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Amazon's Bezos to be 'bold' despite failures

Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acknowledged Tuesday missteps which have cost the tech giant billions, but said that is the price for taking "bold bets." "I've made b...

Samsung 's mobile chief keeps his job

Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)

Samsung said Monday the head of its faltering mobile business would keep his job despite an alarming decline in profits, as the electronics giant announced a ye...

Obama proposes $263 million for 50,000 police body cameras

Dec 01, 2014 (UPI)

President Barack Obama announced stricter regulations for distribution of military equipment to local police forces Monday, while simultaneously calling for ove...

Smartphone expansion cooling, prices dropping: survey

Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)

The global smartphone market will see cooler growth in the next few years, amid "cutthroat" competition that will bring down prices for many consumers, a market...

Selfie sticks could bring jail time in South Korea

Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)

That selfie stick in your hand. A harmless memory-maker? Or a potentially chaos-inducing electromagnetic radiation emitter? In South Korea, it seems, it could b...

China Internet giants in tit-for-tat battle for users

Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)

China's version of Twitter, Weibo, has effectively banned users from promoting the country's most popular messaging app WeChat on its platform as the two Intern...

End to end 5G for super, superfast mobile

Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)

A collaboration between NEC Electronics Samsung and several academic centres in China and Iran, is investigating how software-defined cellular networking might ...

DIY microscope could save scientists thousands of dollars

Nov 25, 2014 (UPI)

An inverted microscope, a high-tech tool used in science labs at research centers all over the world, can cost upwards of $10,000. But when researchers at Brune...

Apple market value hits $700 bn

Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)

A rise in Apple shares Tuesday pushed the market value of the trend-setting US tech icon above $700 billion, becoming the first company to hit that milestone. A...

A path to brighter images and more efficient LCD displays

Nov 24, 2014 (SPX)

University of Utah engineers have developed a polarizing filter that allows in more light, leading the way for mobile device displays that last much longer on a...

Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media

Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)

Facebook's move to fulfill its ambition to be the personal "newspaper" for its billion-plus members is likely to mean more woes for the ailing news media. The h...

Judge approves $450 mn deal in Apple ebook suit

Nov 22, 2014 (AFP)

A US judge signed off Friday on Apple's $450 million legal deal to compensate consumers harmed by an illegal price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books. The s...

Apple, Xiaomi trade smartphone barbs in China

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

Top executives from US technology giant Apple and Chinese smartphone upstart Xiaomi traded light-hearted barbs on Thursday at a Chinese Internet conference, ack...

New York's Times Square lit up by huge digital billboard

Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)

New York's Times Square was illuminated by the world's highest resolution video display screen of its size as the monitor -- nearly as big as a football field -...

Hackers turning smartphones into slave armies

Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)

Mobile security firm Lookout on Wednesday warned that Android-powered smartphones or tablets are being targeted with malicious software that puts them at the me...

New York's Times Square gets football-field sized screen

Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)

New York's Times Square will be illuminated by the world's highest resolution video display screen of its size -- nearly as big as a football field -- when the ...

Nokia plans comeback with 2015 tablet launch in China

Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)

Finnish telecom equipment group Nokia announced an unexpected return to mobile devices Tuesday with a tablet aimed at the Chinese market. "We are pleased to bri...

Alibaba says Singles Day shoppers spend $2 bn in first hour

Nov 11, 2014 (AFP)

Alibaba said a record $2 billion of goods were sold in the first hour of its Singles Day shopping bonanza in China Tuesday, maintaining the day's dominance as t...

Fast internet connection a luxury in rural Kenya

Nov 10, 2014 (XNA)

It was a simple exercise that was supposed to take jobseeker Grace Muyale of Kenya less than two minutes, but she did not accomplish it in three hours. Muyale, ...

Obama presses for tough 'open Internet' rules

Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama voiced support Monday for a new regulatory system for Internet providers aimed at avoiding a two-speed system leaving some services in...