What’s next for Samsung’s mobile marketing? We’ll know soon enough when the company holds its Unpacked event March 1 to introduce new devices. Samsung Technology conglomerate Samsung has appointed a new mobile-marketing chief ahead of a crucial period for the company’s smartphone and tablet division. Kim Seok-pil has stepped down as Samsung’s head of mobile …
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Rove is now owned by TripAdvisor. Rove Travel reviews and booking site TripAdvisor has acquired a small startup that helps people journal their adventures away from home. TripAdvisor has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based ZeTrip, maker of the travel-journaling app Rove, TripAdvisor announced on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TripAdvisor did say that ZeTrip employees are already …
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Super Bowl 49 was a major event on Twitter. Twitter Super Bowl 49, pitting the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots, was a nail-biter on the field and a wildly popular event on the Web, new data from social networks Facebook and Twitter shows. More than 65 million people took to Facebook to discuss the Super Bowl, yielding 265 …
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Apple exec Phil Schiller showcasing the full iPad product line in 2014. Tim Stevens/CNET The tablet market has, since 2010, been soaring. But new data shows that things aren’t so rosy any longer. Total worldwide shipments of tablets and so-called 2-in-1 devices (hybrids of laptops and tablets) during the fourth quarter of 2014 hit 76.1 million units, declining by 3.2 …
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Uber has been sued in the US over alleged rape. Uber A woman who says she was assaulted and raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi last month has sued the car-sharing service in the US. The woman, who remains unidentified, is suing Uber for unspecified damages, saying that the alleged assault stemmed from the company failing to implement …
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The Apple Watch was the star of November’s Vogue China. Vogue China iPhone maker Apple has watched its business grow considerably in China over the past year, and now it’s the leader in gifting among China’s richest people. Apple products, ranging from iPhones to Macbooks, were the most popular gifted items among China’s “luxury consumers” in 2014, beating out luxury …
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Alibaba made lots of money, but investors still aren’t pleased with its fourth quarter earnings. Alibaba China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba had a strong fourth quarter on sales, but the company’s profit took a massive hit at the end of 2014. The company blames the decline on higher income taxes and an increase in financing-related fees. Alibaba’s revenue hit $4.2 billion …
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Android devices like the Nexus 6 pictured here are helping the operating system grow. Google Google’s Android mobile operating system has reached a major milestone. For the first time ever, worldwide shipments of smartphones packing Android exceeded 1 billion units in 2014, a significant gain from the 780.8 million units that shipped around the world in 2013, researcher Strategy Analytics …
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The new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus helped propel Apple to the top of US activations in Q4. Josh Miller/CNET Apple and Google’s mobile operating systems captured 95 percent of all cell phone activations in the US in the fourth quarter, according to new data from research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Apple’s iOS took the top spot, accounting for …
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HP’s notebooks, such this Omen, dominate global shipments. Sarah Tew Hewlett-Packard remained atop the notebook market in 2014, according to new data from research firm TrendForce. HP’s notebooks accounted for 20.1 percent of all worldwide shipments in 2014, topping the company’s 17.5 percent share in 2013. HP was followed by Lenovo, which captured 17.5 percent share, and Dell, which came …
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