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China’s ZTE introduces first U.S. tablet, the $99 Optik for Sprint

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000

ZTE, the fast-growing Chinese phone maker, says it wants to become a player in hotspots, phones and tablets here in North America.

Qualcomm, Ericsson just brought mobile calls into the IP age

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000

They have passed a voice call from an LTE network to a 3G one, paving the way for mobile carriers to migrate their voice traffic onto all-IP 4G networks.

Hands on with Microsoft Surface 2

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000

This 40-inch HD displays that can handle more than 20 fingers of touch and real-time interaction with people, objects and tags.

AT&T Galaxy Nexus gets semi-official Google Wallet support

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000

After having disappeared on the device, AT&T Galaxy Nexus owners are reporting that Google Wallet now appears to support Galaxy Nexus.

Yammer time: in 2011 “pretty much everything tripled” [Infographics]

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000

Paid seats went from 300,000 to 800,000, total users went from 1.6 to 4m, employees went from 80 to 250. 200,000 companies are using Yammer.

Sales of smartphones, tablets and notebooks expected to grow 25.7% annually through 2015

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:37 +0000

For the report, the overall mobile market should grow 8.7%; the mobile technology being the fastest growing segment of the electronics market.

Salesforce made a $200m bet last year, and it’s paying off

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:37 +0000

Salesforce.com says it has been quietly racking up a lot of success for its cloud-for-hire, Heroku, which launched its one millionth live app.

Voice-controlled Crackle video streaming app available for Xbox 360

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:37 +0000

Crackle is now available for all XBL Gold Members, and it’s loaded with some pretty good, and free, content including 200+ movies.

Facebook could buy Netflix, mobile assets, leverage big data

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:37 +0000

Facebook might use its new capital to acquire larger companies, buying the game-changing like Netflix, which faces significant challenges from Amazon.

Amazon’s stake in LivingSocial reveals steep losses for the Groupon competitor

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:37 +0000

Amazon, which has a 31% stake in LivingSocial, released the figures for the SEC’s quarterly filing: 2011 net loss totaled $55m on revenues of $245m.