Monthly Archives: April 2013
Google’s Privacy Team Getting New Leadership
Google's first-ever privacy director, Alma Whitten, is retiring in June and will leave the post she has filled since October 2010, when the job...
Verizon, AT&T Rumored to Be Planning Vodafone Buyout
Verizon and AT&T reportedly are putting together a bid to buy Vodafone.Verizon and Vodafone, which is the world's second-largest mobile carrier behind China Mobile,...
ARM, TSMC Tape Out First Cortex-A57 Chips for Mobile Devices, Servers
ARM Holdings and chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have "taped out" the first ARM Cortex-A57 processors, which officials said will find their way...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD Comes to AT&T’s 4G Network
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch tablet with 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) capability will be available at AT&T stores starting April 5, the network...
Amazon Hires Microsoft Phone Veteran, Rekindling Smartphone Rumors
Amazon.com is rumored, again, to be working on a smartphone.The bookseller-turned-retail giant-turned-tablet and e-reader maker has hired Charlie Kindel, a 20-year Microsoft veteran and...
Samsung, Android Platform Make Gains in Smartphone Market
Thanks in part to Samsung’s price drop in late 2012, which led various smartphone and feature phone users to upgrade to a Samsung device,...
PayPal, Google Wallet Contribute to Digital Payment Evolution: Forrester
Digital disruptors are at work in the payments arena, removing friction along the path to the moment of payment and creating products and services...
Social Collaboration Initiatives Fail Due to Lack of Purpose: Gartner
Most social collaboration initiatives fail because they follow a worst-practice approach of "provide and pray," leading to a 10 percent success rate, according to...
Cloud Broadcast Content Storage Service Legality Upheld by U.S. Court
A service that lets you record live television programs in the cloud for later replay does not infringe on copyrights and should not be...
Apple, Targeted By China Consumer Group, Offers Apology
Apple has offered an apology to customers on the home page of its site in China, and announced several changes to its repair policies.The...