There is blood in the water, and the big fish are circling to put the struggling, wounded little fish out of its misery. The little fish, which has some good qualities to offer the world, is having more and more trouble keeping the big fish away. This is happening now to smartphone manufacturer HTC – [...]
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Apple is Trying its Best to Kill HTC ...
There is blood in the water, and the big fish are circling to put the struggling, wounded little fish out of its misery. The little fish, which has some good qualities to offer the world, is having more and more trouble keeping the big fish away. This is happening now to smartphone manufacturer HTC – [...]
Infographic Patent Wars Turn Tech int...
Bloody battles over intellectual property have become the tech world’s new normal. Google just bested Oracle in an epic patent and copyright battle over the use of Java in Android. Apple is fighting in courts around the world. Technicolor, the company that brought color to the movies, is counting on patents [...]
Google’s Triumph Over Oracle Is...
The jury in Oracle’s patent case against Google delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of the search giant today, exonerating Google’s use of Java in Android and dashing Oracle’s dreams of millions of dollars in damages.
The trial was supposed to have three phases: copyright, patents and then damages. The j [...]
What Google’s Acquisition of Mo...
Google now owns Motorola. Chinese regulators followed the U.S. and Europe in clearing the deal earlier this week, removing the last barrier. Although the acquisition opens new territory for the search giant, its most immediate effect could be remaking the existing Android landscape. Will Google use its new arm to pound all competitors, or ju [...]
Dissecting Android: The Chinks in Goo...
In 2011, Android conquered the world. Google’s mobile operating system was activated on hundreds of thousands of handsets a day, the type of growth that was unprecedented in any era of computing. Android’s momentum from last year has carried into 2012, but it is not the rumbling freight train is was a year ago. The [...]
Disassembling Android: Chinks in Goog...
This is Part One of a two-part series on Disassembling Android.
QuickOffice Evolves from Office Work-...
It’s on some 450 million small devices – mostly smartphones – but the owners of most of those devices probably don’t even know they have it. Which could make QuickOffice
Why AT&T and Verizon May Love Wi...
AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the nation’s two largest wireless carriers, intend to market the heck out of Microsoft Windows Phone to prevent Apple from gaining a stranglehold on the U.S. smartphone market. But the strategy has many pitfalls, including the fact that the carriers still can’t afford to live without the iPhone. Bottom line, t [...]
Oracle Gets Pounded in Week 1 of Goog...
As Phase 1 of Oracle’s case against Google’s use of Java in its Android software draws to a close, Oracle has taken a pounding from Google’s lawyers.
With closing arguments due early next week, the jury is about to rule on testimony from a parade of star witnesses, including Android chief Andy Rubin, Google Chairman Eric [...]