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GameStick to challenge Ouya in the Android-powered game console market

January 3, 2013
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Over the past few years, the video game market has changed dramatically. In the past, the market was dominated by players like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, but the proliferation of smartphones has turned the industry on its heels. While there are still millions of consumers who are willing to buy $ 60 games for a [...]

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Fed up with a market full of failed Google TVs, Intel eyes own set-top box and cable service

January 1, 2013
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Intel (INTC) looks primed to give the cable industry some much-needed competition. Unnamed sources have told TechCrunch that Intel is “preparing to launch its rumored virtual cable TV service and set-top box… on a city-by-city basis so Intel has more flexibility in negotiating licensing with reluctant content providers.” TechCrunch’s sources say the reason Intel is getting [...]

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LG Display looks to take Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 off the market with ban

December 29, 2012

What, you thought Apple was the only problem Samsung had to deal with in the mobile realm? It looks like two South Korean companies will get ready to battle in court over display patents. LG Display is claiming Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 infringes on display technology that makes it easier to view the tablet’s display [...]

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Verifone pulls Sail out of ‘fundamentally unprofitable’ mobile payments market

December 14, 2012
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Verifone, the huge point-of-sale equipment manufacturer that entered small business mobile payments this year with the Square-a-like Sail card reader, has announced it plans to exit that market. Speaking in a quarterly conference call, CEO Doug Bergeron called the economics of small merchant payments “fundamentally unprofitable,” with “razor-thin margins” meaning that the costs of acquiring [...]

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Broadcom expects its own LTE chipsets in 2013, stirs up a quiet 4G market

December 10, 2012
Broadcom expects its own LTE chipsets in 2013, stirs up a quiet 4G market

If you hadn’t noticed, Qualcomm has a strong grip on the LTE chipset market. While there’s certainly exceptions like Samsung’s in-house designs, the company is often the gatekeeper for modern 4G. Broadcom chief Scott McGregor isn’t going to let one of his main rivals claim such large swaths of the mobile world; he tells investors [...]

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Qualcomm COO Steve Mollenkopf talks 28nm supply, low-end market and displays

December 5, 2012
Qualcomm COO Steve Mollenkopf talks 28nm supply, low-end market and displays

It goes without saying that it’s been a good year for Qualcomm — so good that the mobile chipmaker invited us over to its San Diego headquarters to share the story. There we met up with President and COO Steve Mollenkopf, who started off the session by reflecting on the 28nm production “issues” since mid-year. [...]

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iOS still spanking Android in total web traffic despite Android’s leading market share

December 5, 2012
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We’ve all seen the stats, Android is outgrowing iOS by a ridiculous number, something like for every 4 smartphones shipped, 3 of those are running Android (albeit, Gingerbread — but that’s neither here, nor there). More recently, a study by Gartner showed that Android tablets reached 44% of the market last quarter, just 11% under [...]

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November Stats Released, ICS Gaining Headway in the Android Market

December 4, 2012
November Android Stats

Just in case you haven’t caught this information in the past, Google releases statistics via the developer dashboard, every month detailing the different versions of Android. In the stats, we get a chance to view which version of Android is used most, and which versions are the next up and coming hit. Obviously, the focus [...]

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Android dominates China, takes 90% of the mobile market

November 16, 2012
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Little green robots have invaded China and conquered its mobile market. The Android operating system has seen substantial growth in the Asian country and is now estimated to have captured 90.1% of the market, a year-over-year increase from 58.2%. The numbers come to us from Analysys International, which in a new report also revealed that [...]

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