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Sony Mobile to lay off 1,000 employees

On Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Sony announced yesterday that it will be eliminating around 1,000 positions in its mobile division as part of a restructuring period. The number represents 15% of Sony’s total workforce and comes just a little time after Sony reported poor financial results in prior quarters. [adsenseyu1] “Sony has identified the mobile business as one of its ...

Samsung loses the patent suit by Apple. Fined over $1B.

On Friday, August 24th, 2012
After what seems like an incredibly short amount of deliberation, the jury in the Apple vs. Samsung case has reached a verdict. The court is reading the verdicts to the lawyers as we type this and so far, the news is really, really bad for Samsung. The future of both of these companies and perhaps ...

New Facebook app for iOS released with massive performance enhancements

On Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
As previously, Facebook has just released version 5.0 of its app for iOS devices, bringing with it a complete re-write of the app. The new Facebook app for the iPhone and iPad has been “rebuilt so it’s faster and easier to use.” [adsenseyu1] Full release notes: We’ve rebuilt the app so it’s faster and easier ...


iPhone market share hits all-time high, BlackBerry hits all-time low

On Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
  Over the last week, analytics firm Net Applications released its mobile operating system statistics for June 2012, revealing that Apple’s iPhone hit an all-time high in market share with 65.27%. This came after the iPhone actually lost market share in May (62.65%). Google’s Android platform gained slightly from 19.69% to 19.73%. Finally, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform dropped below ...

Google Search App for Windows 7.5 phones Redesigned

On Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Windows Phone owners can now get easy access to the Google Search App, available in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Check out these features which help you get useful results fast: Google Autocomplete: As you type in your search, our autocomplete feature offers search predictions that often match your intended search term making search entry easier ...