By Simon Johnson and Leila Abboud STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive ... [Full Article]
Sony (SNE) has a lot on its plate right now. The Japanese consumer electronics giant's profit plummeted last quarter despite revenue growth, and its Xperia smartphones have yet to gain traction in many key markets including the United States. It does... [Full Article]
HONG KONG/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Apple Inc's decisive triumph over Samsung Electronics in the most closely watched patent trial in years could open the door for Microsoft Corp to finally hop on board the mobile boom as manufacturers of Android-base... [Full Article]
Apple (AAPL) was the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States during the second quarter by a wide margin, market research from NPD Group reported on Wednesday. Based on NPD's data, prepaid smartphone sales in the second quarter drove 9% gro... [Full Article]
A Taiwanese vegetable vendor who gave away huge sums to charity and environmental activists from Indonesia and Bangladesh have won Asia's Magsaysay award this year, organisers said Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Microsoft's ARM-friendly Windows RT operating system may hit more than a few road blocks when it launches this fall. The software giant is reportedly charging tablet makers a whopping $85 licensing fee per device to use its latest operating system, p... [Full Article]
Four men in Mumbai have been arrested and charged with selling milk mixed with sewage water in plastic packets scavenged from garbage bins, Indian police said Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
The NPD Group on Wednesday released the results of its monthly Mobile Phone Track service, and determined Apple was the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States. The Cupertino-based company's market share increased by 7% in the first quarte... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A newspaper vendor holds up a newspaper with a headline on former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto February 26, 2012. Mandela remained in hospital on Sunday after keyhole surgery that officials said had left him in no dang... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A newspaper vendor sells the first edition of the "Sun on Sunday" for sale at Charring Cross station in London, February 25, 2012. The launch of the new newspaper follows last year's closure of the News of the World, amid th... [Full Article]