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Android And Apple Were The Big Winners In Q1, Says Analyst

May 19, 2010 1:07 PM

Here’s further proof that the buzz and hype in mobile is increasingly narrowing in on two mobile platforms: Android and iPhone. Gartner said in its smartphone report released today that when looking at the OS market in the first quarter, Android and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) were the only two vendors…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson

Global Smartphone Market Soared 50 Percent Over Past Year

Apr 30, 2010 12:11 PM

The global smartphone market saw its best quarter for the first time in almost three years, according to Strategy Analytics, a research firm. It found that global smartphone shipments jumped by a gigantic 50 percent to 54 million in Q1 from 36 million in the year-ago period. Smartphones accounted for…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Sony, Sony Ericsson

Android’s U.S. Marketshare More Than Doubles In Just Three Months

Apr 5, 2010 2:43 PM

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android’s U.S. smartphone market share jumped by an impressive 5.2 points in the three months ended in February to 9 percent. Meanwhile, Apple’s iPhone share remained relatively flat, comScore finds. If those trends continue (and, that’s a big ‘if’), Google could catch-up to the iPhone by the…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Windows Mobile, Palm, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung

Skype Inks Deals With Panasonic, LG, For Video Chat On The Big Screen

Jan 5, 2010 12:03 PM

Newly-independent Skype is kicking off the Consumer Electronics Show with details about its newest attempt to become an everyday communication utility—not just a tool the techies use. It has brokered deals with Panasonic and LG (SEO: 066570) that will bring Skype video-chats to the big-screen TV.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, LG, panasonic, skype

Murdoch In S Korea To Talk On Broadband Content With Samsung, Others

Oct 7, 2009 12:00 AM

When was the last time you heard the word “MySpace” from Murdoch? Exactly. Any trip he makes these days turns out to be about, well, what else, paid content. This one, for instance, to South Korea: he is there and will meet senior execs at Samsung and LG (SEO: 066570),…

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Posted In: Companies, LG, News Corp., Samsung, Countries, Asia, Korea, rupert murdoch

Hulu Hopes To Enter UK; Held Up By Kangaroo’s Troubles

Oct 28, 2008 12:59 PM

We’ve speculated for a while that NBCU/News Corp.‘s US VOD JV Hulu would like to launch here in the UK. Today C21 reports the site is considering “a partnership approach” with UK counterpart Kangaroo, with C21 even suggesting Kangaroo could itself get named “Hulu” rather than the rumoured “See-Saw”... This…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Hulu, LG

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