Your Facebook phone may be the equivalent of having a KGB agent tailing you. Mark Zuckerberg will be in your pocket. You might as well wear one of those ankle bracelets for tracking. The Facebook phone is in play—again—and it appears we have another 12 to 18 months to go before mobile a... Read more...
Kodak’s patents could come in handy in the ongoing patent wars. All smartphones have digital photography technology. Eastman Kodak is prepping for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that could put an interesting twist in the patent wars. According to the Wall Street Journal, Kodak is looking for $... Read more...
Apple's iMessage is killing off the overpriced text message, at least for a narrow group of iPhone owners. Graphic designer Neven Mrgan posted this chart showing how his text messaging use changed after Apple released iOS 5 with iMessage. As you can see, it dropped dramatically. Most of Mrgan'... Read more...
Here is an annotated guide to Research In Motion's terrible year. The once hot smartphone company saw its stock price plummet 71% after it missed on earnings, repeatedly lowered guidance, and had its tablet completely flop. Read more...
Kodak has won another battle in its ongoing legal wars with Apple over digital camera patent infringements. International Trade Commission Judge Robert Rogers declared on Thursday that Kodak’s digital camera technology does not infringe upon Apple’s patents. According to Bloomberg, that r... Read more...
Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Close to oblivion in 1997, Apple is now the world's second-most valuable company, after Exxon Mobil Corp. On April 20, it reported net income of $5.99 b... Read more...
NTP Inc, which made it to the headlines after getting a settlement from Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) over email technology, has said that it had filed lawsuits against various smartphone companies including Apple Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft and Motorola Inc. The NTP recently bagged a USD 6... Read more...