Amazon is planning to launch several new tablets, according to comments made by one of its retail partners. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published today, Demos Parneros, president of U.S. retail for Staples, said that Amazon is currently working on “up to five or six” tablets that will come in all different sizes. One …
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Samsung plans to acquire CSR’s handset connectivity and location development operations and technology, the companies announced today. Under the terms of the deal, Samsung will hand over $310 million to the semiconductor company to take control over its “Handset Operations.” In addition, Samsung will take on all 310 CSR employees operating in those divisions. CSR says that Samsung will also …
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Verizon has launched a new subscription-based gaming service for its network. Dubbed GameTanium, the subscription service comes from digital-entertainment company Exent. GameTanium lets Verizon customers pay $5.99 per month per device, and access over 100 Android smartphone games, and more than 50 tablet titles. According to Verizon Wireless, which announced the news today, the titles include Doodle God, Fruit Ninja, …
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Rovio’s Angry Birds is still the top game in the mobile arena. But now, the company is trying something new. The developer announced today that it has launched Amazing Alex for iOS and Android. The game will allow players to take control of 35 objects that can be set in motion to create a Rube Goldberg device. The objects can …
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Amazon has announced GameCircle, a platform that comes with some of the features found in Apple’s Game Center. Designed for the Amazon Kindle Fire, GameCircle will attempt to engage players by tracking their achievements and delivering a leaderboard to see how they stack up against other folks. In addition, Amazon says GameCircle supports a syncing function that lets users save …
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Nokia shares have now hit levels that the company hasn’t seen in nearly two decades, and not in a good way. The mobile company’s shares closed the day yesterday at $1.84, pushing Nokia’s stock to its lowest point in 16 years. The company’s market cap stands at $6.89 billion. Related stories Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean …
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Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins isn’t too pleased with where his company stands at the moment. “I’m not happy with the situation at RIM either,” Heins said in response to a question posed to him by CIO.com in an interview published yesterday. “Who can be happy and satisfied with where we are?” Such discontent is understandable. Over the last …
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Samsung says that its Galaxy S3 has been exonerated following an earlier report of it burning up. According to the company, it hired a third-party organization, Fire Investigations U.K., to inspect the damaged device. That investigation found that the trouble occurred in June after an “energy source” was used to heat the device and cause the damage. “The only way …
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Mobile applications will drive serious growth in mobile advertising in the coming years, according to a new study. Juniper Research reported today that in-app advertising will hit $2.4 billion by the end of the year. By 2015, that figure will soar to $7.1 billion. In-app advertising is widely viewed as the key to success for developers in the coming years. …
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Uber, a company that lets people request private car service in select cities, is trying to appeal to a less-affluent customers by using non-luxury, hybrid vehicles, according to a new report. According to Uber, which spoke with The New York Times in a story published yesterday, the hybrid service will kick off in San Francisco and New York on Wednesday. …
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