Daily Archives: November 4, 2011

 An UK-based wireless managed services firm WDS reports that Android handsets are more vulnerable to hardware setbacks thus costing world telecommunication operators $2 billion in a year on repairs. ...

In view of the computer market slowdown and manufacturing delays, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is cutting off around 1,400 of its workers. ...

French telecommunications peripherals supplier Alcatel-Lucent SA has slashed its profit forecast after revenue missed analysts’ estimates. ...

The microwave transport business of the Nokia Siemens Networks will be bought out by DragonWave including the operational support systems. ...

To rescue the imprisoned princess from the digital castle, shoot the perilous aliens or to fight with the mythic monsters video gamers spend tons of time. Adrien Treuille, the creator of online games like EteRna and Flodit, is putting those labors to better use. ...

Smartphone ownership is on the rise in the United States. According to Nielsen’s third-quarter survey of mobile users 43% of  U.S. mobile phone subscribers own smartphone. ...

Steve Jobs’ biography sold 379,000 copies in the United States, in its first week on sale. According to Nielsen’s BookScan service, ‘Steve Jobs,’ the title of the book, achieved the biggest week of sales for any book in the U.S. for almost a year. ...