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China’s top economic planning agency has said that it has found the US chipmaker Qualcomm to be price fixing, according to a China Daily report published on December 12, 2013. Xu Kunlin, head of the department of price supervision at the National Development and Reform Commission, told China D
According to reports, two senior staff members will soon be leaving BlackBerry. Chris Wormald, head of BlackBerry’s mergers and acquisitions, will reportedly be leaving by the end of December, while Rick Costanzo, executive vice president of global sales, will be out early next year. The leade
Serial entrepreneur Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg and Revision3, has been pretty quiet since joining Google Ventures as a VC. But a new YouTube video posted this weekend indicates that he’s itching to jump back into the startup game, possibly with a blogging tool called Tiny. Digg founder, Google
Take the stress out of heavy lifting with MyLifter, a smart lifting device that is controlled via an app on your smartphone. Operated through bluetooth on your iOS device, the app functions through standard up and down controls, as well as a button to instantly halt motion. Early-bird supporters who
Scientists have claimed that seawater could be used fuel up US Navy’s ships after they vowed to cut their petroleum use in half by 2015, and produce at least half of its jet fuel using alternative sources by 2020. Analytical chemist Heather Willauer is leading a study at the Naval Research Lab
After becoming the first robot to successfully land on the Moon in nearly 40 years, China’s Yutu rover has started taking photos. The first picture shows the Chang’e-3 lander, its companion on its lunar journey. The probe took a small set of its own photos since landing yesterday, includ
We’ve known for a while now that Amazon breaks even on Kindle Fire HD sales, which means the company begins to turn a profit the second someone boots up a Kindle and buys an item from its ecosystem of apps, music, movies and more. A new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reveals how
Aereo has agreed to take an arduous legal battle with major network broadcasters into the Supreme Court. The company is fully confident it operates within the law. So far, the company has won out twice as broadcasters pushed for preliminary injunctions Streaming TV startup Aereo has had a big week.
Hadoop will have a profound impact on the enterprise data landscape. Understanding the common patterns of use, can greatly reduce the complexity Just a few weeks ago, Apache Hadoop 2.0 was declared generally available–a huge milestone for the Hadoop market as it unlocks the vision of interacting wit
All of our used electronics are here to stay, unfortunately, we haven’t figured out what to do with them yet. A new interactive e-waste map, created by the UN partnership organization StEP Initiative, shows that the volume of our e-waste, or any disposed item with an electrical cord or battery
After giving 30-day free trials a shot, Amazon has a new master plan to get its Kindle Fire HDX tablets under as many trees as possible this holiday season: a nine-month financing option. You’ll be able to pay just 25 percent of the tablet’s purchase price up front, with another quarter due every ni
We all know that Target and other major retailers are keeping close tabs on our lives and interests via our shopping habits. Well, the braintrust at Target is testing a new social tool with a different spin on gathering and disseminating customer interests. Target Corp. is testing a Pinterest-powere
