Apple is stealing users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The report found 26% of consumers who bought the iPhone 6s in the first month it was released were former Android users. That is...
As part of its annual year-end evaluation, Samsung has chosen a new leader of its handset division. Koh Dong Jin, who had been in charge of Samsung’s research and development division will take over for long-time Samsung Mobile head JK Shin.
Recently, Jin has...
WASHINGTON – "Internet of Things" technology has a wide range of applications from precision agriculture to a smart city and even a smart building. Like so much with IoT, what a smart building currently lacks is a concrete, widely accepted definition.
The definition most...
Samsung leads the market with 13.1% growth
One out of three smartphones shipped in the Indian market in the third quarter of this year were "4G" enabled, according to a new report published by International Data Corp.
IDC’s Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker reported a total of...
There’s no doubt about it: Smartphones have become the world’s favorite cameras
Approximately 1 trillion images will be created this year, according to Josh Haftel, who manages mobile photography solutions at Adobe: that comes to over 31,000 new images per second. Of the 5.8 billion...
iPad crashes, union demands and another Cisco acquisition
5 things to know today ...
1. Cisco is buying a video conferencing software company. Acano is a London-based company with a video conferencing platform deeply integrated with Microsoft's Skype for Business. Cisco, of course, has its own...
Think Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay; details of service rollout are scarce
South Korean company LG, known for its handsets, televisions and other electronics, announced it plans to enter the mobile payment market with LG Pay.
The move is set to allow LG to compete...
1. Ericsson is teaming up with Cisco in a move that should make it a stronger competitor to Huawei and to the combined Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent. The partners said the deal will yield $1 billion in incremental revenue for each company by 2018. Ericsson...
In a move that could make or break the long-term viability of BlackBerry as a devicemaker, the company's first-ever Android-powered device, the Priv, is slated for release to Verizon Wireless customers.
AT&T Mobility supports the Priv, which is for sale through the carrier or unlocked...
The brand-new BlackBerry Priv has been launched on the AT&T Mobility network. The next question is: Will it succeed in the smartphone marketplace against the Apple iPhone and Android competitors? Let’s take a closer look at the Priv, at BlackBerry and at what they...
The Chinese vendor calls for joint efforts to narrow the connectivity gap in developing countries
HONG KONG – Rotating Huawei CEO Ken Hu told journalists during a press conference at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, which took place in Hong Kong this week, that attractive...
WASHINGTON – The Russian-made YotaPhone, which that country's president, Vladimir Putin, has called his nation’s answer to the Apple iPhone, has stalled in its sales, but the company behind it is hopping to find more fertile ground in China.
Despite an optimistic target of 1 million...
CellSpot 4G LTE device provides on-demand coverage for T-Mobile US customers
In the latest of its Un-carrier amped marketing events, T-Mobile US today announced the 4G LTE CellSpot, which the company describes as a "first-ever 4G LTE mini-tower" designed for indoor use.
The CellSpot provides LTE coverage...
Apple's campaign to convert Android users into iPhone customers is picking up steam. The company estimates that during the third quarter of this year, more than 14 million iPhones were purchased by "Android switchers." Overall, Apple sold 48 million iPhones during the quarter.
Apple's revenue...
Huawei expects to sell 100 million smartphones this year, making the Chinese wireless giant a solid No. 3 in the smartphone market behind Samsung and Apple. The company said it sold 27.4 million smartphones during the third quarter, and that one-third of those were...
Inside Dell World - HetNet Happenings: Episode 36
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney takes you inside the Dell World exhibition, which concluded this week in Austin, Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTauTdx4toU&feature=youtu.be
In the first clip, Dell founder Michael Dell discusses the company's just announced acquisition of...
Panel discussion at Dell World focuses on the transformative power of the 'Internet of Things' in both consumer and industrial applications
AUSTIN, Texas – The Dell World exhibition closed on Thursday with an insightful panel on how "Internet of Things" technology promises to shape the...
Western Digital, which sells digital storage solutions among other products, announced it will buy SanDisk for $19 billion. The boards of directors of both companies have voted to approve the deal.
In materials provided to investors, Western Digital said the acquisition is part of a...
Early indications show Apple's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are not selling as well as its predecessors in India. Retailers in key cities such as New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai are reporting lukewarm response for the new iPhones compared to last year.
"I was...
Apple's custom processors that power the iPhone and iPad include patented technology that the company used without permission, according to a Wisconsin court. The patent licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin prevailed in a lawsuit brought against Apple and decided by a jury...
Research from an investment bank says Apple iPhone 6s sales have been “disappointing” thus far. Pacific Crest Securities expects sales to reach 67 million units, which is well below many analyst expectations of 76 million units through the fourth quarter of 2015.
Apple refutes the claim,...
Apparently expanding beyond its core business function of, you know, making and distributing sodas, Pepsi told Techradar it will release a line of mobile phones and accessories targeting the Chinese market.
Why, you ask? As a Pepsi representative told Techradar, "Pepsi has always moved at the speed...
WASHINGTON – Wireless charging is growing as an industry according to market research firm IHS, which reported that in a one-year period consumer awareness of wireless charging products rose from 36% to 76%. To learn more about the emerging market of wireless charging, RCR Wireless News talked...
1. Google searches on mobile devices now exceed those performed on personal computers, according to the company. This poses new challenges for the search engine giant, since many of these searches are not performed by typing a keyword into a box. The company said...
