June, 2013

• 30 June

  FCC approves Google’s ‘white space’ database operation

  

  The Federal Communications Commission has approved Google’s plan to operate a database that would allow unlicensed TV broadcast spectrum to be used for wireless broadband and shared among many users. Google, which was granted commission approval on Friday, is the latest company to complete the FCC’s 45-day testing phase. Spectrum Bridge and Telcordia completed their …

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• 30 June

  Nokia to buy Siemens’ stake in joint venture

  

  Nokia has agreed to purchase Siemens’ 50 percent stake in Nokia Siemens Networks, the struggling joint venture between the two companies, for 1.7 billion euros ($2.2 billion). The Finnish smartphone maker released a statement on Monday, local time, confirming the transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarter. “Nokia Siemens Networks has structurally improved its operational and financial …

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• 30 June

  Samsung launches curved OLED TV in Korea

  

  Samsung has just launched its first commercially available curved OLED TV in Korea, but it may be stepping back from a flat-panel OLED launch in 2013. (Credit: Samsung) The curved OLED screen was first shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and has just been launched in South Korea for around US$13,000. The curved TV has similar features to …

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• 28 June

  Google Reader is done; here are five alternatives

  

  Editors’ note: This post has been updated with new and better alternatives to fit your news-reading style. Hear that? That’s the sound of millions of news junkies on the Web scrambling to find an alternative to Google Reader. As you may have heard, Google Reader will be no more starting July 1. Unfortunately for many of us, the search giant …

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• 28 June

  Android 4.3 coming in July, spied on Galaxy S4 Google Edition

  

  The next major update to Google’s mobile operating system is coming soon, it appears, after screenshots of Android 4.3 running on a Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition popped up online. The screenshots above, published by reliable Samsung gossip blog SamMobile, show Android 4.3 running on the Samsung GT-i9505G. That’s better known as the S4 Google Edition, the version of the …

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• 28 June

  Android 4.3 allegedly caught on Google Play Galaxy S4

  

  Google’s next version of Android may have taken its latest bow courtesy of a batch of leaked screenshots. Images obtained and posted by Sammobile purport to reveal an early Android 4.3 build running on the Google Play Edition Galaxy S4. The screenshots clearly display the Android version number as 4.3, while the model number of GT-i9505G refers to Google’s new …

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• 28 June

  BlackBerry CEO axes planned BB10 for PlayBook tablet

  

  The BlackBerry PlayBook will not be moving to BlackBerry 10 after all. Related stories Facebook’s $90 Million Data-Tracking Settlement: There Are Only Days Left to File a Claim Before the Deadline Tech Companies Ramp Up Efforts to Combat Online Extremism Championing Impactful, Awarding-Winning Journalism in a Changing World CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed that he had canceled BlackBerry’s plans to bring …

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• 28 June

  BlackBerry narrows loss, but Wall Street had expected a profit

  

  BlackBerry may have shown a bit of progress in sales of its new smartphones, but its loss left many industry watchers surprised and disappointed. The Waterloo, Ontario, company on Friday posted a loss of $84 million, or 16 cents a share, in its fiscal first quarter, which ended June 1. That was narrower than the loss of $518 million, or …

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• 28 June

  Uh

  

  BlackBerry sold a humbling 2.7 million BlackBerry 10 devices in its fiscal first quarter. The company disclosed on a conference call Friday that 40 percent of the 6.8 million total BlackBerrys it sold in the period, which ended June 1, ran on its much-ballyhooed next-generation platform. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. …

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• 28 June

  T

  

  T-Mobile customers in a swarm of cities, including St. Louis and New Orleans, are about to get a boost in coverage. The wireless carrier has signed a deal to pay $308 million in cash for U.S. Cellular spectrum to expand its footprint in the Mississippi River Valley region, T-Mobile said Friday. Specifically, T-Mobile said it will buy 10MHz of Advanced …

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