Sony cuts sales target for cameras, smartphones for 2014-15 May 22nd, 2013 - 08:40h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp lowered its sales target for digital cameras to 1.3 trillion yen ($12.7 billion) for the fiscal year to end-March 2015, from a previous estimate of 1.5 trillion yen. Sony also cut its sales target for smartpho... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sony, cuts, sales, target, cameras, smartphones, 201415, Top Keywords

How Cell Phones Are Helping Fisherman Fight Piracy May 17th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) See full coverage (Source: The Atlantic Wire)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cell, phones, helping, fisherman, fight, piracy, 201415, Top Keywords

Sony gadgets struggle despite profit rise, smartphones key May 9th, 2013 - 09:10h (CET +01.00) By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp forecast a drop in sales of cameras and game machines this business year as its consumer gadget business struggles despite a rebound in profit to five-year highs and a boost from the weak yen. Sony's bid ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sony, gadgets, struggle, despite, profit, rise, smartphones, Top Keywords

Apps convert smartphones into home monitoring system May 6th, 2013 - 07:50h (CET +01.00) By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Worried about what your dog is chewing on when you're at work, or whether your home is secure while on vacation? New apps can transform old smartphones into remote security cameras for home monitoring systems... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apps, convert, smartphones, home, monitoring, system, smartphones, Top Keywords

10 Amazingly Dumb Things We Do with Smartphones May 4th, 2013 - 06:10h (CET +01.00) Smartphones are getting smarter all the time, but the people using them aren't necessarily doing so. Today, we have devices at our disposal that snap photos faster than you can blink, surf the Web at speeds that make your home broadband jealous ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : amazingly, dumb, things, smartphones, monitoring, system, smartphones, Top Keywords

Kerry phones China over dissident's nephew, can't reach minister May 3rd, 2013 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tried calling Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss the imprisoned nephew of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng but Wang was not available, the State Department said on Friday. Wang... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kerry, phones, china, dissident's, nephew, can't, reach, minister, Top Keywords

Google's Schmidt sees one billion Android phones in use in 9 months Apr 16th, 2013 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted on Tuesday that there will be more than a billion smartphones in use featuring its Android software within the next six to nine months. Schmidt also no... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google's, schmidt, sees, billion, android, phones, months, minister, Top Keywords

Apple Will Pay for Those Water-Damaged iPhones After All Apr 12th, 2013 - 04:20h (CET +01.00) Court documents show that Apple has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed  by countless iPhone and iPod Touch owners who claim that the company failed to honor its own warranty. The consumer complaints all revolve around a ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, will, those, waterdamaged, iphones, phones, months, minister, Top Keywords

5,000 NYC pay phones will take you back to 1993 Apr 7th, 2013 - 22:20h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Want to journey to a grittier time in New York City's not-too-distant past, when the murder rate was sky-high, Times Square was a crossroads of crime and porn, Starbucks had yet to arrive, and hardly anyone owned a cellphone? (So... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 5000, phones, will, take, back, 1993, months, minister, Top Keywords

Facebook tweaks Android phones to build new 'Home' Apr 5th, 2013 - 02:40h (CET +01.00) MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how people interact with mobile technology. The audacious move... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, tweaks, android, phones, build, 'home', months, minister, Top Keywords