Taiwan antitrust agency fines Apple for iPhone pricing

From PC World: Apple has been fined NT$20 million (US$663,332) by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission for interfering with the pricing of the iPhone by three mobile carriers, according to reports.

The antitrust agency found Apple’s unit in charge of Taiwan sales violated article 18 of the Taiwan’s...

Chromebooks Capture 21 Percent of 2013 U.S. Notebook Sales

From DailyTech: Seemingly out of nowhere Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Chrome OS -- a Linux-kernel based personal computer operating system -- has emerged as a dominant force in the PC market.

According to market share data from the NPD Group Inc. -- a top market research group -- this year has been a rough...

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Taiwan fines Apple $666K over iPhone pricing

From CNET News.com: Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has fined Apple 20 million New Taiwan dollars -- about $666,000 -- after determining the company has been illegally interfering with iPhone pricing in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

The commission found that Apple was...

Co-founder officially drops bid for BlackBerry

From CNET News.com: Mike Lazaridis, a BlackBerry co-founder and former co-CEO, has officially ditched his plans to acquire the company through a joint bid with a fellow co-founder.

In dissolving the plan, Lazaridis' stake in the sagging company is now 4.99 percent.

Lazaridis made his decision...

Mediatek Going 64-Bit, LTE in 2014

From EETimes: Mediatek jumped to third place among mobile SoC vendors in the third quarter, and it has vowed to ship chips with 64-bit cores and LTE in 2014 as it makes a bid for markets beyond its stronghold in Asia.

Qualcomm rose to second place (behind Apple) in SoCs for tablets in the quarter...

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