Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor: TSMC’s co-CEO said that Apple is driving the industry to 64-bit. Apple Apple has moved the mobile device industry to 64-bit, an executive from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said at an earnings conference. “If you observe the mobile device industry, in the past six months we do see the…conversion to 64-bit …
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The face of Asus: Chairman Jonney Shih. Aloysius Low/CNET JAKARTA, Indonesia — Striding confidently onto the stage at the company’s ZenFone launch this week was Asus Chairman Jonney Shih. Well known for being the face of the company, it was Shih, not Jerry Shen, the current CEO of Asus, who announced the new Android-powered smartphones to the media. As Shih …
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Nokia is warning owners of the Lumia 2520 tablet to stop using the charger. James Martin/CNET Nokia has suspended sales of the Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet over fears that the charger could give you an electric shock. Anyone with a Lumia 2520 in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the UK is “strongly advised to suspend use of the …
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Uber In the name of safety, Uber has upped its UberX fares by $1. The on-demand car service announced Thursday that starting this week all UberX customers will see an extra “Safe Rides Fee” on their receipts. “From the beginning, we’ve always been committed to connecting you with the safest rides on the road,” Uber wrote in a blog post. …
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AT&T’s lab store located in its Mobility headquarters in Atlanta. Roger Cheng/CNET ATLANTA — AT&T wants its stores to earn the same reputation for quality as the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain, which prides itself on offering five-star service. That goal would have been laughable less than two years ago, when Consumer Reports called AT&T the worst wireless provider in the country. …
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CIRP Verizon outshined its mobile rivals last quarter with the largest share of phone activations, according to a survey report released Thursday by research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Among US carriers, Verizon accounted for 35 percent of all activations, followed by AT&T with 28 percent, T-Mobile with 15 percent, and Sprint with 9 percent. Collectively, all other regional and …
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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 Android-based Dell Venue 7 starts at $149.99 with an Intel Atom processor. Intel needs to win over lots of tablet makers in 2014 to hit its target of 40 million Dell Advanced Micro Devices wondered out loud on Thursday about rebates that its longtime rival Intel offers to tablet makers to incentivize them to use its chips. “We have …
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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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Apple’s iPad Mini with Retina Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive You can now save money on the Wi-Fi iPad Mini with Retina if you don’t mind going the refurbished route. Up for sale on Apple’s online store, a refurbished Wi-Fi-only Retina iPad Mini cuts the price by $60, $80, or $90 depending on the model you choose. For example, a …
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Apple’s iPhone 5S. CNET Apple sold anywhere from 34 million to 42.5 million iPhones last quarter. At least that’s the range seen in the crystal balls of 32 different analysts. Among the analysts polled by Fortune, Charlie Wolf of Needham & Co. was the most bullish with the forecast of 42.5 million. The analyst who was the most bearish, coming …
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Panasonic plasmas are gone. Pioneer’s plasmas, the revered Kuros, are long gone. Samsung and LG are left, but for how long? There’s a growing market of used plasmas, from a variety of sources, temping picture quality fanatics with great deals…but at a risk. Is that risk worth the price and picture of a used plasma? Good question. This article was …
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Sarah Tew Amazon announced Thursday that Amazon Fire TV users will soon be able to use the device’s voice search to pull up videos from Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime, giving the feature a much-needed boost of content. When the retail giant unveiled its video streaming device earlier this month, it emphasized how its voice-controled search sets it apart …
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This $50 Bridge box will soon be unnecessary for most people. Sonos Sonos has just announced plans to remove one of the major drawbacks of its streaming music system — the need to buy an extra box — thus cut around $50 from the cost of a new system. Sonos has always pushed its unusual wireless technology as a unique …
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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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