Smartphone trade-ins will matter more as subsidies go away
Taking a cue from the auto industry, phone sellers are tempting consumers with trade-in offers. In fact, there's probably a good-size down payment on a new smartphone in your pocket now.
Taking a cue from the auto industry, phone sellers are tempting consumers with trade-in offers. In fact, there's probably a good-size down payment on a new smartphone in your pocket now.
Business
Apr 12, 2013
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The mobile phone turned 40 on Wednesday, with no fanfare to mark the occasion in a market which seemed focused on new smartphones like the iPhone and a possible Facebook-themed device.
Telecom
Apr 3, 2013
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(AP)—Shares of Apple jumped nearly 6 percent Monday, with one analyst calling a two-month sell-off in shares of the world's most valuable company "insanely insane."
Business
Nov 19, 2012
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Canada's national daily, The Globe and Mail, on Monday began charging readers a Can$20 monthly subscription to access news on its website.
Internet
Oct 22, 2012
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With the cloud computing business still in its relatively early days, the European Union moved on Thursday to secure a toehold in a potentially lucrative market it says could deliver 2.5 million new jobs.
Business
Sep 27, 2012
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The new iPhone 5 is on its way to unprecedented commercial success, but the world's most iconic smartphone is facing tougher competition from rivals out-innovating Apple, analysts say.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 21, 2012
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The reviews are almost universally glowing and the queues are dutifully forming at Apple stores across the world, but in France the much-hyped release of the iPhone 5 could be stymied by strike action.
Business
Sep 20, 2012
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Taiwan's HTC unveiled its first smartphones powered by Microsoft's Windows on Wednesday, in a boost for the US software giant's efforts to break into a market dominated by Apple and Google.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 19, 2012
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Police across Australia warned mobile phone users on Monday to ignore a text message sent to "a large number of people" threatening death if they did not pay Aus$5,000 (US$5,150).
Internet
Jul 23, 2012
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Zynga launched "Draw Something" in China as it moved to get non-English speakers caught up in the craze for the mobile phone game based on representing words with pictures.
Software
Jun 13, 2012
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