim Balsillie has decided to cash in his chips, selling his entire stake in the company at 26.8 million shares. This gives us an idea of how much he believes in BlackBerry...
View ArticleBlackberry Z10 beats Apple's iPhone on components mark up
It seems that the smart phone maker formally known as RIM has been learning a thing or two about making cash from Apple. CrackBerry has broken down the true cost of the BlackBerry Z10 into components...
View ArticleFoxconn freezes job hirings
Foxconn has allegedly put a recruitment freeze in place across its fleet of factories in China. According to the Financial Times, the company has made the decision as a result of cutting production for...
View ArticleApple is also ran behind Samsung
While the global market for tablets surged 78.4 percent last year, it looks like Apple is being left behind. Research firm IDC said tablets made up 10.7 percent of the global market last year for...
View ArticleApple pushes into India
Apple has realised that China is not going to buy its over-priced toys and has decided to see if India will accept yet another religion in its extensive melting pot of Gods. It all makes sense, after...
View ArticleIntel expands foundry operations
Intel is scaling up its chip foundry work for more rivals - in this case making them for Altera. Analysts see this as a significant step toward opening its prized manufacturing technology to customers...
View ArticleSamsung to invade New York for S4 event
New York is an Apple stronghold highlighted by the fact that the New York Times only prints positive Apple stories and reviews, so the fact that Samsung is going to launch its Galaxy S4 smartphone in...
View ArticleJudge halves Apple damages
Apple's thermonuclear patent troll war against Samsung has run aground spectacularly. A federal judge slashed a $1.05 billion jury award by more than 40 percent and set a new trial to determine...
View ArticleApple might tap Snapdragon SoC for cheap iPhone
Apple has made quite a name for itself in the mobile SoC market. Its chips tend to feature more graphics muscle than competing designs and the A6 was custom designed to deliver more performance and...
View ArticleApple is losing the tablet wars
Sales of Apple's iPad are continuing to fall as users escape from Jobs' Mob's walled garden of delights and into the cut-price freedom of Google's Android. Beancounters at IDC said that shipments of...
View ArticleBlackberry steals Apple and Google customers
It is starting to look like the new Blackberry Z10 is clawing back customers that RIM lost to Apple and Samsung. A recent note by RBC Capital markets shows 45 percent of those buying Z10s converted...
View ArticleBlackberry claims Apple's rotten in fruity punch
The Australian Financial Review bagged a scoop this week when Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins declared the iPhone is pretty much dated technology. Heins said that there is an increasing excitement...
View ArticleWhy in the name of Jobs did Apple hire Kevin Lynch?
This week Apple made the surprise announcement that it was hiring its long running enemy Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch as vice president of technology. Industry watchers who have been following Cupertino's...
View ArticleApple buys indoor mapping start-up
In what the Wall Street Journal dubbed a 'map war', Apple has bought a Silicon Valley startup called WifiSLAM which suggests the company wants a hand building indoor mapping for iPhone users. Google...
View ArticleMystery telcos push EC to investigate Apple
Apple risks being held under the scrutiny of the European Commission over its practices selling the iPad and iPhone, if a group of unnamed phone operators get their way. European telcos are urging the...
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