Samsung has splashed $48m on a stake in rival smartphone manufacturer Pantech, scooping up a tenth of the South Korean company though saying it will have no input into how it runs its business. The deal, revealed by Yonhap News, makes Samsung the third-largest stakeholder in Pantech, and builds on an existing supply chain relationship Read The Full Story … [Read more...]
Logitech Wired Keyboard for iPad eschews Bluetooth for old-school connection
May 22, 2013 By
Logitech isn’t short on keyboards for the iPad, but for those sick of changing batteries its new wired version may be the answer. Billed as ideal for the classroom – where, as Logitech points out, more and more schools are deploying Apple’s tablet as a learning aid – the new ‘board would also work in Read The Full Story … [Read more...]
HTC sees more top execs disappear as Facebook fouls First launch
May 22, 2013 By
HTC continues to lose high-level staff as its North American team gradually peels away the struggling smartphone company, with industry talk suggesting Facebook’s Home launch strategy actually ended up undermining rather than supporting the firm. Chief Product Officer Kouki Kodera, in charge of HTC’s product strategy, left the firm last week according to The Verge‘s Read The Full Story … [Read more...]
Mirasol reborn: 5.1″ phone display with near Retina MacBook resolution
May 22, 2013 By
Qualcomm has unexpectedly revealed a new mirasol mobile display, a 5.1-inch panel running at a whopping 2,560 x 1,440 resolution. Last we heard of mirasol, Qualcomm was dousing production plans and focusing on licensing out the low-power technology instead, having seen production issues and the dominance of E Ink undermine its market. However, this new Read The Full Story … [Read more...]
Apple and Google rated 2013 top two most valuable global brands
May 22, 2013 By
Millward Brown Optimor has released its annual BrandZ list of the most valuable global brands for the year, and Apple and Google are in the top slots, with the former coming in at #1 and the latter at #2. On top of that, comparing the numbers, we see that both companies saw an increase in Read The Full Story … [Read more...]
Xbox One Kinect reportedly to be launched for PC
May 22, 2013 By
In case you somehow missed the hoopla, Microsoft‘s next-generation Xbox One gaming console was officially unveiled today, and it turns out that Kinect will be a big part of the system – so big, in fact, that it is a required piece of hardware. The Kinect for Xbox One won’t be limited to just use Read The Full Story … [Read more...]
