Amazon Updates Kindle Fire Software: Fixes Some Nagging Issues

From PC World: Amazon is pushing out a free over-the-air software update for the Kindle Fire, that fixes a batch of problems with the tablet. The update comes just over a week after Amazon vowed to address users' complaints with the $200 low-cost iPad alternative.

The Kindle...

Google activating 700K Android devices every day

From CNET News.com: The phenomenal growth rate of Google's Android continues to increase, according to Android chief Andy Rubin.

The Google vice president announced in on Google+ and Twitter this evening that "There are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day,"...

HTC says Apple patent workaround ready

From CNET News.com: HTC has reportedly already engineered a workaround to sidestep a U.S. agency ruling that HTC infringed on one of Apple's patents.

The move became necessary after the International Trade Commission, a federal agency with the power to enforce bans on products...

Nokia: Our First Windows Phone Isn't Broken, Its Firmware is Broken

From DailyTech: The Nokia Lumia 800 (also known by its "Sea Ray" codename) is Nokia Oyj.'s (HEL:NOK1V) first crack at a Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" smartphone. Officially unveiled in October, it launched without much fanfare in Europe in November 2011 and since has been trickling out...

Intel and LG to Jointly Promote Wireless Display Tech

From X-bit Labs: Although Intel Corp.'s Wireless Display technology has made a lot of hype in the media, up to now no consumer electronics company supported it with actual display or TV products, which required end-users to get bulky and complex proprietary WiDi adapters. In the...

Seagate completes acquisition of Samsung's HDD business

From InfoWorld: Seagate Technology said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of the hard disk drive (HDD) business of Samsung Electronics, after it recently received approval for the deal in Australia, China, and the European Commission.

Seagate said in April that it was...

Apple's Anobit buy a done deal, report says

From CNET News.com: Apple has acquired Israel-based flash memory startup Anobit, a report claims.

The deal, according to Israel's Calcalist business news site (Google Translate), is in the $400 million to $500 million range. Earlier today, Anobit apparently informed its employees...

Apple Scores U.S. Ban on HTC's Low End Phones

From DailyTech: Christmas came early for Apple, facing off in Washington D.C. before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). As companies have increasingly begun to do in recent years, Apple had turned to the ITC to play court and offer a back door to ban its competitors'...

AT&T's Efforts to Sell Off T-Mobile Assets Stall

From DailyTech: AT&T and Deutsche Telekom's attempt to sell off T-Mobile assets to other carriers in order to boost AT&T's $39 billion acquisition have stalled, making the deal seem even less likely to pull through.

AT&T entered a $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche...

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