The Paper Glider app in Apple's App Store promises to help the bored kill time by seeing how far you can flick and fly your paper aeroplane but last Saturday it did something more - it helped UK-based Gail Davis win $10,000 in iTunes gift card from Apple as it was the 10 billionth app downloaded.
Mobile industry's service to consumers is getting better with time. A new report shows that Apple is planning to enable a feature in iPhone and iPad to facilitate purchases directly through these devices.
LG Electronics signaled a bottom for its money-losing mobile phones and TV businesses, after the world's No.2 TV brand reported a record quarterly loss.
A technology startup backed by Google unveiled on Wednesday the world's first personal base station for international travelers, enabling them to cut roaming fees and make mobile calls like in a home country.
A report from OpenDNS shows that the social networking sites Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the most blocked and the most allowed websites.
South Korea's LG Electronics reported a record quarterly loss on Wednesday, as its phone business remained weak and its TV division also lost money, hurt by steep price declines in television.
Tiger Woods, who is still a relative novice on Twitter, refused to take the bait offered repeatedly on the social network by a playful Ian Poulter on Tuesday.
Irish drugmaker Elan Corp has quietly laid off 130 people, or about 10 percent of its workforce.
Egyptians say the Twitter Web site is blocked on all Internet Service Providers in their country, a representative of Harvard University's Herdict Web monitoring service told Reuters on Tuesday.
Verizon Communications expects revenue to rise as much as 8 percent this year as customers rush to buy more smartphones, particularly Apple Inc's iPhone.
Verizon Communications sees revenue and earnings rising as much as 8 percent this year even as it kicks off sales of Apple Inc's iPhone, which tends to come with costly subsidies.
(Corrects references to reflect 2011 EPS growth target of 5-8 percent forecasts overall growth, including items other than iPhone, in headline, second bullet point, paragraphs three,
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The company continues expanding its cloud computing services in Asia with plans to build a center in Langfang City.
The agency joins the ranks of the TSA, FBI, and the Department of Energy - all of which offer smartphone applications.
Intel hires Black Eyed Peas' front man will.i.am as director of creative innovation.
Verizon Communications expects revenue to rise as much as 8 percent this year as customers rush to buy more smartphones, particularly Apple Inc's iPhone.
4G may be the future for the next generation of mobile users, but many early adopters of the newest 4G devices wonder if their batteries will last that long.
Johnson & Johnson reported disappointing quarterly revenue due to plunging U.S. sales of consumer products that continue to be recalled for quality-control lapses, and the diversified healthcare company forecast 2011 earnings below Wall Street expectations.
MetroPCS Communications became the second company to challenge the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's new Internet traffic rules, following Verizon Communications' appeal last week.
Johnson & Johnson's fourth-quarter profit fell, with revenue falling far short of forecasts due to plunging U.S. sales of consumer products that continue to be recalled for quality-control lapses.
The iPad is not good for business; at least according to Microsoft.
Verizon Communications' quarterly revenue was slightly behind Wall Street's expectations, even as it reported stronger-than-expected wireless subscriber growth.
News Corp's new digital newspaper The Daily, designed for Apple's iPad, should launch in the next two weeks after some delays and will cost $0.99 per week, executive James Murdoch said on Tuesday.
Ericsson forecast strong demand for mobile broadband equipment in 2011 after a surge in fourth-quarter sales on the back of consumer demand for smartphones boosted growth for the first time in two years.
Verizon Communications' quarterly profit and revenue were slightly behind Wall Street's expectations, sending the company's shares down more than 1 percent, even as it reported stronger-than-expected wireless subscriber growth.
Facebook's German business has run into new restrictions on what it can do with email addresses, giving users more control over what happens to the names on their contact lists.
Verizon Communications reported a bigger-than-expected increase in wireless subscribers in the quarter just ahead of its launch of the Apple Inc iPhone.
Graphics chip maker Nvidia launched a new chip in its GeForce GTX family - GeForce GTX 560 Ti.
Verizon Communications added far more wireless subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter, dispelling any worries that customers would put off signing up until the company's Verizon Wireless venture begins selling Apple Inc's iPhone next month.
PC maker Hewlett Packard launched a suite of new products and services for businesses and governments under the cloud computing platform.