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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may fight for additional market share by acquiring another former stalwart in the mobile phone space. According to Bloomberg, the Windows maker is still "keeping an eye" on BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) -- even after spending $7.2 billion to acquire Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) handset...

She has quickly become a household name, but if you’ve not heard the name, Diana Nyad, here’s the story. After four failed attempts spanning more than three decades, she became the first person to ever swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys non-stop without a shark cage. The 110-mile swim lasted 53...

As investors scramble to cash in on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) handset business, Nokia has quietly announced that its top designer is leaving the firm. According to AllThingsD, Marko Ahtisaari (Nokia's exec VP of design) will step down from his role...

What do you do if you’re in market that is clearly dominated by two giant players and you can’t gain more than a single digit foothold? What do you do if your latest tablet has sales that came in less than expected and you cut the price of it by $100? You can purchase most of...

With an eye on the future of automobile transportation, Finnish mobile communications company, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced Friday the creation of an embedded infotainment and navigation system called Here Connected Driving. Described as “the only end-to-end driving solution on the market today...

Panasonic (OTC: PCRFY) has reportedly approached Nokia (NYSE: NOK) about a key asset sale. According to Nikkei, Panasonic is interested in offloading its cellular base station business. Nokia is one of many prospective buyers that Panasonic is believed to have approached. This is the latest...

The decline of the PC business could be problematic for firms like Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which have relied on the industry for billions in annual revenue. Famous for creating and marketing the Pentium, Celeron, Core 2, Core i3, i5 and i7 series of processors, Intel has been a PC staple for many...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be developing a lower-cost iPhone, but that does not mean the device will be cheap. New rumors claim that the hugely popular iPhone 4S will not be replaced when the iPhone 5S (the unconfirmed name of the next-generation iPhone) and iPhone 5C (the speculated name of the low...

Earlier this week it seemed that the next-generation iPhone -- or at the very least its low-cost companion -- would finally inspire China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) to sign a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The Chinese telecommunications giant has been reluctant to sell the iPhone for a couple of...

At this time last year, investors were still riding high on the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) money train. As the company that could do no wrong, Apple enjoyed privileges that few others could ever hope to achieve. That changed last fall when iPhone and iPad sales hype became so great that not even Apple...

Lux Research Associate Anthony Vicari believes that the haptics will soar over 16-fold to $13.8 billion in 2025. He wrote about the industry's massive growth in a new report titled, "Getting Back in Touch with Electronics: Finding Opportunity in Emerging Haptics." When it comes to haptics,...

Consumers have not always been kind to console and handheld manufacturers. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have earned a degree of loyalty for producing iPhones and iPads, gamers are less likely to stand by their favorite hardware maker. This became evident the moment that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is getting ready to launch its first iPhone competitor since 2011. According to DigiTimes, the company is working with Taiwan-based supply chain makers to create a new smartphone. Hewlett-Packard hopes to release the device before the end of 2013. If the company...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been rumored to release a five-inch iPhone for most of the year, but the company has yet to confirm any such details. While Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is gradually increasing the size of its displays, its newest phone is limited to 4.5 inches. Its largest phone, the Lumia 625, has...

This week, Blackberry’s (NASDAQ: BBRY) newest phone, the Q5, launched in India. While it is commendable that the company is at least acknowledging the need to cater to the budget phone market, most agree that it missed the mark in this case. India is the world’s third largest smartphone...