BROWSING: Events

Despite being hacked and having to pull its network down for around six weeks, affecting 77 million customers, Sony says it was “pleasantly surprised” by the results of the experience, claiming all its clients came back and that network performance was better than ever. “We...

Despite being hacked and having to pull its network down for around six weeks, affecting 77 million customers, Sony says it was “pleasantly surprised” by the results of the experience, claiming all its clients came back and that network performance was better than ever. “We...

Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) announced it has won the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Award for “Enabling Technology” for its latest small cell base station System-on-Chips (SoCs). The Femto Forum, an independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, recognizes achievement and contributions...

Independence Day is almost here, and in addition to firing up sizzling grills and popping off fireworks, Austin-based Phunware Inc. would like users to download a free app  launched today to celebrate the occasion. The company’s new “Our America” app is available for free...

Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) has already repurchased around $1.6 billion in shares so far this year and executives said the second-largest computer maker in the world plans to buy another $2 billion before the end of 2011. Details about the...

I recently had a chance to attend the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), billed as the world’s largest hospitality technology conference, which recently concluded in Austin, Texas and ran June 20-23. As it turns out, the conference’s producer -  the...

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is helping to facilitate an idea to launch a startup district and workplace downtown to rival those seen in Boston and Silicon Valley. The proposed name of the district is “Austin Live,” which would serve as home for tech entrepreneurs...

NVIDIA’s Icera acquisition was not about integration was not about integrating baseband onto the processor chipbut about doubling the firm’s opportunity market wise, according to Mike Rayfield, the firm’s general manager of mobile. Speaking to RCR at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, Rayfield said the purchase...

While Taiwan is clearly an important country to chip and device makers, US carriers look to the island for innovation too, with AT&T scouting the computex show in Taipei earlier this month for new phones to add to its network. “At AT&T we’re looking for...

The Mobile Entertainment Forum in Asia is hosting its annual board elections during Communicasia in Singapore next week, with hopes that some US based companies might be interested in running, to get their foot into Asia. The MEF, a global trade association for the mobile...

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 which has given Google so...

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 if it was not purchased through the companies iTunes music store.

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 mobile sibling.

Audio 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 its audio-playback hardware for PC...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - While Computex may famously be the most famous computer show of the IT industry, the world of wireless is certainly having an effect on the Taipei trade show. Nothing says wireless more than antennas, of which a plethora were to be...

Taipei, Taiwan - The upcoming PadPhone from Asus will sport Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich, RCR discovered at Computex this week. Asustek's tablet/phone combo - which allows consumers to use one SIM for two devices by allowing the smartphone to dock at the back of an...

OP-ED: The Greater Austin area, stretching from Round Rock to San Marcos, is a small market when it comes to big companies headquartered here. You can count the number of Fortune 500 members with two hands – and that’s using just your hands, not...

Taipei, Taiwan - Intel has invented a new category of mobile computers it is calling the “Ultrabook” the firm revealed at Computex on Tuesday. The company said it was also accelerating its Atom processor roadmap to a one-process-generation per year cadence. Speaking publicly at Computex...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Qualcomm Atheros Inc., Qualcomm’s networking and connectivity subsidiary, is showing off several next-generation wireless chipset technologies this week at the Computex Taiepei 2011 conference in Taiwan. Qualcomm Atheros, which makes dual-band Wi-Fi in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, plays...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Qualcomm Atheros Inc., Qualcomm’s networking and connectivity subsidiary is showing off several next-generation wireless chipset technologies this week at the COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2011 conference in Taiwan. Qualcomm Atheros, which makes dual-band Wi-Fi in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, plays...

AccessU, a unique conference focused on universal design and drawing expert trainers from around the world, recently celebrated its tenth year, with a special focus on mobile applications. The conference is produced by Knowbility, Inc., an Austin-headquartered non-profit and recognized national leader for providing equal access to technology for people with disabilities.

The fourth annual Austin Innovators and Entrepreneur Series (AIES) will take place on Wednesday, May 18, with the addition of IBM Corp.’s global startup event known as SmartCamp. IBM’s event will focus on entrepreneurs in the field of smarter planet innovations to provide startups...

Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (T) announced that the mobile carrier is launching a Wi-Fi “hotzone” in Austin on the popular downtown nightlife area of Sixth Street. The offering is the company’s fifth major hotzone, with other venues at Times Square in New York City, Wrigleyville...

As I sat listening to a series of presentations by successful entrepreneurs at the University of Texas’s AT&T Conference Center in Austin for Texas Venture Week today, it became increasingly obvious that one particular factor was key to their success....