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Apple v. Moto In Germany: One iPhone Injunction Ordered, Another One Lifted

Feb 3, 2012 5:16 AM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the last 24 hours has been dealt not one but two blows in court cases involving Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and patents in Germany, one involving IP licensing on older iPhone models (not the 4S) and one involving iCloud. However, as the day progressed, an injunction on…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Motorola, Qualcomm, Samsung, Countries, Europe, Germany

CES: Our Coverage In Pictures

Jan 15, 2012 8:00 AM

This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unprofitable Motorola’s struggle to regain its footing, and Microsoft’s phone-in of its last keynote, to Intel’s big plans for 2012. Learn what it all means and below, check out our…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola

@ CES: Available Now - Android OEM. WLTM Caring, Ambitious, Strong Partner

Jan 12, 2012 5:42 AM

Unlike its local rival Samsung, the Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has lately had more of a mixed bag when it’s come to Android devices and its mobile growth. Now it’s looking for Mr Right: a partner to help it grow and remain competitive in an ever-crowded market.

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Posted In: Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Facebook, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Countries, Asia, Korea

News Corp./Time Warner’s Prince Alwaleed Invests $300 Million In Twitter

Dec 19, 2011 6:37 AM

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia, an investor in media titans News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is turning his attention now to social media: he and his investment group, Kingdom Holding Company, today became the latest investors in Twitter, putting up $300…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, AOL, Apple, HP, Motorola, News Corp., Time Warner, Twitter, Countries, Europe, Russia, kingdom holdings, prince alalweed, prince alwaleed bin talal bin abdulaziz alsaud

More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes

Dec 1, 2011 7:33 AM

Several days into the Carrier IQ story—which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool—and some handset makers and at least a few carriers are scrambling to clear their names of any CarrierIQ association, although the discussion is unlikely to end here.

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Posted In: Legal, Privacy, Regulatory, EC, Ofcom, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Companies, France Telecom, Google, Android, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, O2, Samsung, Verizon, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK, carrier iq

One More Step In The Google/Motorola Merger: EU Approval Sought

Nov 28, 2011 10:19 AM

The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom; (NYSE: DT) now another mega mobile merger is coming up to bat against the regulators: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Mobile, Search, Companies, Apple, AT&T, Google, Android, Microsoft, Motorola, T-Mobile, Countries, Europe

One More Step In The Google/Motorola Merger: EU Approval Sought

Nov 28, 2011 10:19 AM

The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom; (NYSE: DT) now another mega mobile merger is coming up to bat against the regulators: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Mobile, Search, Companies, Apple, AT&T, Google, Android, Microsoft, Motorola, T-Mobile, Countries, Europe

White Friday For Samsung: A Lifeline In Aussie Galaxy Tablet Injunction?

Nov 25, 2011 9:01 AM

Could there be a little glimmer of light at the end of the tablet injunction tunnel for Samsung in Australia? With Christmas now exactly one month away, a panel of appeals judges in Sydney is considering overturning the order that has prohibited Samsung from launching its 10.1-inch tablet in the…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Legal, Appeals, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, Motorola, Samsung, Countries, Europe, Germany, Australia & New Zealand, Asia, australia, galaxy tab

Nomura: Amazon’s Kindle Fire ‘Devastating’ For Other Tablet Makers

Nov 21, 2011 6:41 AM

The Kindle Fire, retailing for only $199, could be the Android tablet that sells in volumes and provides real competition against the iPad from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The analysts at Nomura have looked at what the consequence will be for other tablet makers (not just those building on Google’s Android),…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research, Search, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, HTC, Motorola, RIM, Samsung, nomura, playbook, richard windsor

Rain Falls On iCloud? Apple Could Lose Motorola Case To The Tune Of $2.7B

Nov 18, 2011 12:22 PM

Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility today made a crucial advance against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in an ongoing patent case in Europe concerning iCloud and MobileMe. The news comes a day after Motorola Mobility came one step closer to its merger with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) when shareholders approved the deal yesterday.

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, Motorola, Samsung, Countries, Europe

Google To ‘Support’ Android OEMs Facing Lawsuits As LG Makes A Deal With IV

Nov 9, 2011 6:26 AM

Some heartening news for Android device makers today from the mouth of Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will continue to back those of them facing legal disputes over patents. But that’s not stopping those device makers from shoring up their patent licensing deals, just in case. The latest…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Reuters, RIM, Samsung, Countries, Asia, intellectual ventures

Google’s Schmidt: Android Will Remain Free, And So Will Motorola

Nov 8, 2011 9:59 AM

Ever wondered whether Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has plans to tack more revenue-generating services on to Android? If it does, one of them doesn’t look like it will be a licensing fee. Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, yesterday reiterated to an audience that Google has no plans to charge for…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Samsung, Countries, Asia, Korea, eric schmidt

The Android Pile-Up On Apple In Europe: Motorola Gets Injunction In Germany

Nov 7, 2011 11:24 AM

Apple’s latest Android nemesis in Europe? Not Samsung, and not a small-time Spanish tablet maker, but Motorola: the company, currently getting acquired by Google (NSDQ: GOOG), has managed to get an injunction ruling in Germany against Apple’s mobile devices, which Motorola (NYSE: MMI) claims violate its patents. But from the…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Motorola, Samsung, Countries, Europe, UK, Germany, frand

Samsung Requests Depositions For Apple’s Jony Ive, Others By December

Nov 2, 2011 1:33 PM

Another development in the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) versus Android patent story as the various cases work their way through the courts. Samsung has requested depositions for testimony from four key designers and inventors, including Apple’s SVP of industrial Jony Ive, as part of its defense the case that Apple has…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Regulatory, EC, Mobile, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, Motorola, Palm, Samsung, Countries, Europe, Germany, Spain

Kantar: Android Was The Only OS Whose Sales Grew In All Markets It Surveys

Oct 31, 2011 11:22 AM

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 models, such as the Galaxy line from Samsung—is translating into a boom for the Android platform. But that growth is even more striking when you compare it…

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Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Search, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, HTC, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Countries, Europe, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, kantar

ARM Chip Offers Cheaper Smartphones With Longer Battery Life

Oct 20, 2011 12:39 PM

The Cambridge chip design company ARM has unveiled a chip design that it say uses could mean cheaper smartphones with battery lives five times longer by 2013. It also thinks they will enable cheaper devices, with smartphones easily costing less than $100 (£60) by that time.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Companies, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, arm holdings

Video: Google’s Schmidt, Page Answer ‘Really Hard Questions’ At Zeitgeist

Sep 28, 2011 7:05 AM

At Google’s Zeitgeist Americas conference, Larry Page spent a good amount of time on stage—maybe one of the longest appearances he has made since taking over as the CEO of the company earlier this year. But when it came to the Q&A, he invited former CEO (and still-chairman) Eric Schmidt,…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Search, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, Microsoft, Motorola, Yahoo, eric schmidt, google zeitgeist, larry page

Google To Be Mobile Operator In Europe, Starting In Spain? Doesn’t Seem So

Sep 23, 2011 7:38 AM

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has worked its way into the center of the mobile industry with its Android OS, many mobile services and potentially even its own handsets when it buys Motorola (NYSE: MMI). Reports from Spain are suggesting that it now wants to also become mobile operator—although some claim that…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Google, Android, Motorola, Countries, Europe, Spain, google voice, mvno

Industry Moves
Frank Meehan Steps Down As INQ CEO; Co-Founder Ken Johnstone Takes Over

Sep 14, 2011 4:14 PM

Frank Meehan is stepping down as the CEO of INQ, the Hutchison-owned mobile phone maker that has been a trailblazer—if a very small one—in the mobile industry, with the first devices to integrate Spotify, Skype and Facebook into the phone’s browser. Ken Johnstone, who co-founded the company with Meehan and…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Industry Moves, Mobile, Companies, Facebook, Google, Android, HTC, Hutchison Whampoa, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, Spotify, Twitter, frank meehan, inq, ken johnstone

Symbian Lost As Many Users As Android Gained In Europe, Says ComScore

Sep 13, 2011 6:40 AM

Interesting stats out today from comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) that underscore just how clear the threat is to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) from Android: the researchers note in the last year in Europe, the number of Android phones in use grew by nearly the same amount that Symbian phones declined. As with…

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Games, Music, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Countries, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, comscore

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