Windows-powered smartphones made strong gains in the US market in early 2013, capturing third place, with Android and Apple at the top, a survey showed Monday.

Technology - Software

Jun 03, 2013 2.4 / 5 (7) 1

Struggling Finnish mobile giant Nokia unveiled Thursday a $99-touchscreen smartphone as it battles to gain traction in India and other emerging markets to reverse falling sales.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

May 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

MediaTek Inc., Asia's largest chipset designer, said Monday its first quarter profit grew 51 percent from a year earlier, boosted by China's flourishing smartphone market.

Technology - Business

May 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Taiwan's smartphone maker HTC said Monday net profit slumped 98.1 percent in the three months to March compared to a year earlier, hitting a record low of Tw$85 million ($2.83 million).

Technology - Business

Apr 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

US smartphone owners tend to be connected from the instant they rise until they fall sleep and revel in every minute of it, a Facebook-sponsored study showed.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 28, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Google said it was tossing its Reader service and seven other products under a house cleaning campaign that has closed 70 of the Internet giant's features in the past two years.

Technology - Internet

Mar 14, 2013 not rated yet 0

Africa's mobile phone market, the fastest-growing in the world, is the last frontier for the industry with the promise of unlocked riches luring global interest including from Chinese handset makers.

Technology - Telecom

Feb 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

As smartphone giants Apple and Samsung battle for the wallets of tech-savvy youngsters, a growing number of manufacturers is trying to lure a fast-growing new market: their grandparents.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 26, 2013 not rated yet 4

LG Electronics on Monday set a global sales target of 40 million smartphones for 2013, as the South Korean firm seeks to expand its presence in a market dominated by bigger rivals such as Samsung.

Technology - Business

Feb 25, 2013 not rated yet 1

Chinese handset makers will lead an onslaught on smartphone titans Samsung and Apple when the world's biggest mobile fair opens Monday in Barcelona, Spain.

Technology - Business

Feb 24, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 0

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry was handed a crushing setback for its glitzy new handsets when its major customer Home Depot confirmed on Tuesday it was switching to Apple's iPhones.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 12, 2013 1.3 / 5 (4) 1

The smartphone maker BlackBerry confirmed Friday that it has no immediate plans to sell its new handsets in Japan, but the company denied it was abandoning one of the world's most tech-savvy nations.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

Telecommunications company Vodafone says its revenue dropped 2 percent in the third quarter due to tougher competition, a weak economy, and regulatory changes at home and abroad.

Technology - Business

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Though yet to be launched in North America, BlackBerry's new smartphones were already for sale online Friday, stirring bidding frenzies.

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Feb 02, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Global smartphone sales soared in 2012, taking a huge slice of a mobile phone market that was otherwise flat, survey data showed Friday.

Technology - Business

Jan 25, 2013 1 / 5 (4) 0