Oct. 28, 2010 at 5:04 p.m.
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By Mary Ellen Podmolik
An app on the Motorola Droid X. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune)
Motorola Inc., reached a milestone Thursday as its mobile division reported an operating profit a quarter ahead of schedule, and the company said its smart-phone sales will near 14 million units for the year.
The company’s Mobile Devices unit reported operating earnings of $3 million on Thursday, versus a year-ago operating loss of $183 million. During the quarter, the company’s shipments of smart phones rose to 3.8 million and included 22 new products introduced this year.
Smart-phone shipments totaled 2.3 million units in the first quarter and 2.7 million in the second quarter. Analysts had expected ships to total about 3.7 million in the third quarter. The company said smart-phone sales will near the upper end of its previously announced guidance of between 12 million and 14 million units for the year. Get the full story »
By Associated Press
Federal regulators say Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a fine of $25 million and at least $52.8 million in refunds to customers who inadvertently racked up data charges on their phones over the last three years. Get the full story »
Oct. 28, 2010 at 1:47 p.m.
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From The New York Times | An Android app that allows phone users to secretly spy on their significant others was pulled from the Android market Wednesday shortly after being introduced. The application, called Secret SMS Replicator, claimed to be able to forward all text messages from one person’s phone to any other phone without the owner’s knowledge (after being secretly installed on the owner’s phone.)
Oct. 28, 2010 at 1:26 p.m.
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Semiconductors,
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By Reuters
Chipmakers Intel Corp, Toshiba Corp and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will join hands to develop technologies that could more than halve semiconductor line widths to nearly 10 nanometers by 2016, the Nikkei daily reported. Get the full story »
Oct. 28, 2010 at 12:29 p.m.
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By Associated Press
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at Thursday's software developers conference. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company’s new Web browser and smart phone software at a software developer conference Thursday, the company’s annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones.
Ballmer is known for his onstage enthusiasm. This year, he joked with the crowd that he wouldn’t repeat the memorable “developer prance” of years past, when he loped around hollering, “Developers! Developers!”
During the keynote address, Ballmer and Dean Hachamovitch, a top executive in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer division, showed off how developers can program websites to take advantage of new features. Internet Explorer 9, which is in beta test form, uses more of a PC’s hardware to make pages load and run faster. A new version of the underlying code is being released for developers Thursday. Get the full story »
Oct. 27, 2010 at 4:57 p.m.
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By Reuters
Apple Inc. said on Wednesday it expects its gross margin to fall in coming quarters, echoing earlier comments, as it sells a larger mix of products such as the iPad. Get the full story »
Oct. 27, 2010 at 1:24 p.m.
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By Dow Jones Newswires
T-Mobile USA said it would be first to offer Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab tablet-computing device, and plans to subsidize the price for those who sign up for a wireless contract.
T-Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless arm of Deutsche Telekom AG, plans to sell the tablet for $399.99 with a two-year service agreement, similar to the deal that will be offered by Sprint Nextel Corp. T-Mobile USA is scheduled to sell the device Nov. 10, a day before it is offered by Verizon Wireless, selling the Galaxy Tab at the unsubsidized price of $599.99, and four days before Sprint begins to offer it. Get the full story »
Oct. 27, 2010 at 12:57 p.m.
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Environment,
Green,
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By Dow Jones Newswires-Wall Street Journal
A well-known auto industry forecasting firm on Wednesday suggested that the heavily promoted battery-powered vehicles about to appear are headed for a much slower takeoff then some auto makers and industry analysts expect.
In a new study, J.D. Power & Associates said sales of electric cars are likely to remain low for several years and won’t make up more than a small slice of the global market even 10 years down the road. Get the full story »
Oct. 27, 2010 at 12:26 p.m.
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By Associated Press
Apple says the elusive white iPhone 4 will remain out of reach until spring.
Apple Inc.’s “Apple Store” iPhone app lets people reserve products to pick up at local Apple stores. On Tuesday, bloggers posted screen shots of the app appearing to offer the option to reserve a white iPhone 4. By late afternoon, that option was no longer available. Get the full story »
Oct. 26, 2010 at 5:16 p.m.
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By Reuters
Electronic connector maker Molex Inc. posted a quarterly profit that beat market estimates, partly helped by new product launches and strong demand, but forecast second-quarter earnings below estimates, sending its shares down 4 percent in after-market trade. Get the full story »
Oct. 26, 2010 at 2:56 p.m.
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Travel
By Associated Press
Several leading Internet travel agencies and search engines are urging U.S. government regulators to block Google from buying a technology supplier that plays an instrumental role in finding the best airline fares. The opponents, led by Expedia Inc., have formed a coalition called FairSearch.org to fight Google Inc.’s proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software.
Oct. 26, 2010 at 1:02 p.m.
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By Mary Ellen Podmolik
Shares of Tellabs were down more than 14 percent in afternoon trading Tuesday after the communications equipment maker reported a strong gain in third-quarter profit but its fourth-quarter projections worried investors.
Naperville-based Tellabs said it earned $57 million, or 15 cents a share, in the third quarter, compared with $29 million, or 7 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenues during the quarter rose 10 percent to $429 million. Get the full story »
By Dow Jones Newswires
EBay Inc.’s online payments unit PayPal on Tuesday unveiled new software that will let people to use their phones to make payments, as well as a new platform that will make it easier for consumers to pay for digital media, music and games. Get the full story »
By Reuters
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp.’s departing software chief, has asked the company to move on from its roots as a computer-oriented company to imagine a “post-PC world” that relies on wireless devices and the Internet to function.
The call from Ozzie, who announced his retirement from Microsoft last week, is meant to galvanize the company, which has fallen behind Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in the rapidly growing phone and tablet computer sector that many now see as key to the future. Get the full story »
Mashable.com | The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying devices as Wi-Fi Direct capable. Wi-Fi Direct will enable device-to-device connections using current Wi-Fi standards, allowing the devices to basically become their own hotspots.
