Rockstar is jointly owned by Apple, BlackBerry, Ericsson, Microsoft and Sony, and the consortium bought for $4.5 billion Nortel patents. Rockstar is suing Samsung, HTC, Huawei and four other companies for patent infringement in U.S. District Court in Texas. Google is accused of Continue reading »

Samsung’s profit has rose for 26% in the third quarter of 2013. Company’s smartphones are key driver of its growth but also its semiconductor business has the highest profit in three years. Samsung has decline in profit in consumer electronic division due to a drop in demand in Europe and China. The company is also making more innovative products. In September Samsung announced Continue reading »

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Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission has fined Samsung in amount $340,000 Samsung in response to an online marketing campaign targeting HTC, because Samsung’s campaign has violated local fair-trade regulations. Samsung was paying shill commenters, that have posted negative feedback regarding HTC devices and praised Samsung’s devices. The company has promised to stop with shill online comments, but there are still rumors Continue reading »

Apple is losing share in the tablet market because iPad sales are not so good as expected. They fell to $6.3 billion (this is a 27% drop over last year) and this is a huge problem for Apple regarding that iPhone is company’s second largest revenue stream. Tablet market share is mostly controlled by Samsung, Acer and Lenovo, and also Apple’s share currently stands at 32%, which is down 50% from a year ago. Continue reading »

Samsung has announced an upgraded version of its ATIV Book 9 Plus upgrade and this notebook will be available in the near future. It will run on Windows 8.1 and feature Core i7 processor. 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD storage, 13.3-inch QHD+ (3,200×1,800) 180° display with 10-point multi touch. New ATIV Book 9 Plus costs $1,800 and you can Continue reading »