Tip of the Hat: Google's Nest buy highlights tech industry changes
Google's decision to pay $3.2 billion for Nest Labs, a mostly unknown maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, could be the start of a radical shift in the tech industry.
Google's decision to pay $3.2 billion for Nest Labs, a mostly unknown maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, could be the start of a radical shift in the tech industry.
With the attention given to Twitter's IPO, one might assume that the tech industry is dependent on its success. It isn't. Not even close.
A Microsoft storage patent that was used to get a sales ban on products from Google-owned Motorola Mobility in Germany has been invalidated by the German Federal Patent Court.
Lately I've had some trouble coming up with story ideas I'm truly excited about.
Understandably, the most-discussed phones in these Android roundups – which, I'm a bit staggered to realize, have now been going for about 16 months – have generally been the ones at the cutting edge, with the latest technology and the coolest new features.
Google-owned Motorola Mobility is setting its sights on worldwide adoption of the Moto G, which has a 4.5-inch screen and is priced from US$179 without a contract.
Web usage in North America by Motorola smartphone users is closing in on HTC for second place behind Samsung, according to Chitika Insights, which samples millions of online ad impressions to reach its conclusions
Smartphones officially got a little bit more like regular PCs today with Morotola's announcement of Project Ara, a modularized smartphone design that will let users pick their own components.
Two of the longest-running go-to narratives in the Android market – HTC is a shambles and Amazon wants to release a phone – have been bolted together like an airplane's wing section, thanks to a report from the Financial Times that threw Android watchers into paroxysms of raising their eyebrows when it came out this week.
Alcatel-Lucent is offering its enterprise switch users a free software upgrade to converge wired Ethernet networks with wireless from Aruba Networks.
Vendor tests and very early 802.11ac customers provide a reality check on "gigabit Wi-Fi" but also confirm much of its promise.
Vendor tests and very early 802.11ac customers provide a reality check on "gigabit Wi-Fi" but also confirm much of its promise.
Microsoft and Motorola are expected to begin arguments on Monday in the second part of a court case regarding patent licensing fees.
Most Australians aged between 15 and 65 will own a smartphone by 2018, according to Frost & Sullivan research.
The decades-old legacy of Motorola as a semiconductor innovator remains alive, with Google providing its Motorola Mobility unit a fresh start in chip design with the X8 chip system, which will be used in the upcoming Droid and Moto X smartphones.