BlackBerry said on Thursday it had agreed to pay $165 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought against it over eight years ago…
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BlackBerry ends support for all its classic phones
BlackBerry, what’s left of it, has announced that the legacy services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry…
Apple’s iOS dominates as mobile platform of choice for corporate America
Apple’s iOS is the preferred operating system for mobile in American business…
Is Apple at risk of becoming the next BlackBerry?
BlackBerry once ruled the smartphone world…
No one wants a ‘cheap’ iPhone: Apple sells premium products
Apple, for better or worse, is a premium products manufacturer…
Facebook CEO blasts Apple’s latest privacy protections as ‘cute virtue signaling’
Apple is taking active steps to block Facebook’s data collection practices…
Facebook gave personal data to 60 companies including Apple, Amazon and Samsung
Facebook struck agreements allowing phone and other device makers access to vast amounts of its users’ personal information…
What seems reasonable to Qualcomm isn’t to Apple: Royalty dispute ultimately affects iPhone prices
If Apple wins, it could change one of the most prevalent practices in Silicon Valley…
Will the ITC ban imports of Apple’s iPhone into the U.S.?
One of Apple’s key suppliers could ask a U.S. trade agency to ban imports of the iPhone…
Qualcomm to seek U.S. ITC import ban for Apple iPhones
Incensed over Apple Inc.’s decision to stop paying it billions of dollars in licensing fees…
Qualcomm slashes profit forecasts as Apple ceases paying iPhone royalties
Apple has decided to withhold royalty payments to its contract manufacturers that are owed to Qualcomm…
BlackBerry awarded $815 million in arbitration with Qualcomm over royalty overpayments
BlackBerry Ltd. says it has been awarded $814.9 million US in a binding interim arbitration decision…
Beleaguered BlackBerry shifts into licensing mode, sues over Android patent infringement
Over the years, BlackBerry has amassed a giant portfolio of patents, but it hasn’t used them to sue others…
Android device performance lags behind Apple’s iOS; Device failure rates show glaring disparity
Android is crap-by-committee lowest-common-denominator junk…
Bad news for Fragmandroid: FCC and FTC launch inquiry over mobile security updates
The FTC said it had ordered eight companies to explain the process for issuing security updates…
Apple continues to dominate U.S. smartphone marketshare
198.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (79.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in January…
The dying technologies of 2016
For many technologies, the time to die will be 2016…
Ford’s in-car system finally works, thanks to Apple Siri’s arrival in software update
Ford is going to software update to provide Apple’s Siri voice-command system on its iPhone as part of the Sync in-car connectivity system…
Research firm: Apple will buy Box or Dropbox in 2016, replace Google with Bing as default by end of 2017
Apple will acquire an online data storage firm such as Box or Dropbox…
Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO won’t commit to future BB10 devices, hints at exiting handset market
Beleaguered BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen has floated the idea of leaving the smartphone hardware business entirely…
Sterne Agee initiates Apple at ‘Buy’ with $150 price target
We estimate still less than 50% of the iPhone installed base will have upgraded to larger than 4-inch screens exiting CY15, leaving more runway for iPhones to still grow…
Beleaguered BlackBerry sharply misses quarterly earnings estimates; plans to make Android phone
This was beleaguered BlackBerry’s ninth quarter in a row of double-digit declines…
Believing failed industry analysis
If you can believe what some industry analysts have been saying…
Beleaguered BlackBerry to launch multiple Android phones this year, say sources
BlackBerry reportedly plans to roll out multiple Android phones…
Beleaguered BlackBerry considers Android phone
It is not clear whether a move to use Android would spell the end…
Ex-BlackBerry half-CEO Balsillie: I knew we couldn’t compete with Apple’s iPhone
Former BlackBerry half-chief executive Jim Balsillie said Tuesday…
Shares of beleaguered BlackBerry pop on rumors of Apple buyout
Shares of Canadian handset manufacturer BlackBerry Limited jumped…
Apple iPhone increases U.S. smartphone market share lead
comScore today released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix…
Apple Retail Stores now pay Android settlers to upgrade to real iPhones
In line with our report from earlier this month, Apple today launched…
Auto makers set up shop in Silicon Valley
As software giants and startups rush to make smarter vehicles, established car makers are scrambling…
Apple took 89% of Q4 smartphone profits, leaving Android mired at record-low 11%
Android captured a record-low 11% global smartphone profit share
Apple CarPlay partner Toyota not planning on adding support any time soon
In Apple’s CarPlay, Siri, the voice-controlled assistant, guides the system…
Beleaguered Blackberry gets caught tweeting from an Apple iPhone
Oh, beleaguered BlackBerry.
iOS device users are huge porn lovers
iOS users are more into ‘lesbian’ type porn than their Android counterparts…
Apple-led Rockstar Consortium to sell 4,000 patents to RPX Corp. for $900 million
Peace is breaking out…
Hyundai to debut Display Audio system with Apple’s CarPlay at 2015 CES
Display Audio is a high resolution seven-inch color touch-screen display…
Ford drops reputation-scorching Microsoft Sync, enables support for Apple’s sought-after CarPlay
Ford has abandoned its troubled Microsoft Sync automotive infotainment system…
IDC: Windows Phone will not surpass Apple’s iOS by 2018
According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation…
Apple’s CarPlay looks to solve the hassle of ‘hands free’ car tech
Auto makers are looking to bypass their multiyear product cycles…
Forbes reviews Apple’s CarPlay: Hugely impressive
Your vehicle’s head unit will display its own version of iOS, which has been designed by Apple itself…
72 hours with Apple’s CarPlay
Apple’s CarPlay software is intended to bridge the chasm between your iPhone and your car stereo…
Kantar: Apple iOS regained momentum as Windows Phone stuttered in Q114
It’s clear that phablets really are changing the way Chinese consumers use smartphones…
