Earthquake

Natural and manmade disasters are always going to overload wireless networks as frantic people try to contact loved ones, find out what the hell is happening and in today’s society, …

BBC News | July 15, 2011 The mobile phone maker said the quake last March had caused “supply chain constraints”, which meant that about 1.5m phones were not ready for …

BBC News | July 15, 2011 The mobile phone maker said the quake last March had caused “supply chain constraints”, which meant that about 1.5m phones were not ready for …

Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake. Last …

Mobile broadband is critical in a time of disaster according to Norwegian browser maker Opera which claims Japanese usage of its software skyrocketed in the days following the earthquake. Last …

AUSTIN, Texas-Due to irreparable damages incurred from the recent 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11, officials from Freescale Semiconductor confirmed the closing of its wafer fabrication plant in Sendai, Japan. …

Bloomberg | April 3, 2011 | Pavel Alpeyev Softbank Corp. (9984) President Masayoshi Son, Japan’s richest man, pledged to donate 10 billion yen ($120 million) and his remaining salary until retirement …

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. released some stats about its network’s restoration following the massive earthquake which hit the country last month.

Reuters | March 28, 2011 | Gowri Jayakumar Hurt by Japan‘s devastating earthquake and tsunami, IT vendors NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd have decided to refrain from making personnel and organizational changes, …

There’s a lizard napping peacefully on top of my mosquito net as I type. He looks rested – almost as rested as I did this morning after a blissful seven hours of sleep.

iSupply | March 21, 2011 | Len Jelinek The Japanese earthquake has resulted in the suspension of one-quarter of the global production of silicon wafers used to make semiconductors. Manufacturing …

Wall Street Journal | March 22, 2011 | Yoree Koh Masayoshi Son is not a member of the fearless Tokyo Fire Department’s Hyper Rescue Squad that departed Monday for the …

AUSTIN, Texas-Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor (Freescale) and Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced this week that the catastrophic earthquake in Japan has disrupted manufacturing operations for both companies, which have facilities …

Qualcomm Inc. says it does not foresee any significant impact to its semiconductor supply chain after last week’s earthquake in Japan and says it shouldn’t have a problem in continuing to supply product to its customers.

Reuters | March 16, 2011 | Niklas Pollard and Tarmo Virki * Possible tech sector equivalent of Lehman Bros -analyst * Ericsson sees no material impact on Q1 sales * …

This week marks Twitter’s fifth birthday. Since it was first launched to the public, the micro-blogging service has noticeably changed the way we broadcast, organise and digest information.

Mobile electronics accessory and design firm AViiQ has started a solidarity campaign for Japan with donations to the American Red Cross for every user that likes its Facebook page.

New Zealand Herald | February 23, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher Much of Christchurch is without essential services after yesterday’s earthquake with gas, power, water and phone infrastructure all affected by …