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A Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expert witness testified on Tuesday that Apple Inc's iPhone and iPad violate three of Samsung's patents, as the South Korean electronics company went on offense in the third week of a high stakes trial.
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Apple Inc is claiming that more than a quarter of Samsung Electronics' $30.4 billion in U.S. smartphone and tablet sales result from copying of the iPhone and iPad or infringe on other patents, a damages expert for the U.S. company said on Monday.
Amid intensifying competition from rival tablets and e-readers, American bookstore chain Barnes & Noble announced its "lowest price ever" for the Nook in a statement on Sunday, Aug. 12. The company is now offering price cuts for three models of its Nook Tablet and Nook Color devices, just in time for the peak of back-to-school shopping season.
Zynga, synonymous with Facebook games and accessible titles on mobile platforms, offered to port indie darling Fez to mobile devices, according to developer Polytron.
Barnes & Noble Inc cut prices on three models of its Nook e-reader and tablet devices on Sunday, ahead of the peak of the back to school season and amid speculation that rival Amazon.com Inc is preparing to launch a new version of its Kindle Fire tablet.
Lenovo has officially announced its Windows 8 ThinkPad Tablet 2 on Wednesday, Aug. 8, the second-generation of its popular tablet, aimed at professionals. Moreover, the company is also preparing Windows 8 products for the consumer side, and these include the IdeaPad Yoga laptop/tablet hybrid Lenovo unveiled earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Although the hype surrounding the launch of the much-anticipated iPhone 5 has suppressed any news relating to the iPad Mini, it is likely that the iPad heir apparent will be released around Sept. 12 along with the iPhone 5.
Microsoft's biggest announcement of 2012 has been the company's Windows 8-based tablet/netbook, dubbed Surface. When Microsoft announced Surface, many in the industry - notably several major tablet makers - expressed concern that a tablet from Microsoft could pose problems for other tablet makers who build devices to run on Windows 8 software. Critics emphasized that Microsoft is not a hardware company.
It appears that the rumors of new Kindles being in development are about to come to a head, as Amazon has slashed the price of their Kindle DX model by 29%, and put several Kindle accessories on sale along with it. It also appears that Amazon has no plans to restock Kindle Touch 3G's, which are currently sold out, though the Wi-Fi models are still available.
With the Galaxy Note 10.1 slated for a global release this fall, it seems that the South Korean tech giant is gearing up to oust its rivals.
Not many days have passed since Facebook launched its first ever real-cash gambling app, Bingo Friendzy, and naysayers are already having a field day pulling it down. The app is being criticized on the grounds that it will motivate hackers to unleash an attack.
Will the next iteration of the iPhone family sport an even tinier SIM when compared to its predecessors? Recently, leaked images of a nano-SIM surfaced on a French website 'NoWhereElse.'
Lenovo, now the world's second biggest PC maker by shipments, seems to be the latest hardware manufacturer working on an ARM-based Windows RT tablet. According to a Wall Street Journal report citing "people familiar with the matter," Lenovo teamed up with Nvidia to create its Windows RT device.