Tencent releases its new operating system
Published in IoT


TOS+, for smartphones and smart watches

Chinese outfit Tencent has released its operating system for smartphones and smartwatches as it tries to take a slice of the mobile market behind the bamboo curtain.

Strong ARM tactics yield results
Published in News


Cash pile building

Chip designer ARM reported a 36 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit amid strong demand for its technology.

BOE and Tianma struggle with Full-HD
Published in Mobiles


Locked up in Cell

Chinese panel makers BOE and Tianma thought they would be onto a winner Full HD displays with in-cell LTPS TFT LCDs and TDDI (touch with display driver) technology for handsets.

Qualcomm chip business worthless
Published in PC Hardware


Spin it off warns sctivist investor

Qualcomm has been told to spin-off its "worthless" chip unit away from its patent-licensing business in order to boost sliding stock prices.

Samsung saved by display and chip business
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Hopes the Galaxy will save it

Samsung just released its financial performance for the first quarter of the year and while it beat the rather poor expectations of the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street there is not too much to be happy about.

Intel might be hiding mobile loses
Published in Mobiles


Chipzilla denies it

It appears that Chipzilla has worked out a cunning plan to prevent people worrying about all the money it is losing trying to buy its way into the mobile market.

Intel forced to buy Altera
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Or Wall Street will kick it to death

While there are some that do not believe that Intel will have to press ahead with its rumoured buy out of rival Altera, there are signs that it might not have a choice.

Tsar Putin spikes reviews for YotaPhone
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He gets everywhere

Vladimir Putin's is trying make it look like the dual-screen YotaPhone is actually popular by spiking reviews.

Intel releases N3000s
Published in PC Hardware


Replaces Bay Trail-M and Bay Trail-D

Chipzilla has launched Intel N3000 series systems on a chip (SoCs), which will kill off Bay Trail-M and Bay Trail-D SoCs on the desktop and mobile PCs.

Intel could be the Lazerus of the Mobile market
Published in Mobiles


It might be back from the dead this time

Chipzilla has launched its latest campaign to get back into the mobile market, and this time it might just get away with it.