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Apple mulling move into mobile payments Apple is considering launching a mobile-payments service for its iPhone and iPad, which would compete with major players such as PayPal, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
25 января 2014
©Reuters/Dado Ruvic BlackBerry shares lifted by big Pentagon contract BlackBerry shares leapt more than nine percent Tuesday as the troubled Canadian smartphone maker got a boost from news of contract to supply the US military with 80,000 new handsets.
22 января 2014
China's biggest mobile firm starts Apple iPhone sales China Mobile, the country's biggest services provider, on Friday started selling Apple's iPhone to its millions of customers nationwide, ending a six-year wait in a key market for the US technology giant.
18 января 2014
Apple fights for bigger slice of China smartphone pie The world's biggest mobile network is ready to offer Apple's iPhone, but while the US technology giant has declared China its biggest future market, it faces an uphill battle to unseat Samsung and homegrown competitors.
15 января 2014
Google buys 'smart' thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 bn Google on Monday announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at $3.2 billion.
15 января 2014
Tech tie-up says to launch phone system rival to iOS, Android A new smartphone operating system developed by a global collaboration of tech firms to rival Google's Android and Apple's iOS will be launched in the next few months.
09 января 2014
©Reuters/Romeo Ranoco Philippines allows phone use on planes The Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights.
31 декабря 2013
Prismatic chief Bradford Cross. Photo courtesy of pandawhale.com Prismatic social network follows interests Prismatic chief Bradford Cross believes that online social networks should go beyond following people to pursuing interests.
20 декабря 2013
©REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Apple poised to ship iPhones to China Mobile: report China's biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple's iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company's distribution in the world's largest smartphone market.
08 сентября 2013
©REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Nokia to sell phone unit to Microsoft for 5.44 bn euros Beleaguered Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will sell its mobile phone unit to US group Microsoft for 5.44 billion euros ($7.17 billion).
03 сентября 2013
©REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Facebook to buy firm specializing in voice translation Facebook has agreed to acquire Mobile Technologies, a firm specializing in voice translation software, the two companies said Monday, without providing financial details of the transaction.
13 августа 2013
Photo courtesy of bitsstation.com Shift to mobile hits tech giants' bottom line With the shift to mobile Internet gaining pace, some of the big tech firms are adapting and others are not.
27 июля 2013
Mobile chip giant sees smartphone surprises ahead Leading mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm said Thursday that the next generation of smartphones will take another stride forward as the company reported robust quarterly earnings.
26 июля 2013
©REUTERS/Mike Blake Scientists power mobile phone using urine British scientists on Tuesday reported they had harnessed the power of urine and were able to charge a mobile phone with enough electricity to send texts and surf the internet.
17 июля 2013
©REUTERS/Mike Blake AT&T to buy carrier Leap Wireless AT&T announced plans Friday to buy mobile carrier Leap Wireless in a deal worth at least $4 billion, giving the telecom giant more spectrum and the Cricket prepaid phone franchise.
14 июля 2013
Contraband mobile phones. Photo courtesy of press-service of Almaty Customs Control Department© 3,000 iPhones and BlackBerries smuggled in Almaty A container from the UAE supposedly carrying spare parts for cars contained over 3,000 contraband mobile phones and tablets.
24 мая 2013
N. Korea may have up to 200 mobile launchers: report North Korea is now thought to have around twice as many mobile missile launchers as previously estimated by Seoul
17 мая 2013
©REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 'Facebook phone' may ring true April 4 Facebook fueled fresh talk Friday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week.
31 марта 2013
Mobile shines in exploding world of games The booming popularity of play on smartphones or tablet computers in a realm once dominated by videogame consoles was a hot theme at the major Game Developers Conference that ended here Friday.
30 марта 2013
©REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk Bidding war erupts for Russian mobile operator Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 on Thursday announced it had agreed to sell its Russian subsidiary to Russian state bank VTB.
29 марта 2013

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