After suspending the hearings by EU regulators early last December to seek more information about Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the commission set February 13 as a deadline for the mulling the deal – and now we are hearing from the search engine giant that European Commission as well as U.S. Department of Justice approved Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which the company announced in August. “This is an important milestone in the approval process and it moves us closer to closing the deal,” said...
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Apple which reportedly find itself somewhere in reports of labor abuses among its suppliers twice – first NY Times reported Apple’s harsh working conditions at company’s component suppliers in China – and then followed by CNN published a video of journalist Stan Grant who recently sat down for an interview with a current Foxconn employee and iPad display assembler. Today, the iPhone maker announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn...
The Japanese camera maker company Olympus on Monday reported a loss of $410 million full-year net loss, compared with a $75.24 million profit it made over the same time in the previous year. The losses are probably not expected to put the dampers on investment partners who are becoming interested in the outfit. According to Reuters, the outfit was dragged down in...
The late Steve Jobs on Saturday was honoured with a Grammy Trustees Award for his contributions towards the music industry – which includes the helping of to develop the iPad and also reshaping the way music sold with iTunes Store. The award was accepted by Apple’s SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue. “Accepting this award means so much to me because music meant so much to him,” Cue said at the awards ceremony. “He told us that music shaped his life. It made him who he was. Everyone who knows Steve knows the profound...
Google – commonly known by its tag name world’s largest search engine giant is reportedly bolstering its campus with the new testing facilities for consumer devices. The company is in the midst of more than $120 million in construction projects at its Mountain View headquarters – including work on its “secret” hardware testing labs that strongly indicates the company expanding interests in consumer devices. The San Jose Mercury News laid out the $120-million expansion plans for the Googleplex, which include wireless testing...
Thai technology blog ThumbsUp spotted that the deal-of-the-day site Groupon in Thailand goes live before any of the officially launch date indicated – so far the site only providing an introduction to allow customers to register to receive confirmation stating when the service is launched. An advertisement on the Thai Visa forum seeking a rangs of employment positions...
What it seems out to be correct as per the reports rolling out on the Chinese webosphere, the Nokia Lumia 800’s CDMA version will be launched in China in March, and even is already going through testing phase on the Chinese Telecom state-owned network which has over 200 million subscribers. Photos of the phone, that were posted to Chinese microblogging site Sina...
The BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion (RIM) has announced its plan to double its sales presence in Asia’s one of the largest economy, India as it looks to gain greater market share on the country. The company is already facing a tough competition from other smartphone-makers Samsung and Nokia. According to India’s Economic Times, RIM will increase its presence in the country with the covering of 160 cities, that’s double the current number that it reaches through its availability in some 4,000 retails stores – the company is...
The iPad maker, Apple which on late January has appealed a Chinese court on last December ruling rejected its ownership of iPad trademark in China. Proview – the company against which the Apple had originally filed a lawsuit over the trademark control issue. But back in December, Apple’s claim was rejected by the Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People’s Court. Chinese...
Reports are confirming that Microsoft’s online store in India has been hacked. “The site is still unavailable and the company is working to restore access as quickly as possible,” the message on the site reads. Google’s cache shows that the Chinese Evil Shadow Team is taking credit for the hack – the hackers has even takedown the list of usernames and passwords...
