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Showing posts with label smartphones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smartphones. Show all posts

July 09, 2015

Curtain Falls on Nokia’s Finnish Home in Boom-to-Bust Demise

Microsoft Corp.’s move to close the site where Nokia assembled its last mobile phone in Finland leaves it with a skeletal crew in the country, spelling the end of an era for what was once the world’s dominant handset manufacturer.

July 01, 2015

Sony shares fall 8% on fund raising plan

Shares in struggling Japanese electronics giant Sony have fallen more than 8% after it announced plans to raise billions of dollars in a sale of shares and convertible bonds.

April 27, 2015

Samsung Speeds Up Production of Curved S6 With Demand Soaring

Samsung Electronics Co. began production at a third factory for curved smartphone screens sooner than expected as demand surges for its Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

October 08, 2014

iPhone 6 and budget rivals hit Samsung profits

Profits at Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, collapsed in the third quarter as cheap Chinese brands ate into its share of the budget market and Apple’s iPhone sliced away at the top.

October 01, 2014

Microsoft unveils Windows 10 operating system

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be the name of its next operating system (OS). The choice is a surprise bearing in mind it represents a jump from the last version - Windows 8.

June 20, 2014

Blackberry shares jump on surprise $23m profit

Shares in Blackberry jumped 12% in early trading on Wall Street after the troubled smartphone maker reported a surprise profit.

April 11, 2014

BlackBerry may exit handset business if it can't make profit, says CEO

The struggling handset and services company BlackBerry may stop selling handsets if it cannot do so profitably, its chief executive officer John Chen says, as he looks to expand its corporate reach with investments, acquisitions and partnerships.

April 09, 2014

Samsung Electronics forecasts drop in profits

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of TVs and mobile phones, has forecast a drop in profit for the second quarter in a row.

April 01, 2014

Apple and Samsung patent row back in court

The latest round in a bitter tit-for-tat legal row between the two biggest players in smartphones will be resumed later in California.