Bring it on, Apple — at least, that’s what Qualcomm’s top executives seemed to be saying Wednesday. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf and Derek Aberle, head of the wireless chipmakers’s licensing business, fired back at lawsuits filed over the past week by Apple in the US and China. Those suits, they said, are all about the …
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Apple’s latest lawsuit target? Qualcomm. The iPhone maker on Friday filed suit against Qualcomm, alleging the wireless chipmaker didn’t give fair licensing terms for its processor technology. Apple also said Qualcomm sought to punish it for cooperating in a South Korean investigation into Qualcomm’s licensing practices by withholding a $1 billion rebate. Apple wants a court to lower the amount …
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A Vive ($479 at Amazon) headset was lowered over my face, and a rifle placed in my hands. The cleared-out room space around me was ready for me to take on a few waves of attackers. All around me, I saw enemies coming. I ducked, I aimed, I ran towards a wall and tried to hide. And it was pretty …
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I felt like a dancer in the dark of a Las Vegas patio lounge, ducking, swooping, leaning and spinning. But I was actually trying to get a closer look at the Red Ranger. I was testing the full-motion tracking capabilities of Qualcomm’s mobile VR headset during a demo at CES 2017. Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 835 processor is designed for headsets …
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When Google revealed its Daydream View in October, it was announced alongside the Google Pixel and Pixel XL. These two “phones by Google” and headset were a match made in VR heaven in some ways, but that also meant you could only experience Daydream by using a Pixel. After that, Google added compatibility to the Moto Z. Now it’s expanding …
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It’s being compared to the arrival of electricity. That’s a big call but Qualcomm has its eyes on a 5G future. And it’s not just thinking about speed. At a CES that has given us intelligent robots, autonomous drones and wallpaper TVs, the next generation of wireless technology might not seem like that big of a deal. But Qualcomm says …
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Now playing: Watch this: ODG taps Qualcomm’s lightning-fast chips for AR and VR… 1:39 If the future is that bright, these are the shades you gotta wear. At Qualcomm’s CES press conference on Tuesday, Osterhout Design Group showed off a pair of smart glasses running on Android and powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 835 powerhouse chip — the kind of …
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Virtual reality has gotten a lot of buzz, but not a lot of users. That could change this year with the newest mobile chip from Qualcomm, detailed Tuesday at the CES trade show in Las Vegas. The company’s Snapdragon 835 processor with X16 LTE packs features that enable companies to make smaller and lighter devices — as well as more …
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Virtual reality? Augmented reality? Asus is working with Google to release a phone that does both, and it’s being built with Qualcomm’s chips. A leaked announcement via Qualcomm in advance of Asus’ January 4 CES press conference revealed the Asus Zenfone AR, a phone that merges Google’s Daydream View VR platform and its Tango depth-sensing cameras. A likely photo of …
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If Microsoft could go back in time, I’ve a pretty good idea what would happen. CEO Satya Nadella would hand his younger self the code for Microsoft’s new Win32 on ARM emulator. It’s the missing piece of the puzzle that could finally let Microsoft build Windows phones, razor-thin tablets and tiny laptops that people might actually want to buy. It …
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