Shenzhen Wuzhou Changlian | June 7, 2011 | Press Release SHENZHEN, China, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — From May 30 to June 5, Shenzhen Wuzhou Changlian International Trading Co. held an iPhone 4 case and phone accessories exhibition lasting 5 days in Dongguan, China. During …
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Economic Times | June 5, 2011 MUMBAI: Handset maker Nokia is looking for a pan India coverage for its Nokia Money, the mobile payment services enabling consumers to pay directly from their Nokia mobile phones in India, a top official …
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Reuters | June 6, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy and Tarmo Virki NEW DELHI/HELSINKI, June 7 (Reuters) – From New Delhi to Shanghai to Johannesburg, a flood of cheap handsets from the likes of China’s ZTE (0763.HK) and India’s Micromax is destroying Nokia’s …
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Reuters | June 6, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy and Tarmo Virki NEW DELHI/HELSINKI, June 7 (Reuters) – From New Delhi to Shanghai to Johannesburg, a flood of cheap handsets from the likes of China’s ZTE (0763.HK) and India’s Micromax is destroying Nokia’s …
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TechOn | June 3, 2011 | Tomohisa Takei Acer Inc showed a prototype of a tablet computer using the “MeeGo” software platform at a press conference that Intel Corp had in Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2011, and is about netbooks …
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Ecobank | June 6, 2011 | Press Release Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“Ecobank”), the leading pan-African banking group, and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to promote mobile banking services across Africa. …
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Connie Durcsak has been chosen to lead the Utilities Telecom Council, effective July 1, according to the lobbying group. Durcsak succeeds William Mulrony, who is retiring from UTC on June 30. He has served as president and CEO of the …
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Public-safety amendment would require 700 MHz interoperability: Updated: Bill makes it out of committee this morning
by Tracy Fordby Tracy FordEditor’s Note: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved the Spectrum Act this morning, a key step in getting more spectrum into the hands of first responders. The text of the bill, including amendments, was not available at …
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Tonight at a rowdy event in London’s Silicon Roundabout (our twee answer to Silicon Valley), Boxee launched the UK version of their popular set-top unit, the Boxee Box. The device, which has been out in the US for around six …
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Sewage chips could keep your city safe from the menace of your toilet
by sylvie barakby sylvie barakSome people think this “Internet of Things” malarkey is a load of crap, and if you check out Parsons Grad Student Leif Percifield’s M2M initiative http://dontflush.me, you would be literally correct.
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Contracts: Device with IBM; Ericsson wins contract with Australia's NBN; and more
by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra CuyaThe following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: DeviceAnywhere United States: With HP to expand support for HP application testing environments with integrations to the latest versions of HP Quality Center (QC) and QuickTest Professional (QTP). The company …
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Speaking at the Inspire Conference today in London, Rovio “Mighty Eagle” Peter Vesterbacka gave the audience at update on how the ubiquitous mobile game is doing, as well as the Finnish companies plans for the future
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Verizon Wireless says it is not violating C-Block provisions: Free Press files complaint over tethering on LTE network
by Tracy Fordby Tracy FordFree Press has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, charging that Verizon Wireless is abusing conditions of its 700 MHz spectrum by not allowing LTE devices to be used as wireless routers. Verizon is not amused, noting that …
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It seems more and more manufacturers are cosying up to the Android open source community. We recently saw HTC promise unlocked bootloaders from now on and it looks as if Samsung is getting in on the community love action by …
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Google’s senior vice president for Chrome, Sundar Pichai, said his firm would not have made the progress it had with its Chromebooks and ultraportables had it not been for the remarkable Taiwanese ecosystem. In a hat tip to the country …
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For the first time since 2008, Apple Inc. (AAPL) declined to introduce a new iPhone today at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. CEO Steve Jobs and his team of executives pulled few, if any, surprises on stage, …
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Apple’s historically profitable relationship with the four major record labels (Sony, EMI, Warner and Universal) paid dividends today as it became the first music vendor to allow would-be purchasers access to cloud-based copies of music they already own – even …
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Computex 2011: Android will not compete with Chrome OS says Google executive
by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie BarakTAIPEI, Taiwan – Visiting Taiwan during Computex 2011, Google’s senior VP of Chrome, Sundar Pichai said the firm would not be porting its Chrome OS to tablets or handsets, nor would it be scaling Android up to Chromebooks. Since Google’s …
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The keynote at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is just wrapping up in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where the company’s CEO Steve Jobs announced the latest additions to their desktop operating system OS X, and iOS, its …
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Taiwan is poised to overtake Japan in 2011 as the world’s largest semiconductor materials market, according to data from SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International). SEMI, a global trade organization, also said Taiwan’s market grew from $6.87 billion in 2009 to approximatelyS$9.11 billion in 2010, …
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Taiwan poised to overtake Japan as world’s largest semiconductor market
by sylvie barakby sylvie barakTaiwan is poised to overtake Japan in 2011 as the world’s largest semiconductor materials market, according to data from SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International). SEMI, a global trade organization, also said Taiwan’s market grew from $6.87 billion in 2009 to approximatelyS$9.11 billion in 2010, …
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The greater Los Angeles metro area shed more jobs in the telecommunications sector in April, continuing an ongoing downward trend, according to new data from the Department of Labor.All six geographic areas tracked by RCR Wireless News in the Southern …
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Altera to open chip design center in Austin, creating several hundred jobs
by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra CuyaThe Statesman | May 6, 2011 | Kirk Ladendorf Altera Corp. said Thursday that it is setting up a semiconductor design center in Austin that it expects will employ “several hundred engineers” within the next few years. ….. Read full article …
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Computex 2011: C-Media takes cell phone noise cancellation to new levels
by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie BarakAudio appears to be becoming a burgeoning trend in the mobile industry, and at Computex 2011, the vendors were out in force to showcase how best to bring the beats to cell phones. Local Taiwanese company C-Media, widely known for …
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As any BlackBerry user will know, one of the best features about RIM’s device – barring the stellar keyboard – is BlackBerry Messenger, which allows people to communicate with other BlackBerry users for free, anytime, anywhere through the BlackBerry Enterprise …