Apple is expected to introduce the iPhone 5 Sept. 12—after which it's going to be no easy feat for its competitors to grab a headline or pull attention away from the smartphone that Apple fans have been waiting for since essentially last October. Because of this, you can expect a whole lot of news to be crammed into the ...
Google to cut 4000 Motorola Mobility jobs, take $275 million charge
on 8.13.12
Motorola Mobility, which was bought by Google Inc for $12.5 billion, will cut 20 percent of its workforce and shut nearly a third of its offices worldwide, Google said on Monday. "These changes are designed to return Motorola's mobile devices unit to profitability, after it lost money in fourteen of the last sixteen ...
Report: Apple iPhone 5 Will Be Last Smartphone Hurrah As Market Nears Peak
on 7.16.12
The great smartphone boom is about to end. That’s according to one savvy tech prognosticator, Bill Whyman, head of the investment research firm International Strategy & Investment‘s tech strategy research team, who tends to look more than a couple quarters ahead. Whyman contends that as smartphone penetration ...
Motorola Quietly Reveals The LTE-Friendly, Kevlar-Clad Atrix HD
on 7.5.12
Rumors and questionable leaks of Motorola’s next Atrix device have been making the rounds for what seems like ages, but Motorola finally put all that speculation to rest last night. The company recently revealed the new Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset on their website, albeit with a notable lack of fanfare. With its ...
Verizon Wireless Stops Subsidizing Tablets, Now Selling Them At Full Retail Sans Wireless Contract
on 7.4.12
Watch out for exploding prices! Verizon Wireless just stopped subsidizing tablets, which naturally results in a lot higher advertised prices. Want a 16GB Motorola XYZBoard? That will be $629. A Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7? Hand over $549. Verizon Wireless quietly made the switch late last month when launching the “Share ...
VLC for Android beta officially launches, now available to download on Google Play
on 7.2.12
After years in development, the VideoLAN team have finally launched their popular VLC video player on Android, meaning that if you own one of the newer ARMv7-powered Android devices, you will be able to download the first beta of the app from Google Play today. Initially targeted at “power users and hackers”, the beta ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 29, 2012
on 5.29.12
Google just closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility and officially became a smartphone manufacturer. Is Facebook jealous? It must be, because the New York Times is reporting strong rumors that we could see a Facebook phone sometime next year. Facebook did not confirm or deny the rumor, it pointed to an earlier ...
Motorola Teases Ice Cream Sandwich on Droid RAZR
on 5.27.12
Be patient, owners of the Motorola RAZR and RAZR Maxx. You'll get your ice cream someday – Ice Cream Sandwich, that is, otherwise known as Android 4.0. But if you can't wait until the end of June to get your hands on the latest update to Google's OS, and you haven't already installed a custom ROM that gives you the ...
Google Closes on Motorola Mobility Acquisition
on 5.24.12
Google Inc. completed its $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. on Tuesday and said it has appointed a Google executive as the new CEO of the business. Dennis Woodside, previously president of Google's Americas region, is Motorola's new CEO. Departing CEO Sanjay Jha will help to ensure a ...
A Futurist’s Personal Technology
on 5.14.12
Read the full story at Davide Houle. I am frequently asked about what technology I carry and use. This is due in large part because I am a futurist and to many people technology and the future are close to synonymous. That of course is not wholly true, but certainly understandable as it is technology that seems ...
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