Samsung Electronics profits boosted by smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics has posted a record quarterly profit, boosted mainly by growing sales of its smartphones. It made a net profit of 7.15tn won ($6.4bn;...
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Twitter lands ad agency partnership for major revenue boost
Twitter has struck one of its biggestadvertising deals to date with media agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), the companies said, in the social media site’s latest...
Senate votes to move forward on bill taxing Internet sales
(Reuters) – A measure to empower U.S. states to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax cleared a legislative hurdle in the Senate on...
Space debris collisions expected to rise
Unless space debris is actively tackled, some satellite orbits will become extremely hazardous over the next 200 years, a new study suggests. The research found...
Julian Assange’s secret chat with Google’s chairman
Eric Schmidt met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in secret in 2011, according to the transcript of a wide-ranging discussion published late Thursday by the...
Twitter launches music app to deepen multimedia offering
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc launched a stand-alone music-streaming app on Wednesday, opening another front in the micromessaging service’s ambitious expansion into multimedia content. The iPhone...
iPhone supplier Japan Display turns to smaller smartphone makers
(Reuters) – Japan Display Inc, one of two Japanese producers of Apple Inc iPhone screens, wants to boost sales by up to 60 percent by winning more business from smaller makers...
Google chief urges action to regulate mini-drones
The influential head of Google, Eric Schmidt, has called for civilian drone technology to be regulated, warning about privacy and security concerns. Cheap miniature versions...
T-Mobile: First day for Apple’s iPhone was ‘gangbusters’
With trade-ins, an ad-blitz, “un-carrier” pricing and lines outside nearly 3,000 stores FORTUNE — No one knows how long it will last, but the pent-up...
BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns
(Reuters) – BlackBerry plans to ask securities regulators in Canada and the United States to probe what it said is a “false and misleading” report...