Worldwide tablet shipments continue to surge, growing 142.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to preliminary data from IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Tablet shipments totaled 49.2 million units in 1Q13, surpassing that of the…
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Samsung has unveiled an ultra-high-speed four gigabit (Gb) low power double data rate 3 (LPDDR3) mobile DRAM, which is being produced at a 20 nanometer (nm) class process node. The 4Gb LPDDR3 can transmit data at up to 2,133 megabits…
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Samsung is rolling out Samsung Experience Shops, to be installed in more than 1,400 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores across the U.S. by early summer. The Samsung Experience Shops will provide personalized help to customers choosing Samsung products,…
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HTC, LG and Samsung have joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA). The Power Matters Alliance (PMA), associated with a program of the IEEE Standards Association called Industry Connections, is dedicated to creating an ecosystem and open standard for smart wireless…
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Samsung has unveiled the next generation of the Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy S 4, with touch-less features, no less. The Galaxy S 4 lets users control the device, including scrolling or turning a page, and viewing documents, without touching. A…
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Microsoft and Hon Hai (the parent company of Foxconn) signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio. The deal covers devices running the Android and Chrome OS, including smartphones, tablets and televisions. While the…
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The Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, says the Linux Foundation. The Xen Project is an open source virtualization platform licensed under the GPLv2 with a similar governance structure to the Linux kernel. Designed for cloud computing,…
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Mozilla is collaborating with Samsung on a Web browser engine called Servo. “Servo is an attempt to rebuild the Web browser from the ground up on modern hardware”, says Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, in a blog post. This means addressing…
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Facebook has launched a Facebook phone. No, Facebook is not getting into the handset manufacturing business anytime soon, nor is it unveiling a Facebook operating system, not yet, at any rate. The ‘Facebook phone’, which has been rumored to be…
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Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices grew 29.1% year over year in 2012, crossing 1 billion units shipped with a value of $576.9 billion, says IDC. The market expansion was largely driven by 78.4% year-over-year growth in tablet shipments, which…
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