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3G subscribers grew by 79% in China last year

China's massive growth in smartphone subscribers, highlighted on Tuesday by Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White, comes as Apple launched the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on China Mobile, the world's...

Toshiba completes acquisition of OCZ Storage Solutions

Toshiba has completed its acquisition of OCZ Storage Solutions, a failed Silicon Valley maker of solid-state drives, the company said Tuesday. Solid-state drives are storage components built with flash memory that...

Lenovo confirms talks to acquire IBM’s low-end server business

Lenovo on Tuesday confirmed that it is in talks to buy its way into the enterprise server market most likely via IBM. Various reports have indicated that IBM is looking to unload...

Scientists create ultra-sensitive electronic whiskers for robots

Whether you think about it or not, your skin is constantly feeding you information about your surroundings: how strong the wind is blowing, or if you are brushing against a...

Nintendo rumored to be developing two new consoles

Thanks to a new rumor, it seems that Nintendo could be working on new consoles, with one of them being the handheld variety. If the rumors are to be believed,...

Sony reportedly blocking benchmarking apps on prototype phones

If there is one way that new smartphones or tablets are leaked, it is through the use of benchmarks. Benchmarking software/apps are commonly used to determine how powerful a device...

Yahoo acquires Seattle-based mobile marketing startup Sparq

Mobile marketing company Sparq announced on its site today that it has been acquired by Yahoo. The company did not disclose the purchase price. Yahoo declined to illustrate the deal’s financial details. Sparq’s team...

Images of Sony Sirius KitKat UI have been leaked

You can say that the Sony Sirius, also known as the Xperia Z2 or the Sony D6503, has been on the receiving end of its fair amount of rumors in...

Rumors suggest Intel-powered Nexus 8 could arrive this year

The Nexus family of devices from Google has been pretty solid offerings in the past, and for sure Google is not going to quit the hardware market either. We now...

Harvard students want to send smells through smartphones

Imagine if you could not only post pictures of your meals on Instagram but post their odors as well? That seems to the premise that some Harvard students are working on as...

One free-to-play game raked in almost $1 billion last year

Crossfire from Tencent, using the free-to-play business model, pulled in nearly $1 billion in 2013 alone. This particular shooter’s achievement means that it has overtaken two behemoths in our era,...

Chinese Internet users required to upload real names alongside videos

The situations for which a Chinese Internet user can maintain an anonymous online profile are getting less and less. Yesterday, China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Film, Radio and Television issued...

PC shipments in Asia Pacific fell by 10% last year

Research firm IDC has done some number crunching on PC shipments in 2013, and the resultant numbers are grim. PC shipments in Asia-Pacific (IDC doesn’t include Japan in that) saw...

Creators of Candy Crush trademark the word “Candy”

The people who made Candy Crush think they now own the word Candy, at least when it comes to games and a bunch of merchandise. How adorable. Seems that in February...

Pinterest may soon allow users to upload GIFs

Pinterest is experimenting with GIFs and soon you can pin them as well along with your routine pictures and snaps. Currently, this feature is allowed to selected pinners and they can...

Security startup raises $15 million in funding

Adallom, which aims to secure the growing pools of data stored in SaaS systems, now has $15 million in series B funding to boost its sales presence in the U.S....

Netflix hits cable boxes in Sweden, plans to do the same in the U.S.

Netflix is now available on Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s TiVo platform. Netflix will be included through TiVo as an app, giving viewers to access to all Netflix content including Arrested...

Artists can now sell merchandise on Spotify for free

There is a lot of competition between music streaming services, given the fact that the market is being catered to by a wide variety of services. Spotify has established itself as...

Paid TV continues to shrink as streaming services continue to grow

Streaming video services such as Netflix and Hulu could in some cases be eroding the customer base of premium television broadcasters, according to a new report. NPD Group figures for the period...

Verizon’s cheaper Shared Data plan is a joke

Beware of wireless carriers trying to sell you on “bargains.” CNET notes that Verizon has come out with a new “share everything” data plan that costs just $20 a month but that also offers only...