By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 8 and the first batch of devices that ran the new platform back in September. That included the HTC Windows Phone 8X, the Windows Phone 8S, the Samsung ATIV S and the Nokia Lumia 920. Since then, however, Nokia has been…
By Todd Haselton |
Hon Hai (Foxconn) took a hit during the first quarter of this year when sales of Apple’s iPhone dropped off a bit compared to the first and fourth quarters of last year. At the time, it appeared that Hon Hai, a firm that manufacturers Apple’s…
By Jacob Kleinman |
A new Apple patent details how future iPhones could decrease and increase speaker volume on its own based on a user’s distance from the device. The patent application, which was published today by the U.S Patent and Trademark Office and titled “Adjustment of acoustic properties based…
By Sean P. Aune |
While it is said there are multiple bidders in the hunt to purchase Hulu, Yahoo is the name that seems to be coming up most frequently. The latest rumor is that the company has bid between $600 and $800 million for the streaming video service…
By Todd Haselton |
Nokia recently filed fresh patent infringement complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission against HTC. The company said its two complaints with the ITC now cover nine different patents, and also noted that it now has a total of 50 patents asserted against HTC around…
By Todd Haselton |
Public relations firm Brodeur will no longer represent BlackBerry, an employee told TechnoBuffalo in an email recently. Brodeur has been BlackBerry’s go-to PR firm in the United States for more than 16 years and helped usher in the latest devices and tech, including the BlackBerry…
By Todd Haselton |
Wow — hot on the heels of its Tumblr acquisition, Yahoo is now apparently interested in acquiring Hulu. AllThingsD broke the news on Friday and noted, as we’ve reported in the past, Yahoo isn’t alone in its interest for Hulu. Several other large firms are…
By Todd Haselton |
Waze is quite the hot item right now. The social traffic application apparently shot down a buyout bid from Apple and is currently in talks to sell to Facebook for $1 billion. But wait, things get even hotter: apparently Google is interested in bidding on Waze…
By Todd Haselton |
Several publishers have already settled allegations that a legion of them, including Apple, were running an eBook price fixing scheme. Apple’s still holding out for a trial that will take place on June 3. Tim Cook may be called in to testify, but the actual…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung recently announced that it sold 10 million Galaxy S4 units in just 26 days. That immediately raises the question: how well did HTC fare with its brand new One flagship smartphone? In an article by The Wall Street Journal, the news outlet said that it…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Contradicting earlier reports that Apple had edged back up to the 5th largest share of smartphone sales in China, a new report from Chinese organization Analysis International suggests that Apple held onto the 6th largest market share with a 6.4 percent market share in Q1…
By Todd Haselton |
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen issued a release on Wednesday stating that Penguin Group has reached a settlement in which it was accused of fixing the prices of eBooks. The book publisher will pay $75 million in consumer restitution and as injunctive relief, Jepsen said.…
By Jacob Kleinman |
It looks like Apple‘s Cold War against Google may finally be heating up. Apple typically targets Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers that rely on Android software with its patent infringement claims. Now, however, the Cupertino-based company may finally have Google in its crosshairs with a claim…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung said Wednesday that it recently acquired a 10 percent stake in Pantech for about $48 million. While that may seem like a bizarre move, especially since the two firms compete in the lower-tier Android smartphone market, Samsung said it will help its business relationship…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC hasn’t had a good year, certainly not financially, and its business woes are continuing. In the wake of the HTC One launch, a gorgeous device that CEO Peter Chou is betting his job on, several company executives have departed the firm. The Verge said it…
By Todd Haselton |
Best Buy released its first quarter 2013 earnings on Tuesday and noted a net earnings loss of $81 million, representing a loss of $0.24 per share. The big box retailer said international revenue of $1.4 billion declined 9.6 percent over the same quarter last year…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer both testified in D.C. in front of the U.S. Senate Tuesday, but as of this morning the The New York Times didn’t let up in its assault on the company’s corporate tax practices. The news outlet recently reported that Congress has exposed a global web…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s currently in the hot seat on Capitol Hill for apparently working the system to avoid paying taxes. Those are the allegations being leveraged against the company by the U.S. government in any case, even though Apple has argued that it’s following the law. One of the…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is still the most valuable brand in the world according to the annual BrandZ report published by Millward Brown. The firm valued Apple’s brand at $185 billion, a 1 percent change from last year. Apple is trailed by Google with a brand value of…
By Jacob Kleinman |
GrubHub and Seamless, two of the biggest online food delivery services in the U.S., announced a merger that will allow the newly formed company to serve over 500 cities with food from more than 20,000 restaurants across the country. GrubHub founder Matt Maloney will take…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s Fifth Avenue Apple Store is a global icon for the brand. It sits in midtown NYC, flanked by Central Park, and its cap is made entirely out of glass panels. As such, the location has been a go-to store for tourists and locals alike…
By Jacob Kleinman |
A day before Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer are scheduled to speak in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, the Cupertino-based company released a statement defending its status as a job creator in America and denying earlier claims that the…
By Todd Haselton |
Sprint announced Monday that it recently acquired Handmark and one of its subsidiaries, OneLouder. Handmark is best known as an app developer and distributor that has created popular applications such as TweetCaster. Sprint said that it hopes the purchase will boost its Pinsight Media+ advertising…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Yahoo offer to purchase Tumblr has been accepted and the blogging service is formally joining the former search giant. Rumors began spreading just last week, and although a $1.1 billion purchase price was approved by the Yahoo board of directors yesterday, there was no…
