April, 2014

• 28 April

  iPhone makes gains but Android remains dominant

  

  Jason Cipriani/CNET The iPhone gained some lost ground in its global share of smartphone sales last quarter but continues to lag behind the Android juggernaut. For the first quarter of 2014, the iPhone saw a higher slice of sales in several key countries, including the UK, France, Spain, Japan, and Australia, Kantar said in a …

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• 28 April

  Nokia plans selfie

  

  Selfies have become mainstream. Bradley Cooper Selfies, first-person pictures taken with the front-facing cameras on mobile devices, will be the focus in an upcoming handset from Nokia, a new report claims. Microsoft-owned Nokia is currently working on a new phone, known as “Superman” internally, that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera to appeal to selfie-takers, The Verge reported Monday, citing …

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• 28 April

  Secret, an anonymous

  

  Secret Secret, an app developed by a former Google employee and part of a broader trend in social media allowing people to share their thoughts, rumors, ideas, and just about anything else anonymously, is already thinking about international expansion, according to a new report. Secret, which recently secured $10 million in funding, plans to expand outside of the US into …

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• 28 April

  Apple v. Samsung jury will mull 53 pages of instructions to prepare verdict

  

  Apple and Samsung are battling over patents in a San Jose, Calif., courtroom. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — The jurors on the Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement trial being argued in a court here will soon wade through 53 pages of instructions as they mull their verdict. The 43 different instructions cover everything from burden of proof to how to …

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• 28 April

  Apple, Samsung see drop in global smartphone market share

  

  The Samsung Galaxy S5 and Apple iPhone 5S. CNET Global smartphone shipments grew in the first quarter of 2014, but Apple and Samsung saw their market share decline, according to new research released late Monday by Strategy Analytics. Smartphone makers shipped 285 million units in the first quarter, an increase of 33 percent compared with the year-ago period, according to …

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• 28 April

  Nokia names Rajeev Suri as new CEO

  

  Nokia headquarters in Finland. Roger Cheng/CNET On the heels of Microsoft’s closure of its acquisition of Nokia’s handset division, Nokia named Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive officer late Monday. Suri, 46, takes over for Risto Siilasmaa, who had served as the Finnish telecommunications gear maker’s interim CEO since the acquisition was announced last September. Siilasmaa, who is also …

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• 28 April

  Microsoft gets it right with Nokia Lumia ad (clumsily)

  

  There’s someone out there for you. Microsoft/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You know your life has to change. The only question is how. That seems to be the thought racing around Redmond minds just about now. On the one hand, the company’s Stephen Elop doesn’t seem sure what will happen with the Nokia name, though something will. On the other, …

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• 28 April

  Samsung posts $8.2B profit; second straight quarterly drop

  

  Samsung’s Galaxy S4. Samsung Samsung reported its second consecutive quarter of profit decline Monday on slackening demand for its high-end smartphones. The South Korean electronics giant reported a first-quarter operating profit of 8.49 trillion Korean won ($8.2 billion) for the three months ended March 31, a 3.3 percent decline from the year-ago period. The financial results were slightly better than …

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• 28 April

  Samsung imaging boss: K Zoom will outstrip ‘imperfect’ S4 Zoom

  

  Sung Hong Lim, Samsung’s imaging chief. Aloysius Low/CNET Samsung’s latest K Zoom isn’t exactly the follow-up to last year’s S4 Zoom . While it may look similar to the Galaxy S5 , the K Zoom is part of a new product category altogether, says senior vice president and head of imaging Sung Hong Lim. “The K Zoom is not just …

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• 28 April

  Samsung readying midrange Galaxy S5 Neo, report indicates

  

  The Samsung Galaxy S5 could soon get the “Neo” treatment. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung could soon be ready introduce a “Neo” version of the Galaxy S5 smartphone, one rumor says. Related Links Samsung Galaxy S5 review Which Galaxy devices sync with Samsung Gear 2, Neo, and Fit? Galaxy Note 3 Neo costs same as the Note, but not in UK Initially …

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