News tagged with mobile phone business


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

Technology / Business

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


Toshiba to stop making mobile phones in Japan

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will end production of mobile phones in Japan due to plummeting demand amid an economic slump.





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Google phone revolution or misdirection?

Technology / Business

created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google smartphones are either a daring foray into the telecom world or a misunderstood test of the next-generation of the Internet giant's Android mobile operating system.


HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.


RIM 3Q profit up 59 pct, record BlackBerry sales (AP)

RIM 3Q profit up 59 pct on record BlackBerry sales

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. surprised Wall Street on Thursday as it reported a 59 percent increase in third-quarter income, boosted by new subscribers and record sales of its smart phones.


The volume of garbage dumped in landfills every year in Japan has shrunk to roughly one third of 1990 levels

Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.


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Google tests new phone to profit from mobile Web

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc. is determined to gain more influence over how the Web is used on mobile phones, even if the next step in the quest tramples some of the relationships forged during its two-year expansion ...


Globalive to launch mobile phone service in Canada

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Canadian government said Friday that it has approved a request from Egyptian-backed telecom Globalive Wireless Management Corp. to launch its mobile phone service in Canada.


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Ubiquitous in U.S., Google struggles for market share in China

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In China, Google means underdog. While the Mountain View company dominates the search market in the United States, it is not part of the pop lexicon on the other side of the Pacific. In its nine years in China, ...


Imeem launched in San Francisco in 2003 and became a popular online locale for streaming and sharing music for free

MySpace buys imeem music site for under $1 mln

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 ...


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RIM to boost BlackBerry presence in China

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research in Motion said Tuesday it planned to expand the China market for its BlackBerry smartphone to include consumers and small businesses, amid fierce competition in the world's biggest mobile market.


Microsoft to kick off Office 2010 in June

Technology / Software

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing.



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