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YouTube mobile video viewing tops 200 mln a day

YouTube has said it is serving up more than 200 million videos daily to smartphones and other Internet-linked mobile devices.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks

As sensors that do things like detect touch and motion in cell phones get smaller, cheaper and more reliable, computer manufacturers are beginning to take seriously the decade-old idea of "smart dust" -- networks ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Intel's truce with Nvidia shows industry's shifts

Intel Corp.'s decision to pay Nvidia Corp. $1.5 billion for the right to its patents highlights the seismic shifts the semiconductor industry is undergoing.

Technology / Business

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Verizon Wireless invites press to mystery event

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless said Friday it will hold a press conference on Jan. 11, reigniting rumors that it will become the second U.S. carrier to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

Technology / Business

created Jan 08, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Verizon reveals first 4G wireless tablets, phones (Update)

(AP) -- This year, the big national wireless carriers will be racing to stake their claims in the new frontier of service: ultra-fast data access - for smart phones and laptops as well as for gadgets like ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Phones providers aim to replace wallets, IDs

For many people, smart phones are almost as indispensable as wallets. And soon, your smart phone could replace your wallet. A collection of the biggest wireless carriers, handset makers and software developers are putting ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Qualcomm makes $3.2B buy to ride new gadget wave

(AP) -- Tech companies are sweating it out to keep ahead of what consumers want from their gadgets. Just look at Qualcomm Inc., which struck a $3.2 billion deal Wednesday in hopes of tapping into the explosion ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakup of gadget pioneer Motorola is complete (Update)

(AP) -- Motorola, the 82-year-old consumer electronics pioneer responsible for early televisions, cell phones and even the first broadcast from the moon, split into two companies Tuesday in a reflection of ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microchips found in most mundane of places

To help make football a little safer, Intel officials last month proposed having players' helmets outfitted with microprocessors that would wirelessly alert doctors if the athletes suffered a hit hard enough to cause head ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

With travel app, no one knows you're a tourist

(AP) -- Tourist in my own city? Ack. I learned within days of moving to New York City earlier this year that a) Times Square must be avoided at all costs and b) you don't want to look like a tourist. The ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mobile digital TV poised for big moves in 2011

Rabbit ears on a mobile phone? Well, not exactly, but broadcasters and gadget manufacturers are working to beam live television to portable devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Android, iPhone competitors wage weak battle

In the smart phone business, the conventional wisdom is that everyone is battling for third place behind Google and Apple.

Technology / Business

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Which smart phone works for you?

The best-selling tech item around the world is a cell phone and, for the last two years, it's been all about the smart phone, the device that puts the Internet in your pocket.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Smart phone rivalry plays out in patent suits

Competition among smart phone makers is heating up at retail, in advertising and, increasingly, in the courtroom as handset and software makers wield patent lawsuits to protect their turf and slow down their rivals.

Technology / Business

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research in Motion profit jumps 45 percent

(AP) -- Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, on Thursday said its third-quarter earnings jumped 45 percent as sales keep surging overseas despite tough competition in the smart-phone market.

Technology / Business

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0