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Time Warner is funding a new company that analyzes the way viewers interact with television shows on social networking sites, signaling the rapidly changing future of TV viewing. Bluefin Labs uses scientific technology to collect comments from social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, tracking when viewers posted and what they said. The data is [...]
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HTC Shifts Strategy After Profits Dip
January 6th, 2012 
admin HTC will retool its strategy this coming year to prevent a downward slide, aiming to rebound from uncharacteristic negative growth last quarter. The Taiwan-based handset maker experienced a 26 percent drop in net profits in the fourth quarter of 2011, its first in two years. The dip signifies intensifying competition in the device marketplace and [...]
AT&T Shifts to Unlimited Texting Plans
August 19th, 2011 admin AT&T customers will soon have just two choices in texting plans, a sign the company may be trying to retain its lucrative texting business as people switch to instant messaging apps on their smartphones. AT&T on Thursday said it will offer either unlimited or pay-per-text plans, eliminating a current plan that offers 1,000 messages for [...]
Wireless Jobs Decrease as Industry Shifts Emphasis
July 19th, 2011 admin The number of jobs in the wireless industry is decreasing, despite the increasing popularity of smartphones, pointing to the industry’s changing employment landscape. The U.S. Labor Department’s May figures reveal employment at U.S. wireless carriers hit a 12-year low of just under 170,000, or about 20,000 fewer jobs than when the recession ended in June [...]
Intel Shifts to Low-Power Strategy
May 18th, 2011 admin Intel will focus on making chips that consume less power for use in smartphones and tablets, signaling the chip maker’s interest in the quickly-growing mobile device market. Paul Otellini, Intel’s chief executive, said the company will aggressively cut chips’ power consumption. “We are aiming our center point for all of our design activities at sort [...]
Google Shifts to Ads, Cloud Services, YouTube
March 28th, 2011 admin Google co-founder Larry Page will retake the reins as CEO next week, and his early actions suggest the company may refocus on some products while letting others fade. Page is reportedly assessing the Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s many projects — he asked all managers to
Smartphone Battle Shifts to Apps, Software
February 15th, 2011 admin Apps and software are proving to be a key battleground for rival smartphone makers as companies vie for developers’ attention at a recent mobile technology event. The Mobile World Congress, which begins today in Barcelona and continues through February 17, will see smartphone makers pitching their platforms to developers, with players in the mobile market [...]
