In a surprise move, Google is selling Motorola to Chinese technology giant Lenovo for $2.91bn, after a lacklustre two-year effort to turn around the smartphone maker it bought for $12.5bn.
More than one billion smartphones were shipped last year, with Samsung increasing its lead as the world’s biggest vendor, according to new data.
Shares in tech giant Apple fell close to 9% in after-hours trading on Monday night, after the firm reported flat profits of $13.1bn (£7.9bn) during the October to January quarter.
Google and Samsung have sealed a global patent cross-licensing agreement, as the two technology giants look to work closer together in rivalry with the likes of Apple and Microsoft.
Google is spending more on expanding into new markets than Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and Yahoo combined, according to a new report.
Google has lost its attempt to get the lawsuit alleging it bypassed settings in Apple’s Safari web browser thrown out of a UK court.
Coca-Cola has become the latest brand to use Apple’s iBeacon in retail, a new tool that that can track and guide shoppers in-store.
Google’s new tabbed inbox automatically sorts a user’s inbox for them- putting commercial messages into a ‘promotions’ inbox. Loren McDonald, Vice President of Industry Relations, Silverpop looks at the implications for email marketers…and if it really will herald the zombie apocalypse.
Google has bought technology firm Nest Labs, founded by iPod inventor Tony Fadell, in a $3.2bn deal that could help the internet giant rival Apple in terms of hardware.
This week, Apple passed $10 billion sales in the App store during 2013. Marco Veremis, CEO of Upstream looks at the future success of the app store and how effective it can be with customers further afield.