By Joseph Palenchar On Mar 15 2013 - 9:06am

Samsung Intensifies Share Wars With Galaxy S4 Launch

New York — Samsung took its battle for U.S. smartphone supremacy to Manhattan Island, where it unveiled a flagship product that it hopes will vault the company

By Joseph Palenchar On Mar 14 2013 - 8:01am

LG To Add Smart Video Playback To Optimus G Pro

Seoul, South Korea — A new feature that LG Electronics will add to its flagship Optimus G Pro smartphone will automatically pause video playback when a user

By Joseph Palenchar On Mar 13 2013 - 3:31pm

Verizon Plans BlackBerry Z10 Availability On March 28

Basking Ridge, N.J. — Verizon Wireless will follow AT&T in launching the BlackBerry Z10, one of two new smartphones that BlackBerry unveiled in January to

By Doug Olenick On Mar 13 2013 - 2:20pm

IDC Downgrades E-Reader Shipment Figures

Framingham, Mass. — The booming growth experienced by the tablet category is continuing to hamstring the once white hot stand-alone e-reader category. IDC has

By Joseph Palenchar On Mar 13 2013 - 1:44pm

Amazon Cuts Kindle Fire 8.9 Tablet Pricing

Seattle — Amazon is pumping up tablet competition by dropping the prices of its Kindle Fire HD 8.9 tablet by $30 for the Wi-Fi version and by $100 for the 4G

By Doug Olenick On Mar 13 2013 - 10:47am

Android Poised To Take Over Tablet Share Lead

Framingham, Mass. — IDC is forecasting that Android-based tablets will take over as the market share leader from Apple iOS in 2013 and maintain this lead going

By Lisa Johnston On Mar 12 2013 - 3:51pm

T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Gets Thumbs-Up From Feds

Washington — The merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS was given official green lights from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Communications

By Doug Olenick On Mar 12 2013 - 2:56pm

DRAM Usage In Computers Slows

El Segundo, Calif. — The time when more computer memory was considered a necessity for improved PC performance may be coming to an end. A recent study by IHS

By Doug Olenick On Mar 12 2013 - 2:08pm

Tablet App Revenue To Climb

London — Revenue generated by apps developed for tablets will surpass that generated for smartphones by 2018, according to ABI Research. The research firm said

By Doug Olenick On Mar 12 2013 - 9:32am

AMD Bows Elite A APUs

Sunnyvale, Calif. — AMD rolled out its Elite A series of accelerated processor units (APUs), formerly code-named Richland. The new high-end APUs will allow