Apple Event In New York This Month Will Focus On Education
As expected, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has started to send out invitations to an event in New York, and now we know what it will be about: educatio… Read more at paidContent »
How France’s Free will reinvent mobile
Xavier Niel, the maverick founder of Free.fr broadband service, will redefine the mobile landscape with Free Mobile, a new approach thanks to a cutting-edge network that blends Wi-Fi, HSPA+ 3G, femtocells and its all-fiber backbone, offering unlimited voice, texting and data for cheap. Read more »
Italian court denies preliminary iPhone 4S ban
Apple’s iPhone 4S won’t be blocked for sale in Italy, at least not in the near-term. A Milan court rejected Samsung’s request for a preliminary injunction against the device on Thursday. It’s the third time Samsung’s attempts to hobble Apple in Europe have been blocked. Read more »
Meet Europe's (And The U.S.'s?) Newest Mobile Operator: China Telecom
photo: Robert S. Donovan
China presents one of the single biggest opportunities for mobile companies looking for more growth, and it’s no surprise that companies lik… Read more at paidContent »
Other European Apple resellers watching French lawsuit closely
Apple is facing a lawsuit in France over its retail practices, and that case will be monitored closely by other resellers on the continent, a new report says. Still, others say this is just business as usual for Apple and the French case won’t change that. Read more »
How Spain’s version of SOPA is setting the web on fire
After much deliberation, Spain’s Sinde Law — an antipiracy initiative similar to America’s proposed SOPA legislation — has passed. But it is not entering the statute books without controversy over its reach, remit and the threats made by the U.S. government to force it through. Read more »
Apple sued over third-party reseller inventory practices
Apple has an immensely successful self-run retail arm, but it wasn’t always that way. Once, it depended heavily on the kindess of strangers, and some of those same strangers (namely third-party resellers) are now bristling at what they see as unfair business practices. Read more »
Wanna Download A Free Movie With No Legal Worries? Go Dutch.
Some countries in Europe, like France, are looking at ways of extending their copyright protection laws to streamed media, in addition to ex… Read more at paidContent »
iPhone strong in Britain, but underwhelming in rest of Europe
Apple’s iPhone 4S has propelled Cupertino’s smartphone share back to growth in many markets, including Britain, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech released Thursday. But Apple’s latest smartphone isn’t leading to runaway success everywhere, owing in part to economic concerns. Read more »
France Telecom's Orange Looks To 3D And Xbox For New TV Bells And Whistles
With the growth of over-the-top services that let users access the video they want over the internet (and often, for free), those companies… Read more at paidContent »
Analyst: Downturn And Intransigence Pushing French Papers To Web, Oblivion
Reuters (NYSE: TRI) has this remarkable and brutal story of how France’s rickety news business, which relies heavily on state subsidy, is ab… Read more at paidContent »
Al Jazeera, Apple Could Drive Up Sky Sports' Soccer Costs
Cash-rich pay-TV service Al Jazeera Sports could force Sky Sports to bid 25 percent more for 2013-16 Premier League rights when negotiations… Read more at paidContent »
Smartphone Penetration Approaching Tipping Point As PC Usage Declines
Smartphone penetration is slowly approaching the tipping point where it will be more common to have a smartphone than a feature phone among… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: In Samsung v. Apple, Are Injunctions A Viable Nuclear Option?
Two more advances in the ongoing, international fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android tablet maker Samsung over alleged patent violat… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Widens Its Kindle Footprint With €99 Device On Sale In Spain, Italy
It’s taken a few years, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has really ramped up the number of countries where it is selling its Kindle products. Today… Read more at paidContent »
Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late?
A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimous… Read more at paidContent »
What Europe’s top venture capitalists really think
Some of Europe’s leading investors gathered in Italy last week to discuss the problems and opportunities faced by startups across the continent. But what did they actually think? And what does it mean? Read more »
France Wants To Tax ISPs To Fund Music, Add Streaming To Three-Strikes Law
Away from the Eurozone crisis, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy has come up with one way to raise more funds in his country for one strugg… Read more at paidContent »
Apple Adversary Zuora Raises $36 Million For Subscription Services
Big funding round for the digital content subscription and billing specialist Zuora: the company has raised $36 million in a Series D round… Read more at paidContent »
45 Carriers Endorse Mobile Payment Standard, But Will It Make A Difference?
Near-field communications (NFC) is far from being a standard in mobile payments, but the wave-and-pay technology may have gotten its biggest… Read more at paidContent »
Nokia Drops More Hints Of An Upcoming Windows 8 Tablet
Considering all the issues and upheavals that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has had in its core business of mobile phones — what with the declining mar… Read more at paidContent »
Orange Will Bring Three New, Cheap 'Facebook Phones' To Europe And Africa
Remember the “Facebook phones” launched by HTC and INQ earlier this year that gave users a hotlink to the social network and integrated the… Read more at paidContent »
Vive le mobile: French smartphone love affair rolls on
More evidence, if it were needed, that Europe is increasingly becoming a mobile-centric culture, with figures showing that France’s smartphone market has grown 34 percent in the last year. Read more »
In Android/Apple Fight, Samsung Says It Won't Seek Korean iPhone 4S Ban
photo: Seoul: skinnylawyer // Android: Robert Andrews
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has gained another victory in its ongoing worldwide legal battle against Samsung. The Korean giant says it will not seek… Read more at paidContent »
French Papers Buddy With Google For Kiosk Payments, Product Development
The combined digital kiosk of eight French newspapers is adopting Google’s OnePass to facilitate all its customer payments beside iOS. Read more at paidContent »
A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read more at paidContent »
Kantar: Android Was The Only OS Whose Sales Grew In All Markets It Surveys
We have seen time and again how the growing number of Android-based handsets from a plethora of OEMs — and the popularity of some specific… Read more at paidContent »
What Will It Take For International E-Book Markets To Take Off?
photo: Flickr / Mr. iMaax
Big U.S. publishers are now reporting that e-books now make up between 15 and 20 percent of their sales-a dramatic and quick rise since 2010… Read more at paidContent »
Motorola Xoom Discounted Again In The Tablet Race To The Bottom
There were such high hopes for the Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Xoom when it was first unveiled at the beginning of this year: meticulously crafted,… Read more at paidContent »
With Sales Of Four Million, The iPhone 4S Is A New Record Breaker For Apple
It looks like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is once again rewriting the books on what it is that makes a smartphone sell. Those who thought that the iP… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung Inks Deal With Yandex For Smart TV, Bada Mobile Services In Russia
Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inkin… Read more at paidContent »
IPads for €1: French students face tablet deal deluge
The tablet market is growing rapidly — but it could be getting even more of a boost thanks to the growing number of operator subsidies on offer. The latest? A series of cut-price deals aimed at France’s large student population. Read more »
Updated: Samsung Seeks Injunctions On iPhone 4S, Adds Japan, Australia
More artillery build-up in the battle between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung. Just days after Apple released its newest handset, the iPhone… Read more at paidContent »
Kobo France Takes Run At Le Kindle
Four days after Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the French Kindle and accompanying Kindle store, rival e-book company Kobo announced that it’s… Read more at paidContent »
UK Launches LTE Trial, But Is It Falling Behind In The 4G Race?
Frustrating news for those in the UK who have eagerly been awaiting the first 4G services. The country, home to some of the most mobile-savv… Read more at paidContent »
HuffPo Partners With Le Monde, LNEI On French Edition
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The Huffington Post is planning a French edition — Le Huffington Post — with two established partners who will share equity: The Le Monde… Read more at paidContent »
Bonjour, Amazon. Kindle Store Debuts In France With Its First French Kindle
Yesterday Google (NSDQ: GOOG) launched its first eBookstore outside of the U.S. in the UK, but it will have to step up the pace by quite a b… Read more at paidContent »
Microsoft Shifts Strategies To Expand Xbox Live TV, Go Global
After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boos… Read more at paidContent »
