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Global tablet sales up 78% in 2012: survey
Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)
The global market for tablet computers surged 78.4 percent last year, with 128 million of the devices shipped, a survey showed Thursday. Research firm IDC said ...
Apple patent filing ups rumors of iWatch
Feb 21, 2013 (UPI)
Patent filings by Apple suggest the California company is considering an iWatch concept with a flexible touchscreen display, an Apple-watching website says. App...
Yahoo! gets Marissa Mayer make-over
Feb 20, 2013 (AFP)
Yahoo! sported a new look on Wednesday in a make-over tailored by style savvy and engineering smart chief Marissa Mayer. Web pages long cluttered with low-brow ...
Samsung launches new premium 'smart' TVs
Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Tuesday launched a range of giant Internet-enabled televisions as part of a strategy to cement its lead in slowing global mark...
Apple hit by hackers
Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)
Apple on Tuesday said it was hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company's system but evidently failed to steal any data. The maker of iPhon...
Europe to move against Google over privacy rules
Feb 18, 2013 (AFP)
European data protection agencies intend to take action against the US Internet giant Google after it failed to follow their orders to comply with EU privacy la...
China passes U.S. in smartphone numbers
Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)
China has passed the United States as the world's largest market for active smartphone devices, a report by a U.S. research firm says. Flurry, based in San Fran...
LG unveils new full-HD smartphone
Feb 18, 2013 (AFP)
LG Electronics unveiled Monday the latest version of its flagship smartphone, boasting a higher resolution screen aimed at gaining a technical edge over bigger ...
HTC to unveil next flagship smartphone in March
Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC says it will unveil its next flagship smartphone, the successor to its HTC One, March 25. As with last year's event, the introduc...
Silicon Valley talent dream tied to immigrant hopes
Feb 17, 2013 (AFP)
Silicon Valley's long crusade to break open doors to America for foreigners with key technology skills hinges on a political battle in Washington over broader i...
App stores inundated with 'Flappy Bird' knock-offs
Feb 16, 2013 (UPI)
App stores are rejecting the term "flappy" in new game titles as the market is flooded with new games to replace viral hit "Flappy Birds," game designers said. ...
New tests narrow 'early' Mona Lisa's age
Feb 16, 2013 (UPI)
Art experts in Switzerland said they have new evidence that an earlier version of the Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa Foundation in Zu...
Android and Apple extend smartphone dominance
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
Android-powered smartphones and Apple's rival iPhone have extended their near duopoly with a whopping 91 percent of the global market in the fourth quarter, a s...
Posting links to freely available Web content legal, EU court rules
Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)
Websites can link to freely available content without permission of the copyright holder, a European court ruled in a dispute between journalists and a website....
Global mobile phone sales decline
Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)
Global sales of mobile phones declined in 2012 compared with the previous year, a U.S. research firm has reported. Research company Gartner, based in Stamford, ...
British iPhone owners happily admit to 'blind loyalty' to Apple
Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)
A majority of British iPhone owners admit to blind loyalty to their devices, saying they "couldn't imagine" having another type of phone, a survey found. Britis...
Zuckerberg owns nearly a third of Facebook: US regulators
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
Mark Zuckerberg's stake in Facebook has climbed to nearly 30 percent since the leading social network made its dismal stock market debut, according to a filing ...
Recycled computers offer hope to Romania's needy
Feb 13, 2013 (AFP)
In Romania, one of the EU's poorest countries, hope to many has come in the form of a computer recycling program that is helping jobless adults and disadvantage...
Apple still has 'magic,' innovation, says CEO Cook
Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)
Apple remains ahead of its rivals in the ability to innovate and "create magic" despite tougher competition in key sectors like smartphones and tablets, chief e...
Into the quantum internet at the speed of light
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
Not only do optical fibers transmit information every day around the world at the speed of light, but they can also be harnessed for the transport of quantum in...
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