Disney (NYSE: DIS) Mobile, the short-lived U.S. MVNO that found a new lease of life in Japan through a Softbank JV in 2008, has now launched two new Android handsets in partnership with NTT Docomo, the country’s biggest carrier.
If 2012 Is The Year Civilization Ends, It’s Going To Need To Work Hard To Beat 2011
As we enter the new year, the most important question on people's mind is whether or not the world will officially end as we know it by next December. But let's face it, if 2012 is really going to bring about end times (because we should clearly be basing our plans for the end on...
Smartphone Penetration Approaching Tipping Point As PC Usage Declines
Smartphone penetration is slowly approaching the tipping point where it will be more common to have a smartphone than a feature phone among the general population. Ofcom says the UK and Japan are among the countries leading the way to that milestone as consumers turn away from PC usage—a trend with wider implications for the...
Updated: In Samsung v. Apple, Are Injunctions A Viable Nuclear Option?
Two more advances in the ongoing, international fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android tablet maker Samsung over alleged patent violations, this time in France and Australia, plus one more appeal from Apple in the case being heard in a U.S. district court in California. With no obvious overall “winner” in the dispute,...
Updated: Apple TV Streaming Quietly Goes International
Back in August, we wrote about how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had started to offer U.S.-based users of its Apple TV device the ability to stream shows purchased from iTunes via Apple’s iCloud. Now it looks as if that service is becoming available internationally.
Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late?
A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimously decided that it can go ahead with sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, possibly as soon as Friday. Apple had succeeded in getting an injunction on the device prior...
EyeSight Gets Its Hands On $4.2 Million For Gesture Control Technology
If the Kinect and the Wii popularized the idea of gestures controlling machines, the rise of startups working in the area will take the technology to a wider base of platforms and users. One of these, Israel-based eyeSight Mobile Technologies, today picked up a round of $4.2 million in funding led...
Media Decoder Blog: Reporters Suit Up to Cover a Radioactive Story
The Japanese government allowed reporters inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant for a first-hand look at the results of a man-made and natural disaster.
The Latest Google Android App Store Comes From Yahoo
In recent months, we have written how Android is like the Wild West in China, with all manner of operators launching their own, non-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) versions of the operating system and debuting their own app stores independently of Android Market.
Sony Gives A Big "No Comment" On Sony Ericsson Buyout Reports
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has declined to comment on reports that it is considering a bid to buy out Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from its Sony Ericsson handset joint venture as the company’s stock dropped in trading today.
Sony Ericsson Demonstrates How Clinging To Android Is Not A Silver Bullet
Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the joint venture combining the wireless expertise of Sweden’s Ericsson with the branding and media strength of Japan’s Sony, has always theoretically held a lot of promise. But an interview published today with the company’s CEO, Bert Nordberg, gives a frank rundown of some of...
Samsung’s Counterattack Against Apple: Australia And An iPhone 5 Assault
Another day, and another legal action gets filed in the growing, two-way dispute between Samsung and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The Korean device maker has now filed a counter-suit in Australia against Apple, alleging that the Cupertino-based company is infringing Samsung patents in its iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets. News of the suit comes...
