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 »
Far-East Round-Up: Social, Mobile Gaming Are Soaring
photo: Robert S. Donovan
China is hot. Mobile connections there just overtook those in the U.S. for the first time. Here is a glut of deals news today illustrating t… 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 »
EyeSight Gets Its Hands On $4.2 Million For Gesture Control Technology
If the Kinect and the Wii popularized the idea of gestures controlling machines, the rise of startups working in the area will take the tech… Read more at paidContent »
Apple’s blanket bloatware ban as strong as ever
Apple is nowhere near relaxing its strict rules for carrier partners, according to Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo. Negotiations to bring the the iPhone to Japan’s largest cellular network operator have hit an impasse since Apple won’t back down on a rule against pre-installing software on devices. 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 »
The Latest Google Android App Store Comes From Yahoo
In recent months, we have written how Android is like the Wild West in China, with all manner of operators launching their own, non-Google (… Read more at paidContent »
CW Cuts Another Streaming Deal: Current Season Shows To Hulu, Hulu Plus
photo: CW's Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is headed to Hulu Plus. On the heels of a past-season, library deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) that could be worth as much as $1… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon May Launch Kindle In Japan This Year
photo: Flickr / Marcus Vegas
Kindle may come to Japan as early as the end of this year, according to reports today in Japanese newspaper Nikkei Business Daily and wire s… 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 »
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 »
Sony Ericsson’s Move To All-Smartphones Cannot Come Soon Enough
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the JV between the consumer electronics company Sony and mobile equipment giant Ericsson, may be the… Read more at paidContent »
Sony Gives A Big “No Comment” On Sony Ericsson Buyout Reports
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has declined to comment on reports that it is considering a bid to buy out Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from its Sony Ericsson han… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Lowdown 9-22-11: HP; HTC; Color; Google/Oracle
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Embarrassing reports on HP’s board following the news that the company may b… Read more at paidContent »
Japan’s E-commerce Giant Rakuten Buying Play.com For £25 Million
It’s not all about online content distribution, you know?
Play.com, the UK site that sells games, movies, music and more on ye olde plastic… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Lowdown 9-20-11: Apple Stock; Google/Oracle; Nokia; Verizon; Samsung
photo: Getty Images / Daniel Barry
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stock reached an all-time high yesterday, closing at $411… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung’s Counterattack Against Apple: Australia And An iPhone 5 Assault
Another day, and another legal action gets filed in the growing, two-way dispute between Samsung and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The Korean device m… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Ad Network InMobi Takes Huge $200 Million Investment From Softbank
Very big news today for the mobile advertising world, and a major boost for the mobile ad network InMobi: the company has just announced tha… Read more at paidContent »
The Game Of Brinkmanship Continues: Apple Countersues Samsung In The UK
The legal cases between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung are now developing on a daily basis — and as we predicted yesterday, it looks like w… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Roadie Looks To Boost China’s App Count, Goes East With Q Mobao
China’s tech giants have been piling into the app store space like a rugby team tackling a wobbling ball. Companies like Tencent, Alibaba /… Read more at paidContent »
Update: Samsung Takes Its Apple Fight To France, Apple Goes Big In China
No signs of this fight cooling off soon. Fresh from a ruling in Germany that denied Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) a Europe-wide injunction on Samsung’s… Read more at paidContent »
Apple’s Injunction Bid On 10-Inch Samsung Galaxy Tab Upheld In Germany
Samsung has remained very confident in the face of legal actions by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) around the world, alleging infringements of its iPhon… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Lowdown 9-8-11: Apple/Samsung Japan; Microsoft Tablet; Mobile Stats
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) meets with Samsung in court in Japan and requests an injunction on Sm… Read more at paidContent »
Will Docomo’s New LTE Service Fan The Flames In The Apple vs. Samsung Fire?
We may be approaching the point where it’s fair to ask the following question: Where haven’t Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung sued each other… Read more at paidContent »
The Morning Lowdown 09-01-11
» Hulu Japan Launches WIth Movies, TV From CBS (NYSE: CBS), Sony (NYSE: SNE), Fox (NSDQ: NWS) & More But No Ads (paidContent)
Hulu Japan Launches With Movies, TV From CBS, Sony, Fox & More But No Ads
Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. Fo… Read more at paidContent »
Mobile Lowdown 8-31-11: Amazon Tablet; China iOS; Apple/Wikileaks; FilmOn
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Amazon could have two sizes of tablet in mind for a launch: a seven-inch mod… Read more at paidContent »
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Early earthquake warning pops up in iOS 5 beta
A new feature has appeared in iOS 5 in Japan: It’s a built-in notification system tied to Japan’s sophisticated early-earthquake-detection service, which can provide between a few seconds and a couple of minutes of advance notice prior to an earthquake’s actually hitting. Read more »
Hulu to launch subscription service in Japan
Hulu is turning Japanese with the launch of a subscription service in the country. The company today announced that it will launch the service before the end of the year, but declined to provide further details. Hulu actively looked for partners in Japan earlier this year. Read more »
iPhones and iPads drive Softbank’s explosive Q1 profits
In case anyone doubts the power of Apple’s devices to lift the fortunes of its cellular network operator partners, Softbank’s newly reported fiscal first-quarter results should prove convincing. The Japanese carrier saw a nearly five-fold jump in profits compared to the same period last year. Read more »
YouTube takes automatic captioning international
YouTube users fluent in Japanese can now watch videos in that language with automatically generated captions, thanks to the same speech-recognition technology that also powers voice input on Android mobile devices. This is the first step towards an international expansion for auto-captioning YouTube videos. Read more »
Pan-Pacific Smart Grid: Japanese Giants Move to Maui
Maui is set to become a smart grid showcase, courtesy of Japanese giants like Hitachi, Sharp and Hewlett-Packard Japan. These companies are among the partners that signed on to a long-range project announced Tuesday, aimed at integrating the Hawaiian Island’s renewable power and plug-in vehicles to come. Read more »
