Mainland China’s smartphone market has recorded another quarter of decline, slipping 3% year-on-year according to new research from Omdia. The drop marks the second…
Nokia’s technology chief ‘quits over strategy’
Nokia has watched its global market share dwindle in recent years, and another nail hovered over the mobile giant’s coffin on Thursday. Finland’s leading…
Can Chinese microblogging sensation Weibo trump Twitter?
Chinese online media company Sina Corporation is set to launch an English version of its microblogging site Weibo (pronounced Wei-bohr), and it’s worth seeing…
Facebook under fire for photo tagging feature
Facebook is coming under fire for a feature that uses facial-recognition software to allow members to tag pictures of their friends on the social…
Alibaba to help Japan crack Chinese market
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it has launched a service to help Japanese manufacturers crack the fast-growing Chinese market. The Tokyo-based arm of Alibaba.com…
Apple poised to introduce iCloud
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is taking a break from medical leave on Monday to preside over the opening of the company’s annual conference…
Blockbusters rule E3 video game kingdom
Blockbuster titles and powerhouse consoles will rule as video game makers from around the world meet in Los Angeles this week for the premier…
Sony hack happened – a million Sony Pictures accounts stolen
Update on Gearburn’s breaking news yesterday. The hacker group Lulz Boat has claimed to have stolen more than one million passwords, email addresses and…
Confidence in Nokia rattled, but CEO bullish on Windows Phone 7
It’s not getting any better for Nokia. The Finnish handset giant saw its share price continue to plummet after the company’s announcement that its…
Nicholas Carr on how the internet is damaging our brains
US technology writer Nicholas Carr is worried about what the internet is doing to our brains. “The seductions of technology are hard to resist,”…
PlayStation services to be restored this week
On Tuesday Sony announced its plans to restore PlayStation Network services worldwide except in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, after being targeted in…
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