October 30, 2014
Xiaomi Now The World’s Third Biggest Smartphone Maker, Says IDC
Xiaomi is now the world’s third largest smartphone maker, due in large part to the success of its high-end Mi4, says new research by IDC. This is also…
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October 29, 2014
Microsoft Fires Another Set Of Employees, Continuing Its Announced Layoff Strategy
Microsoft took an axe to another slice of its employees today, cutting around 3,000 jobs according to Mary Jo Foley. TechCrunch heard through a separate source that the…
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MCX Says QR Payments App Will Pivot To NFC If Necessary, Won’t Fine Retailers Who Break Exclusivity
In a virtual press conference today, MCX‘s CEO Dekkers Davidson said “We’re agnostic about technology. We started with QR code-based technology that allows us to go to market broadly. If…
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Twitter Partners With IBM To Bring Social Data To The Enterprise
Twitter and IBM announced a significant partnership today that will involve Twitter sharing its data with IBM for integration into IBM’s enterprise solutions, including the Watson cloud platform. The deal means IBM will…
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“Google My Business” App Now Lets Business Owners Respond To Customer Reviews From Their Smartphone
Google is rolling out an update to its “Google My Business” mobile application designed to make it easier for business owners to view and respond to customer reviews…
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How The Tech Sector Can Help Stop Ebola
In our highly interconnected world, stopping Ebola is on everyone’s mind. The tech community has a significant role to play in the response because it offers solutions that…
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Windows Phone Shrinks In Android-Dominated Europe, As New iPhones Boost iOS’ Share
The latest 12-week smartphone sales figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, up to September, indicate that Windows Phone’s already small share of the smartphone market has shrunk in Europe…
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Nintendo Second-Quarter Earnings Push Past Expectations
Nintendo, which has seen several quarters of disappointing results, managed to pull out a quarterly operating profit of 215 million yen ($2 million) in its second quarter, compared…
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China’s Chukong Partners With Facebook, Mobile Startups To Offer Developers A Full Suite of Support
While giants like Facebook and Twitter try to package their acquisitions like crash-testing service Crashlytics or mobile-backend-as-a-service Parse into a suite of services that will entice app makers…
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Hands On With The Motorola Droid Turbo From Verizon
The latest Droid device is fully unveiled, and it’s truly a beast of a device. The most prominent and highlighted feature of the phone, it’s ability to charge…
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