Samsung’s smartphone rocket is soaring. The company will announce record profits this quarter of $5.9 billion based mostly on the strength of its Galaxy smartphone line, and the planets are aligned for the upcoming Galaxy S III, a smartphone that will be up for “Best of Breed” by...
The Web is about to get uglier - that is, if you're eager enough to plunk down $2,200 for the new MacBook Pro with its ultra high-resolution "retina" display. The new laptop, which Apple unveiled last week, already has Web designers and developers trying to figure out how they're going...
Fancy joining Orange in Paris for indepth discussions about HTML5, 4G/LTE, NFC, LBS and M2M ? Well Orange have organised a Orange Partner Day for the 11-12th June. Read on for all the Information and signup link: Join us in Paris to discover, think about and share views...
One of the unique things about Tizen is the Tizen Association which is a special mix of hardware manufacturers and Operators which include Samsung, Intel, Orange, Vodafone, NTT Docomo, SK Telecom among others. Now the American mobile carrier Sprint has joined the Merry bunch of Men (Tizen Association)...
Have you thought about joining a startup, but have no idea what you could possibly offer? Perhaps you are looking forward to graduation and want to pick some skills that will help you work for a startup when you leave school. Maybe you want to change your career and get...
This week Apple and the major carriers are announcing their latest financial figures. This quarter saw a slight decrease from last year but the numbers are still spectacular. Verizon and AT&T sold 7.5 million iPhones combined - 64.1% of all smartphones sold. Smartphones in the U.S. have reached an inflection...
Ever wonder where tech reporters get all their fancy data? For instance, how do we know that 52% of mobile app sessions were for games in the first couple of months or 2012 or that the use of native apps versus the mobile Web is tied? The truth is that...
Please find below two announcements from the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC). Key points from this release include: Today sees the beta launch of WAC’s new cross platform API designed to enable in-application payments The In App Billing Platform allows developers to easily monetise their applications and see near real-time feedback...
Tizen, the Linux-based OS and successor to Intel and Nokia's MeeGo platform is nearing its market introduction. At the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Tizen Association and Linux Foundation announced the beta release of the Tizen platform source code and SDK. The Tizen SKD beta features UI framework...
The fallout from last week's FBI raid and shutdown of MegaUpload isn't limited to founder Kim Dotcom and his associates. As intriguing as that story will be to follow, some of the more immediate side effects are being felt among other file-hosting services. Some companies that are perceived, correctly or...
Time to time, we've heard of Samsung's plan to merge its homegrown OS Bada and Linux-based open-source OS Tizen. The South Korean electronics giant is seeking an alternative to Google's Android and sees potential in Tizen-Bada merger. However, the company still isn't sure whether it should move on with the...
The king of digital devices is ready to impose its will on the rest of the ecosystem in 2012. It is lining up billions of dollars in investments and is rumored to be in on every significant acquisition or partnership. Its empire sprawls across televisions, smartphones, laptops and computer processors....
OpenMobile debuts industry changing Application Compatibility Layer (ACL™) at CES enabling OEMs to choose their Device, choose their Operating System, and ship with full compatibility to the Android Apps ecosystem. As well as the other major OS's they do promise to release a Tizen compatible version in due course :-)...
The Linux Foundation was set up in 2007, and initially occupied a rather marginal position in the open source ecosystem. That's changed more recently, and the Linux Foundation has become one of the most important forces defending and promoting Linux and associated free software. The person largely behind...
Forrester asserts that hybrid HTML5 apps are less expensive to develop than native apps. This and more in today's Daily Wrap.Sometimes it's difficult to catch every story that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily...
Say you’re a multibillion dollar technology company, and you’re planning where to invest $100 million. Where would you put the money? There are lots of possible answers to this, but I’m intrigued by Intel’s answer. It’s just set up a $100 million Intel Capital AppUp Fund, which will invest in...
Monday, November 28, 2011 · Pacifico Yokohama · Yokohama, Japan The Linux Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Automotive Linux Summit (ALS). ALS is event specifically for the automotive industry and the growing cross-industry ecosystem for future mobility solutions. The Automotive Linux Summit is the premier vendor-neutral...
The announcement of a huge developer fund confirms Intel's ironclad commitment to AppUp, says Softtalkmobile. Last week, at Intel’s Santa Clara HQ, journalists from China, Russia and the UK, rolled up at a lunch time press conference hosted by Intel Capital, Intel’s investment and M&A organisation. The speakers were Arvind...
Automotive electronics are becoming more sophisticated each year, and it's reaching the point at which some cars may soon need built-in operating systems in order for people to use them properly. Not too far in the future, if you buy a new car, you may find that Android or a...
There are many smart people out there - and few are smarter than Eric Schmidt.Even before joining Google as chairman in August 2001, Schmidt was long regarded as one of the most respected, knowledgeable, and prescient technology minds on the planet. Among his many accolades, in 2007 PC World named...
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