BlackBerry joint venture to invest $100M in China's mobile industry

From InfoWorld: BlackBerry Partners Fund, which invests in applications for the BlackBerry and other mobile devices, has come together with China Broadband Capital Partners to set up a $100 million fund, called BlackBerry Partners Fund China, that will invest in mobile Internet and...

Microsoft Issues Final Release for Tag

From PC World: Microsoft's mobile barcode technology, Tag, has exited the beta testing phase, and a final release is available for download, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

When a user points a mobile code camera on a barcode the Tag client will interpret the code, and...

Google Reader ditches support for past browsers

From CNET News.com: Version 3 of the Chrome browser is one of the browsers for which, starting June 1, Google is phasing out support on its Reader site. The site is used for reading Web pages whose updates are broadcast to subscribers through RSS or Atom feed technology.

"Reader is...

iPad lands big in Japan, other foreign markets

From CNET News.com: The appeal of the Apple iPad is being tested overseas as it launches in nine countries Friday. Japan is one market where it is expected to have a special allure.

Two months after the start of U.S sales, Apple kicked off iPad sales in Japan, Australia, France...

Foxconn Retracts Letter Asking Employees Not to Kill Themselves

From DailyTech: Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry's Chinese Foxconn unit has been having some problems at its Shenzhen plant lately. A string of suicides has compelled Apple, Dell, and HP to launch a string into the supplier. Foxconn previously responded by playing Buddhist music...

Lead Designer of webOS Flees to Google

From DailyTech: Just when you thought that things had quieted down a bit on the Palm front, this interesting bit of news just came across the news wires. Earlier this morning, it was reported that Matias Duarte, the man who lead that team that developed the webOS UI, was leaving Palm...

Apple Deposes Microsoft to Become World's Biggest Tech Company

From DailyTech: Apple has at least brief briefly become the world's largest tech company in terms of market cap. That spot has been held for over a decade by Microsoft, makers of the Windows operating system.

In trading Monday, Apple Inc.'s shares slipped $1.11 to close at $244.11...

30 Million Americans Shocked When Opening Mobile Phone Bills: FCC

From CRN: Consumers surprised by their mobile phone fees should not feel alone, as one of every six mobile users has experienced “bill shock,” according to a survey by the Federal Communications Commission.

The FCC said the survey could be a wake-up call to consumers to carefully...

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