Stories by Dan Nystedt

Nokia plans €200 million factory in Vietnam

Nokia plans to invest €200 million (US$276.3 million) in a new mobile phone manufacturing site near Hanoi in northern Vietnam along "with further, sizeable investments thereafter," the company said Wednesday.

Written by Dan Nystedt02 March 11 20:06

Ex-Apple manager pleads guilty to fraud, to hand in $2.25M

Paul Devine, a former Apple manager accused of taking kickbacks from the company's suppliers in Asia, pled guilty in a San Jose federal court to wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

Written by Dan Nystedt01 March 11 17:11

PayPal reinstates fund meant to help U.S. Army's Manning

PayPal has lifted a temporary restriction placed on the account of Courage to Resist, a group raising funds to support the legal defense of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was arrested for allegedly downloading classified information and providing it to the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing website.

Written by Dan Nystedt25 Feb. 11 15:55

Facebook cracks ComScore US ad survey top 10 for first time

The massive audience at Facebook helped it take a top-ten ranking for the first time in ComScore's January survey of the number of unique visitors to U.S. Internet sites and advertising networks.

Written by Dan Nystedt22 Feb. 11 20:37

Seek and Employ: Gamer jobs open at Taiwan Game Show

Over a dozen companies banded together with an online job service in Taipei over the weekend to seek people for the island's computer and online game industries. Some of the jobs even pay gamers to play full-time.

Written by Dan Nystedt21 Feb. 11 13:38

Lenovo profit rises in Q3 on strong PC sales in China

Lenovo, China's largest PC vendor, reported strong net profit growth in the third quarter as it increased market share in China and gauged brisk sales of laptops and smartphones.

Written by Dan Nystedt17 Feb. 11 20:13

Research firm sounds alarm on chip inventories

Global semiconductor inventories have surged to the highest level in two-and-a-half-years to just about where they were before the onset of the last chip downturn, market researcher IHS iSuppli warned on Wednesday.

Written by Dan Nystedt17 Feb. 11 16:26

Apple: Foxconn "saved lives" with suicide prevention efforts

Apple on Wednesday commended Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn for setting up a 24-hour care center, installing large nets on buildings and other measures that have "definitely saved lives" after a spate of suicides at manufacturing facilities in China last year.

Written by Dan Nystedt16 Feb. 11 17:41

LG attempts smartphone comeback with focus on tech

LG Electronics expects to sell more than 30 million smartphones this year, a fourfold increase over 2010, when it stumbled by being late to catch on to the smartphone trend.

Written by Dan Nystedt15 Feb. 11 14:32

YouTube partners with LG on mobile 3D videos

YouTube is working with LG Electronics to make it easier for users to capture 3D images and video on mobile devices and upload directly to the Internet with LG's new Optimus 3D smartphone.

Written by Dan Nystedt14 Feb. 11 15:04

LG details Optimus Pad, smartphone with 3D screen

LG Electronics provided details on some of its most highly anticipated mobile gadgets on Sunday, including the LG Optimus Pad tablet and Optimus 3D smartphone, which will be shown at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.

Written by Dan Nystedt13 Feb. 11 15:28

Report: Twitter chased by Facebook, Google for up to $10B

Executives from Facebook, Google and other companies have held talks with Twitter over a possible acquisition of the micro-blogging service, pushing its estimated value as high as $US10 billion, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Written by Dan Nystedt10 Feb. 11 18:36
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