The first time I saw the Internet displayed was in 1995 at a Hamilton-Avnet open house for customers in the Boston area. Tom Thorsen, vice president of marketing and communications, showed me the ropes. He described an exciting method to communicate and sell products. And he was right. Remembering that now, the Internet kind of…
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It was no surprise that {complink 4644|Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)} reported a loss for its first fiscal quarter of 2013. What did surprise analysts was RIM's announcement that its next product, the BlackBerry 10, will be delayed until next year. RIM announced on Thursday revenue of $2.8 billion for the quarter, down from $4.2…
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International growth opportunities continue to abound for high-tech companies. Looking at the mobile/smartphone category alone, new research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that more than half of US mobile users own smartphones. At the same time, smartphone usage is also rising in other regions, particularly in Europe. According to the Pew…
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{complink 2294|Google} says it is not making a political statement, but the company's decision to “design and manufacture” one of the two devices it introduced today in the United States nevertheless will sound like a clarion call to arms as it stakes out numerous fronts in an intensifying war for market share in the wireless…
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Facebook's initial public offering was not the only one that took place in the first half of the year, though no one could blame investors for thinking otherwise. So far this year, 71 US companies have completed IPOs and raised $26.9 billion of total proceeds, according to the PwC US IPO Watch. However, IPOs dropped…
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A federal court in California has ordered {complink 4751|Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.} to stop selling one version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1, because the continued sale of the device could cause “irreparable harm” to {complink 379|Apple Inc.}. The decision handed down Tuesday followed an appellate court's ruling that the lower court had erred in denying…
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Imagine taking the Sunday edition of the New York Times, cutting out every single word, one by one, and stacking them in a completely random order to form a pile about three and a half feet high. Now add to these other words in a language only you know and then create one single sentence…
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The winners and losers are already being sorted out following the decision by {complink 3426|Microsoft Corp.} to launch its own tablet PC. Many industry observers say the software giant's OEM customers will be the direct losers. Others say Microsoft itself may regret its move, which is likely to irritate its PC partners. Whatever the case…
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Two of Japan's leading consumer electronics companies have announced they will jointly develop next-generation organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays and modules for TVs and other large-screen applications. {complink 4185|Panasonic Corp.} and {complink 5114|Sony Corp.} plan to leverage their printing technologies for next-generation OLEDs, which use ink-jet type technology in the manufacturing process. Sony and…
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