Despite the flop that was Flow TV, Qualcomm does not seem ready to let go of mobile video, announcing today that it had picked up assets from Integrated Device Technology, Inc., (IDT) including the firm’s Hollywood Quality Video design team and Frame Rate Conversion (FRC) Video Processing product lines. A press release said Qualcomm had [...]

Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Intuit Inc.  to provide a mobile credit card payment system to small businesses using an app and pocket-sized credit card reader. The card reader can be plugged into either a mobile phone of tablet via the audio jack, allowing credit and debit cards to be swiped, or have their info entered [...]

Human beings love a good wager. We’ll put money on just about anything that looks like it has half a chance of pulling through. Ever the optimists, we lovingly put our hard earned cash on the horses, the dogs, the football, and even teen singing contests. So why not indulge in a little tech speculation? [...]

The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist InterDigital Inc. According to Reuters, even heavyweight Google is still in the running to scoop up this latest patent portfolio, which could inflate its value [...]

William R. Hambrecht, a director from Motorola Mobility’s board, has resigned for unspecified reasons just a day after Google announced its plans to take over the company. The resignation is effective immediately, leaving Motorola Mobility’s Board of Directors with nine members. Reports say Hambrecht, also the founder of his own investment bank, WR Hambrecht + [...]

As the dust starts to settle on news of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility on Monday, the question now being asked is whether the deal will pass muster with regulators and be allowed to pass. On the one hand, Google has said it will continue to run Motorola Mobility as a separate business [...]

With news on Monday that Google Inc. had made a $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility, many posited the move was a play for patents to shore up the software giant’s Android operating system, though analysts remained decidedly divided. “It would be a mistake to look at this as just (or primarily) a patent deal,” patent [...]

Google Inc. (GOOG) took a more serious position in the mobile space today, announcing plans to acquire Motorola Mobility Holding Inc. (MOT) for $12.5 billion. The move, if approved, would give Google direct control over a device maker and a direct channel to distribute its Android mobile operating system. The deal calls for Google to [...]

Silicon Valley took it’s knocks with the rest of the U.S’ financial markets Friday, with tech stocks sinking significantly as fears of a double dip recession increased. Even the Valley’s giants, Apple and Google, took major hits to share prices, losing millions in just moments. Google dropped 23.65 points while Apple fell 15.20. Google, Apple [...]

Apple is looking to cut slices out of its iPad 4 bill of materials (BOM) by looking to cheaper Taiwanese integrated circuit designers according to local source DigiTimes. According to the Taiwanese tech daily, Apple is weighing up its options to extract more profit from future generations of tablet by going with cheaper components. These [...]