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iPhone sales boost profits; as smartwatch patents granted

Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)

Apple on Tuesday reported that its quarterly profit climbed with strong iPhone demand, but a decline in iPad tablet sales put a damper on its results. The Calif...

Microsoft profit hurt by Nokia, but revenues jump

Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)

Microsoft said Tuesday profits took a hit from its newly acquired Nokia phone division but that revenues got a strong lift from cloud services. The US tech gian...

Yahoo builds mobile muscle with Flurry buy

Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)

Yahoo continued its quest for renewed relevance with the purchase of a startup specializing in analyzing and making money from mobile applications. Yahoo did no...

Accused Android app pirates face criminal charges

Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)

US prosecutors on Monday unsealed indictments against six people suspected of collectively pirating millions of applications tailored for Android-powered mobile...

China Internet population reaches 632 million: govt

Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)

China is now home to 632 million Internet users, a government agency said Monday, although use of social networks has dropped amid a crackdown. The Asian giant'...

Amazon launches unlimited e-book subscription plan

Jul 18, 2014 (AFP)

US online giant Amazon unveiled a Netflix-style subscription plan Friday for unlimited access to e-books, a move which could shake up the world of publishing. T...

KAIST develops TransWall, a transparent touchable display wall

Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)

At a busy shopping mall, shoppers walk by store windows to find attractive items to purchase. Through the windows, shoppers can see the products displayed, but ...

Microsoft axes 18,000 jobs as Nadella shifts focus

Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)

Microsoft announced its biggest job cuts ever Thursday as new chief executive Satya Nadella called for a new focus at the US tech giant while integrating the No...

Apple to pay consumers up to $400 mn in e-books case

Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)

Apple will pay up to $400 million to compensate consumers for illegal price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books, officials said Wednesday. The settlement wou...

Designing Smarter Ads for Smartphones

Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)

Brands spent $8.4 billion on mobile advertising in 2013, and that number is expected to quadruple to $36 billion by 2017, according to eMarketer. But, do mobile...

New social network gives a penny for your thoughts

Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)

A new social network says its goal is sharing among its users -- including some of the profits. Bubblews, which is launching a new platform Wednesday, aims to b...

Japan messaging app Line eyes $9.8 bn Tokyo listing: report

Jul 15, 2014 (AFP)

A smartphone messaging app set up in the aftermath of Japan's 2011 quake-tsunami disaster has applied to list on the Tokyo stock exchange, in an offering that c...

Mayer 'not satisfied' as Yahoo results disappoint

Jul 15, 2014 (AFP)

Yahoo said Tuesday profit in the past quarter fell from a year ago, prompting chief executive Marissa Mayer to declare "we are not satisfied." Net profit in the...

Blind lead the way in brave new world of tactile technology

Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)

Imagine feeling a slimy jellyfish, a prickly cactus or map directions on your iPad mini Retina display, because that's where tactile technology is headed. But y...

Secret app raises $25 mn, shifts focus

Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)

The fast-growing anonymous mobile app Secret said Monday it had raised $25 million in venture capital and would expand as a social network connecting Facebook f...

'Nano-pixels' promise thin, flexible, high resolution displays

Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)

A new discovery will make it possible to create pixels just a few hundred nanometres across that could pave the way for extremely high-resolution and low-energy...

Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals

Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)

Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have constructed liquid crystals with optical properties that can be instantly and reversibly controlled by ...

World Cup boosts TV sales in football-mad Southeast Asia

Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)

Sales of flat panel televisions across Southeast Asia rose sharply in May as demand soared in the football-crazy region ahead of the World Cup, a report said Th...

Phantom tech firm worth billions, inexplicably

Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)

It has no assets, no revenues and no business plan to speak of. But a company called Cynk Technology has seen its value soar as high as $4.7 billion. Wall Stree...

US sues Amazon over charges for kids' online game buys

Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)

The US Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon Thursday for charging parents for what their children spent on online games without parental authorization. The FTC ...