IBM and Jeopardy! have teamed up to conduct an exhibition between two former Jeopardy! champions and Watson, a super-computer with advanced artificial-intelligence.
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC unveiled on Tuesday two social networking phone models, with a focus on Facebook access, and introduced its first tablet computer to a crowded marketplace.
New features relying on increased user information would only come with your permission the Google CEO said.
Samsung Electronics hopes to attract new consumers to its brand with cheap, low-end phones that are not necessarily focused on making profit for the group, a senior executive said.
Chinese telecoms hardware and network makers are biting off bigger chunks of African business and are likely to overthrow hitherto dominant European vendors in a region with mouthwateringly low penetration rates.
Will HTC's first tablet make a dent in the iPad's tablet empire?
Carlos Slim's America Movil may join the 4 billion euro Polkomtel auction, switching its focus away from Serbia, the company's CEO Daniel Hajj told Reuters at a telecoms trade fair on Tuesday.
Apple Inc is launching a long-awaited subscription service for magazines, newspapers, videos and music -- a move that could dent the fortunes of successful services such as Netflix and Hulu.
In the wake of The Daily, the News Corp.-run iPad-based periodical, Apple now says all content creators can offer such serivces on the iPad.
Wireless industry executives mostly lauded the alliance between Nokia and Microsoft as good for competition and innovation, despite the stock market's disdain for the deal.
Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, is aiming to produce a phone running new partner Microsoft's operating system by the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.
Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp. joined the tablet bandwagon as it released its Android-based 7-inch tablet the Flyer, stoking competition in the 7-inch form factor which includes players like Samsung Galaxy Tab and Dell Streak 7.
During the Mobile World Congress Microsoft announced new features for Windows Phone 7.
Watson had an up-and-down first round on Jeopardy! against the game's greatest contestants.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will unveil a new U.S. push for global Internet freedoms on Tuesday, citing Internet-fired protests in Egypt and Iran as examples of how new technologies can spark political transformation.
The New York City Health Department has launched an iPhone and Android application - NYC Condom Finder - to help users find free condoms.
Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, is aiming to produce a phone running new partner Microsoft's operating system by the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.
Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, is aiming to produce a phone running new partner Microsoft's operating system by the end of the year, its chief executive told Reuters.
An analyst from iSuppli said a cheaper iPhone wouldn't exactly mean smaller margins for Apple.
GetJar, the largest independent mobile software store, said on Tuesday it had raised $25 million from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners to fund its wider push into Android software distribution.
A man-versus-machine showdown on popular U.S. quiz show Jeopardy! ended in a tie on the first day of a three-day challenge, when an IBM computer showed off its knowledge of the Beatles, as well as a few glitches.
LG Electronics Inc said on Tuesday it was targeting a 30 percent annual rise in 2011 handset sales to 150 million units and would launch 20 smartphone models, as it seeks to turn its loss-making mobile division profitable.
Vimpelcom Chief Executive Alexander Izosimov said there was a high possibility his company would acquire telecommunications assets of Egypt's Naguib Sawiris even as disgruntled shareholder Telenor is seeking to derail the deal.
Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, will release its PlayBook tablet computer on two more high-speed network standards in the second half of 2011, the company said on Monday.
Radiohead will release its new album The King of Limbs this coming weekend in a digital version available online, the alternative band said on Monday.
Taiwan's Acer Inc, the world's second-largest PC vendor, expects the market for mobile PCs to grow 10-12 percent in 2011, driven by emerging markets, its chief Gianfranco Lanci said on Monday.
The move comes shortly after major deals for Demand Media and The Huffington Post, which have been accused of harming search results.
Shares of Motorola Mobility fell about 5 percent on Monday on concerns it would be particularly vulnerable to competition from the next version of Apple Inc's iPhone.
Once the world’s crude oil reserves finally run out, the best hope for a replacement is ethanol derived from Brazilian sugar-cane, according to Bob Dudley, the chief executive of BP (NYSE: BP).
The shotgun marriage of Nokia and Microsoft's smartphone platforms puts software developers at center stage at the annual Mobile World Congress starting on Monday in Barcelona.
