Microsoft Windows 8 and Surface RT tablets were lagging behind competitors. Windows 8, the operating system Microsoft designed for touch PCs, was still finding it hard to capture a sizeable audience.
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Strategy Analytics: Android is king of the tablet market
Android is king of the tablet market, according to data from Strategy Analytics. The Android is unmistakably the king of the tablet market. Strategy Analytics has data and figures to back this statement.
Smartphone vendors not a fan of 8-core
Smartphone sellers in Taiwan expressed their concern over 8-core platforms and its effect on the quad-core dominated market.
Zynga to lose more executives this month
Zynga Inc. lost three more top executives this month, following more than a dozen exit of top managers in the company after it announced IPO last December 2011.
Qualcomm Ventures and Nokia Growth Partners are Finnish startup Grand Cru's newest investors
Qualcomm Ventures and Nokia Growth Partners are Finnish game developer Grand Cru's newest partners in its recent Series A funding round.
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According to Gartner, HP's server market share dropped for the second consecutive time. In the latest quarterly report of Hewlett Packard, server shipment shares from across the globe fell significantly.
Analysts believe that Asus' late entry to the US tech market will be its toughest challenge yet.
Apple and Motorola dropped 14 patents, which now left with them with 8 patents-in-suit. Apple and Google's Motorola agreed to drop 14 patent suits Monday.
Alcatel-Lucent partnered with Qualcomm for small cell development. Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcom partner for small cell development. The development aimed to be useful for enterprise and residential deployments.
The CEO of Softbank Corp said that there is no "firm plan" in place for the widely-anticipated Alibaba IPO.
Centrica announced that it expects to close its USD 1 billion buy of Hess's Energy Marketing this year.
Alcatel rebounded with strong growth that beat estimates. Alcatel-Lucent rode in strong growth and beat analysts' estimates. The struggling telecom equipment maker posted this strong growth for its key US market.
Researchers said that Apple led the South African tablet industry while Samsung trailed at second. Over 1. 4 million units of tablets were purchased by South Africans in a span of three years, said research firm World Wide Worx.
Android posted a massive increase in the latest quarterly report for tablets, while Apple's iOS continued to decline.
