Global shipments of smartphones in the second quarter of 2012 totaled 158 million, and China accounted for 27% of those shipments, a total of 42 million units, according to research firm Canalys.…
The latest rankings are out from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) on the US smartphone device and platform markets. Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF) leads the device makers with a 25.6% market share in…
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) continued a two-day surge, up another 9% today on rumors China-based PC firm Lenovo will buy it. Lenovo has said the rumor is “a joke.” Nokia continues to…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares reach an all-time low as doubts about its business model grow. (Reuters) China’s PMI for July falls. (Reuters) Home prices may have steadied, according to Case-Shiller data.…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today that it is converting its long-time Hotmail web email to another long-time Microsoft brand: Outlook. The new brand, outlook.com, will tie the company’s industry-leading office Microsoft…
While investors breathlessly await the company’s first earnings report since its IPO, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is believed to be prepping a run at the smartphone market. A report from Bloomberg News…
Paul Ausick ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) is bucking the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) drag. With its processor sales strong for smartphones and tablets, the British company managed to beat earnings expectations with a…
A two-year investigation into a European Union antitrust complaint against search giant Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will apparently end with a settlement, not a protracted legal proceeding. That’s the report, at least,…
For the first time ever, US consumer electronics purchases are expected to top $200 billion in 2012 according to the latest forecast from the US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The group is…
Research firm Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) released its top 50 websites, based on unique visitors, for the month of June. The data offered few surprises, except for the rise of Twitter, which now has…
Douglas A. McIntyre Moody’s this morning cut its rating on long-term senior unsecured debt from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) from Ba1 to Ba3. Short-term unsecured ratings of Not-Prime (NP) were affirmed and the ratings outlook…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Spanish bond yields rose above 7% again and the country’s Valencia region asked for central government assistance in paying its debts.…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) can actually claim to have beaten the operating platforms of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in at least one respect. Technology research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that Nokia, which operates on Microsoft’s…
When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still say the…
The pay package of new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer has been pegged at between $59 million and $100 million, depending on what assumptions about bonuses and stock options get used.…
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