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NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) – Motorola Inc (NYSE:MOT) said on Thursday that it would launch a new phone based on Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) software and that No. 3 U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE:S) will sell the phone to corporate customers. While Motorola uses Google Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android software for its consumer cellphones, […]

The research firm found social network or blog sites are visited by three-quarters of consumers who visit the Web. This bodes well for advertisers and the free social networks trying to make money from their users’ rampant use of their walled gardens to trade and share links, photos, videos and other information. READ MORE >>

In the report, the authors describe net neutrality’s restrictions on the development of new business models, its impediments to the reliable delivery of life-enhancing content and services, and the injection of uncertainty into the marketplace. The paper estimates the likely investment, job, and GDP losses resulting from the imposition of such rules. The authors argue […]

Apple became a victim of its own success June 15, when an unexpected 600,000 pre-orders for its iPhone 4 managed to crash both its and AT&T’s ordering systems. AT&T continues to be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the United States. Apple and AT&T found themselves hit by unexpected demand for the iPhone 4, […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd and Toshiba Corp unveiled plans on Thursday to merge their mobile phone businesses in October to create Japan’s second-biggest cellphone maker in a rapidly shrinking market. The merger will help the two electronics makers share development costs, but the combined entity is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to […]

As time goes on, the chances of Google dominating Apple will be slim, given the success the hardware company has achieved over the past few years. But overtaking Apple as the top tech company is a long-term campaign. This has nothing to do with ruining Apple, only replacing it as the de facto leader in […]

Verizon, Motorola and Google will introduce a new Motorola Droid smartphone at an event in New York City June 23. What isn’t clear is whether the device will be the Droid X or the Droid 2 or both that Engadget, Droid Life and several other gadget blogs have been chronicling over the last several weeks. […]

The issue came as AT&T was dealing with a huge amount of interest in the device, with preorders totaling 600,000 in a single day. According to Gizmodo, the issue appeared when some customers tried to log into their AT&T account to order a new iPhone 4. Even though the user entered their username and password, […]

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) – Customers trying to reserve the latest version of the iPhone were thwarted by technical glitches that hindered sales on Tuesday, the first day of pre-orders before the device hits stores on June 24. AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) customers reported seeing account information of other subscribers while trying to buy […]

The service will become available in the U.S. and 16 countries beginning in July. It enters the market against a flock of competitors that include Amazon S3, Google’s new Gdrive, Microsoft’s SkyDrive, and a number of others. Verizon Cloud Storage will use a pay-as-you-use scheme that scales on demand and can either augment traditional storage […]

While a tablet could be a nice addition to RIM’s BlackBerry portfolio, analyst Ken Hyers, with Technology Business Research, told eWEEK that “much will depend on the ability of the new BlackBerry 6 OS to provide a engaging experience. The Storm touch-screen was not terribly exciting, but the new OS promises to be much nicer, […]

In a bid to bolster its hardware partners, Microsoft is touting the versions of Office 2010 pre-installed on new PCs. While expectations for the software’s success runs high, Office 2010 enters a market under rapid change due to cloud-based productivity apps such as Google Docs. The worldwide launch of Office 2010 follows the software’s release […]