Wearable technology has already attracted many of the headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year, but can this technology provide the boost the industry is looking for in…
Samsung suffers drop as budget smartphones disrupt market
Samsung dropped 4.59% on the first day of trading in 2014, wiping nearly $9 billion off the company’s market value. One of the chief causes for concern for investors was the ever-growing…
Mobile internet builds promise in African e-commerce market
The vast continent of Africa presents a significant opportunity for e-commerce retailers, but a lack of infrastructure has held back online shopping in the region. Now the use of mobile devices to…
Apple’s China Mobile deal could provide temporary relief
Apple has completed its long anticipated iPhone distribution deal with China Mobile. The Cupertino-based tech giant will enjoy a sales windfall from the deal, but will the boost help the company recover…
Qualcomm makes Mollenkopf CEO, halts Microsoft rumors
Qualcomm COO Steve Mollenkopf will be promoted to the position of CEO, as the company fights off interest for his services from Microsoft. Current CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs, the son of Qualcomm…
Google targets final frontier of smartphones with Moto G
By Anam Alpenia Google-owned Motorola has debuted the Moto G, a sub-$200 device aimed at the final frontier: total dissemination of smartphones. With decent specs (the phone will come to the U.S.…
Twitter Goes NYSE for IPO
A rear view mirror lets Twitter map a different path to IPO than Facebook, one planned perhaps in the hopes of evading pitfalls that plagued the latter’s 2012 public offering. On Tuesday,…
The First 100 Days at the Helm of Shazam: A Conversation with Rich Riley
Most often, CEOs are hired to replace a predecessor in times of troubles with the mandate to fix things. Once again, the British-based startup Shazam is an exception. Founded in 2000, the…
Locket Rolls Out Campaign for Customization and Looks to Give Back
Mobile advertising startup Locket has successfully set customers a-clicking. The company has approximately 100,000 users, a quarter of whom downloaded Locket within two days of launch. The company announced a new program,…
Facebook Acquires Team Behind Jibbigo Speech Translation App
Facebook has acquired Mobile Technologies, the 12 year old company behind Jibbigo, a speech recognition and machine translation app. The app is the first to offer speech to speech translation in both…