From X-bit Labs: At present Sony Corp. only uses Google Android operating system for its smartphones. But this may soon change, a new market rumour suggests. In a bid to further diversify its family of handsets, Sony may adopt Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone operating system (OS) for its smartphones...
From EETimes: Private equity firm KKR & Co. LLP has amassed a 6.8 percent stake in Marvell Technology Group, according to a regulatory filing.
While KKR’s investment in Marvell was first reported by Bloomberg News early November, the transaction only became public after market close on Monday...
From PC World: Lenovo announced its first LTE smartphone and other handsets priced between US$219 to $549, but none will be immediately available in the U.S., one of the largest mobile device markets.
Headlining the new lineup is the sleek Vibe Z, which has a 5.5-inch screen and is the company’s...
From DailyTech: Snapchat got a huge security wake-up call to the tune of 4.6 million accounts being posted and made available for download.
According to TechCrunch, a site called SnapchatDB.info stored usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million Snapchat accounts. Some believed this was just a hoax...
From X-bit Labs: LG Electronics will showcase its new Pocket Photo 2.0 (PD239) smart mobile printer at the 2014 international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
LG’s latest Pocket Photo device provides wireless connectivity with NFC and Bluetooth, enabling users to print custom 5...
Happy New Year! Lately, it seems security has been a big issue for our American counterparts. In the earlier part of 2013, Edward Snowden left the country, and met with journalists to discuss his findings. Unless you have been living under a rock, the gist of it is he revealed several mass surveillance mining programs such as PRISM to search through data obtained by quite a few internet companies. Large corporations like Google, Apple, Facebook...
From CRN: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) said Monday it's in "advanced discussions" with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission about their investigations of alleged bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion by current and former HP employees working outside the U.S.
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From PC World: Samsung Electronics has announced a new chip that will make it possible for the company and others to build smartphones and tablets with up to 4GB of RAM.
Samsung has developed the industry’s first 8 Gigabit LPDDR4 (low power double data rate) mobile DRAM. By combining four of them...
From DailyTech: When LG purchased webOS from HP earlier this year, the electronics firm tipped that it would use the OS it had purchased in a new line of Smart TVs. Now, word has surfaced from the Wall Street Journal that LG is planning to unveil that webOS-powered Smart TV at CES 2014 next week....
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