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Gluecon 2012: Top developers gather at Gluecon – but first, a ‘Cloud Camp’

Gluecon 2012: Top developers gather at Gluecon – but first, a ‘Cloud Camp’

23 May 2012 by Graeme Thickins

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – What do you call a gathering of the top technologists in cloud computing, mobile, APIs, and big data? Why, “Glue” of course! Because it’s all about how the biggest trends in technology today are coming together. Gluecon, as the event is dubbed, is now in its third year, and the uber-geeks of [...]

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U.S.

Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders break records

Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders break records

23 May 2012 by Martha DeGrasse

Just a few weeks after taking Apple’s title as the world’s top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy S III is emerging as the most pre-ordered smartphone in history, with reported advance orders of 9 million units, more than double those of the iPhone 4S.. The phone will launch [...]

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U.S.

Jha out as CEO of Motorola Mobility; Google taps Woodside to lead handset division

Jha out as CEO of Motorola  Mobility; Google taps Woodside to lead handset division

23 May 2012 by Dan Meyer

Google’s recently closed acquisition of Motorola Mobility marked the end of Sanjay Jha’s leadership at the handset company as Google announced Dennis Woodside would take over the helm of Motorola. The move comes as Google gained final approval of its $12.5 billion acquisition from Chinese regulators. Brought on in mid-2008 to turn around a sinking [...]

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U.S.

Sprint Nextel broadens SMS offer for Assurance Wireless service

Sprint Nextel broadens SMS offer for Assurance Wireless service

23 May 2012 by Dan Meyer

Sprint Nextel’s Assurance Wireless sub-brand expanded its subsidized wireless telecommunications offering by adding 250 text messages to its free service offering that previously provided 250 calling minutes or a new plan that provides 500 voice minutes and 500 text messages for $5 per month to eligible low-income residents across 32 states. The new plans will [...]

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U.S.

Apple likely to source larger iPhone 5 screen from several vendors

23 May 2012 by Martha DeGrasse

The screen size of Apple’s iPhone looks poised to grow for the first time in the device’s history, and several Asian manufacturers may have a shot at making displays for the anticipated iPhone 5. Sharp, Sony, Toshiba Mobile Display, LG Display and Japan Display have all been named as contenders for this business, and it [...]

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Americas

Eyes on the cloud: SAP, Oracle and EMC announce acquisitions to expand cloud computing

Eyes on the cloud: SAP, Oracle and EMC announce acquisitions to expand cloud computing

23 May 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Cloud computing is the new king of the information technology market, and three acquisitions announced this week underscore the point. On Tuesday Germany’s SAP AG unveiled its plans to buy cloud-based business commerce network Ariba Inc to expand its cloud presence, in a deal valuing the business and commerce network company at $4.3 billion (2.73 [...]

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Americas

Chilean telecom report shows broadband penetration has tripled

Chilean telecom report shows broadband penetration has tripled

23 May 2012 by Roberta Prescott

The Chilean government has released a telecommunications report showing that broadband penetration has tripled over the past two years. Internet connections reached 90% of the populated territory in Chile, rising from 7.4 million to 11 million Chileans connected to the Internet. About 474,000 rural settlements now have mobile broadband and voice services. The government attributed these achievements [...]

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Americas

Brazilian e-commerce reaches $25B, more than half of Latin American total

Brazilian e-commerce reaches $25B, more than half of Latin American total

23 May 2012 by Roberta Prescott

Over the past two years, Latin American countries showed significant growth in e-commerce sales. In Brazil alone, e-commerce grew 43% between 2010 and 2011, reaching a total of more than $25 billion, which represents more than half the total for all of Latin America. Online sales reached 1% of Brazil’s gross domestic product. A study [...]

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U.S.

Silicon Labs sees M2M as biggest potential chip market

Silicon Labs sees M2M as biggest potential chip market

22 May 2012 by Martha DeGrasse

AUSTIN, Texas – Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle calls his company’s $72 million purchase of Ember Corp. “the ultimate play in terms of home automation and wireless mesh networking.” But he says it’s just one part of a larger picture for Silicon Labs (SLAB). “We’ve got lots of internal plans and this is part of [...]

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U.S.

Sprint Nextel’s Evo 4G LTE launch back on track

Sprint Nextel’s Evo 4G LTE launch back on track

22 May 2012 by Dan Meyer

Sprint Nextel investors should be breathing a sigh of relief today as the carrier announced the highly anticipated HTC Evo 4G LTE device was back on track for delivery to consumers beginning this week. In a Twitter post, Sprint Nextel said the device should be landing in the hands of consumers that pre-ordered the device [...]

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