Here are the iPhone 5S and 5C. What’s next? Apple Apple’s iPhone 6 might be vaporware at this point, but that hasn’t stopped one artist from taking a stab at what the device might look like, based on rumors. Designer Martin Hajek developed a vision of what the iPhone 6, based on rumors of the …
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Apple’s iPad Air Apple Here’s something you don’t hear often: Apple’s year-over-year iPad sales may have dipped during the first three months of 2014, according to analysts. A bevy of analysts chimed in on iPad sales expectations in the first quarter, and they collectively peg Apple’s sales at 19.3 million units, representing a 0.7 percent decline compared with the same …
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China-based mobile firm ZTE watched its financial performance soar in the first quarter, and it expects much of the same in the coming months. ZTE’s profit during the first quarter hit 622 million yuan ($100 million), increasing nearly 204 percent compared with the same period in 2013. Revenue was up 5.5 percent to 19.05 billion yuan year over year. ZTE …
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The new ad feature in action on Twitter. Twitter Twitter is making a significant push into mobile ads, thanks to its mobile advertising exchange MoPub. Twitter on Thursday said it’s new “mobile app promotion suite” makes it easier for advertisers to promote their mobile apps both on Twitter and through the thousands of mobile apps that use MoPub to serve …
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Zynga’s FarmVille 2: Country Escape Zynga Troubled social-gaming company Zynga has launched a new game on Android and iOS. FarmVille 2: Country Escape is available now in Apple’s App Store and the Google Play marketplace, Zynga announced on Thursday. The game is available as a free download, and allows players to take on a new farm-building experience by growing crops, …
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A Samsung Tizen-based smartphone. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung’s own open-source mobile operating system, Tizen, will soon make its way to store shelves. The consumer electronics giant told Reuters on Wednesday that its first Tizen-based smartphone will launch toward the end of the second quarter. The handset will be a high-end offering that could compete with flagship smartphones running Android. A midrange …
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Concept art for the iPhone 6, courtesy of NAK Studio. Antoine Brieux/NAK Studio Photos of purported iPhone 6 cases have popped up on the Web and seem to show features that have been rumored over the last several months. The cases, made by an unidentified third-party and specifically designed for the iPhone 6, feature the same design in a few …
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Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET Samsung has launched a new design-focused site aimed at showcasing its abilities with product design. The company’s Design page focuses on two things: the stories behind its product designs and “meaningful stories” that showcase the importance of design. The site itself is very “designed” in its nature, and also includes some Samsung news. That Samsung has …
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Brian Bennett/CNET HTC and Samsung might be taking a page out of each other’s books with updates to their flagship handsets. HTC is considering launching an updated HTC One M8 with a plastic chassis, Digitimes reported on Tuesday, citing people who claim to be in the company’s supply chain. Samsung, meanwhile, is considering a metal-alloy version of its Galaxy S5. …
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The court-appointed monitor tasked with ensuring that Apple acts fairly and in compliance with antitrust laws following the company’s e-book price-fixing case loss last year has high hopes for the company. In a 77-page report filed Monday in US District Court in New York, Michael Bromwich said that his dealings with Apple are off to a “promising start.” While Apple …
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