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FeaturesTen tech patents that should have been rejected
Welcome to the wacky world of tech patents – a place where you’ll find not just the crazy-sounding ideas that inhabit any category of patents...
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News 1RIM reinvents itself with new name, new BlackBerry 10 OS, new smartphones
RIM reinvented itself Wednesday by renaming the company BlackBerry. It charged back into the high competitive smartphone market with a new operating...
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NewsSmartphone shipments hit 671 million in 2012
The number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200 million globally in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671 million, representing...
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NewsRIM attracts 15,000 apps for BlackBerry 10 in two days
It’s starting to look like the BlackBerry store will be well stocked with apps when Research In Motion launches BlackBerry 10 at the end of this...
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BlogsUnrequited disdain
Forbes is truly the gift that keeps on giving to the Macalope. If only it knew. Alas, linking to Forbes is simply out of the question, particularly...
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NewsSamsung, Apple phones lead sales while Nokia droops
Samsung and Apple continue to dominate the global smartphone market, according to a report released Friday by IDC. Samsung had 31.3 percent of the...
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NewsUS government agency drops BlackBerry in favour of iPhone
Over 17,600 users in U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) are being moved from their BlackBerry devices to Apple’s iPhone, after...
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NewsUN shuts Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia and co in a room to discuss patents
The UN got Samsung, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, Intel, Sony, HP and Huawei together in a room in Geneva this week to discuss standards-essential...
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NewsBlackBerry RIM releases cringe-worthy video response to iPhone 5
It looks like the pressure to compete with the Apple iPhone has had an effect on RIM. BlackBerry RIM screened a video, that could safely be described...
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NewsiPhone 5 alone won’t be enough for Apple to beat Google – analyst
Analyst firm Ovum believes that Apple will need to bring consumers more than just the new iPhone 5 in order to beat Google and its Android platform....
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Blogs 1Samsung-RIM deal could kill Apple (or Samsung)
Samsung is again rumoured to be interested in buying RIM. If it does, it can choose two acquisition models – a full-blown merger or one that...
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NewsSmart devices in the enterprise set to double by 2014
The number of employee-owned smartphones and tablets used in the enterprise is set to reach 350 million by 2014, up from 150 million this year, according...
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NewsApple’s iPad leads surge in tablet ad impressions [infographic]
Ad impressions served on tablets surged 34% in quarter two of the calendar year, while smartphone impressions continued to record strong growth and...
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NewsRIM chief executive denies company is in ‘death spiral’
Research In Motion’s chief executive Thorsten Heins has rubbished claims that the company is in a “death spiral,” stating that “there’s...
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NewsRIM delays BlackBerry 10, reports plummeting sales
Amid stiff competition from the likes of Google and Apple, Research In Motion is planning a series of sweeping changes that will see the company delay...
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News 2Smartphone OS showdown: Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM gear up for battle
If you’re in the market for a new smartphone, don’t even think about getting a new device, at least not yet. Every major smartphone platform...
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NewsiPad to gain marketshare, Android to slip: IDC
Research group IDC has raised its forecast for 2012 tablet shipments due to great expectations for Apple’s iPad, which IDC expects to increase market...
