Tough trading for Telefonica May 13, 2010 O2 owner Telefonica will concentrate in rolling out its telecoms empire into emerging markets, with Brazil top of its hit-list. The firm yesterday lagged behind projections with its first quarter results yesterday, which were weighed down by a weak performance in its native Spain. Europe’s second largest telecoms firm by market capitalisation said it was [...]
HTC sues Apple over patents while LimeWire faces closure May 13, 2010 THE mobile phone firm HTC has launched legal action against Apple that could prevent sales of the iPhone and iPad in the US. The Taiwanese company, which has close links to internet giant Google, claims Apple has infringed five of its patents. The move follows legal action from Apple, which is claiming HTC broke 20 [...]
Cheap, imaginative and very tasty May 10, 2010 The Mall Tavern 71-31 Palace Gardens, W8 4RU 020 7229 3374 www.themalltavern.com FOOD **** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £23 IT once would have seemed an inauspicious outcome for the former executive chef of a highly-regarded London restaurant to wind up cooking – and waiting tables – in a pub. But [...]
Nokia broadens row with Apple May 9, 2010 Nokia, the world’s top handset maker, has broadened its patent fight with Apple to include the iPad, deepening the bitter legal disputes between the two smartphone rivals. Nokia on Friday filed a complaint in the Federal District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging Apple’s iPhone and iPad 3G products infringe five of its [...]
Intel plans to enter mobile phone market May 5, 2010 INTEL will attempt to grab a slice of the increasingly lucrative smartphone market with a new super-chip. It yesterday unveiled a new version of its Atom platform, promising lower power consumption, cheaper cost and smaller size to better target smartphones. The world’s largest semiconductor company hopes to replicate the success it has seen in the [...]
Google ebook platform will battle Kindle May 5, 2010 INTERNET juggernaut Google will launch into the ebook market next month in a move that could trample Amazon’s Kindle. The California-based firm will launch Google Editions, a platform that will allow publishers to sell ebooks directly through their websites, as well as through Google. Crucially, publishers will be allowed to keep almost all of the [...]
British chipmakers remain upbeat as demand surges May 5, 2010 BRITISH chipmakers CSR and Wolfson Microelectronics yesterday reported positive first-quarter sales as demand for mobile phones and consumer electronics began to bounce back. Wolfson reported a 13 per cent rise in revenue to $28.5m (£18.9m) and said 90 customers would use its new chips into their products, including one top smartphone maker using Wolfson’s latest [...]
IPAD SMASHES SALES EXPECTATIONS May 3, 2010 Apple’s iPad has surpassed all expectations by shifting more than 1m units in just 28 days. The sales dwarf that of its revolutionary iPhone, which took 74 days to reach the same milestone. Apple began the second stage of a two-part roll-out of the iPad last week when it started selling the pricier, high-speed wireless [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 29, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES STEEL INDUSTRY SET FOR A ‘NEW VOLATILITY’ Lakshmi Mittal warned yesterday that the impending large rise in the costs of iron ore would lead to “new volatility” in the steel industry by pushing up prices of the metal in a development that could harm the competitiveness of some of ArcelorMittal’s European plants. The [...]
HP enters smartphone market after buying Palm for $1.2bn April 28, 2010 HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has struck a $1.2bn (£789m) deal to buy Palm, offering a 23 per cent premium to expand into the smartphone market. The news comes after rising speculation on who would buy Palm, which once dominated the market but recently has been overshadowed by Apple iPhone, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry and phones that use [...]