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Samsung Is Doing Well; Now Raising $1B, Looking To Tizen To Do Better?

Jan 16, 2012 7:16 AM

Samsung is reportedly getting ready to issue some $1 billion in bonds to expand production facilities. Meanwhile, it is starting to get a bit more specific with how it plans to use Tizen, a new mobile platform it is developing with Intel.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Money, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, Samsung, bada, intel, meego, tizen

The CES Lowdown: 1-11-12

Jan 11, 2012 5:00 AM

Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Motorola, RIM, BlackBerry, intel, lenovo

@ CES: Intel Gets The Mobile Partners—Motorola and Lenovo—It Badly Needed

Jan 10, 2012 9:39 PM

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has convinced a couple of big-name consumer electronics companies to jump on board with its mobile strategy. Lenovo and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) committed to releasing phones and tablets based on Intel’s mobile chips in 2012, with Lenovo’s product set to hit the market in China during the…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Google, Android, Motorola, intel, lenovo

@ CES: Meet The Ultrabook: Intel To Make Sure You See An Ad In 2012

Jan 9, 2012 1:39 PM

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) is determined to help shape the future of computing one way or another, and promised to put serious dollars behind the Ultrabook concept in 2012 during its opening press conference at CES 2012. The MacBook Air-like Ultrabooks promise mobile computing without the compromises inherent in tablets and…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Mobile, Events, CES, intel, ultrabook

Forget The Mobile Reference Designs, Intel, And Ship A Product

Dec 21, 2011 2:25 PM

Much has been made of Microsoft’s failure to shift its dominant presence in the PC market to the mobile market, but at least the company has a real product that actual partners have sold to consumers. Its longtime counterpart in PC hegemony, Intel (NSDQ: INTC), is in even worse shape,…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Companies, Google, Android, intel

McAfee: Android Biggest Malware Target Today, Yet Symbian Still Tops It

Nov 21, 2011 9:13 AM

With 550,000 activations per day, and 200 million activations to-date, Android is fast shaping up to be the world’s biggest OS, but that growth is also attracting a lot of unsavory elements, it seems. McAfee, the IT security specialists owned by Intel (NSDQ: INTC), says that nearly all of the…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Technologies / Formats, SMS, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, HP, Nokia, intel, malware, mcafee, security

Intel Dangles $100 Million To Create Intel-Friendly Mobile Startups

Nov 15, 2011 5:32 PM

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has had trouble getting its chips into the types of mobile devices that are transforming the computing experience, and it’s ready to turn to an old-fashioned method: bribery. Intel announced the creation of the $100 million AppUp Fund Monday through its Intel Capital arm, which will make…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, 4tiitoo, intel, intel capital, urban airship

Intel Looks For Revenue From Location Services, Buys Telmap

Sep 30, 2011 6:42 AM

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has made no secret of its interest to be a more central player in the mobile space and now it’s showing us the money, too. The company has announced that it is buying Israel-based mapping and location-based services company Telmap. The move comes as there are signs…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Social Media, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, France Telecom, Orange, O2, Vivendi, Countries, Europe, Germany, France, intel, location, maps, telmap

Tizen: Can Intel And Samsung’s New OS Project Fly Where MeeGo Did Not?

Sep 28, 2011 5:30 AM

Yesterday, we wrote that Intel was reportedly looking to take its MeeGo OS project into a new stage of collaboration post-Nokia’s move to Windows Phone, by partnering with the folks behind the Limo Foundation—namely Samsung, its most prominent member. Today, we now know what that new venture will be called:…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, Samsung, intel, meego, tizen

Google And Intel Working On Android Phones For Early 2012 Release

Sep 14, 2011 5:49 AM

Android phones featuring Intel (NSDQ: INTC) chips should be available in the first half of 2012, Intel executives said on Tuesday at its annual developer conference in San Francisco.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, Microsoft, atom, intel

Mobile Lowdown 9-6-11: Apple vs. Nokia; 4G Spectrum; Telefonica; Intel

Sep 6, 2011 5:57 AM

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could overtake Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in smartphone shipments by the end of this year. Also, how Apple and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) compare in user interfaces. (via Digitimes; ZDNet)

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, France Telecom, Orange, Microsoft, Nokia, O2, Spotify, Countries, Asia, China, Europe, UK, deezer, intel, telefonica, ultrabook

Intel Hopes $300 Million Ultrabook Fund Is Enough To Boost Mobile Presence

Aug 11, 2011 5:55 PM

Intel’s well-documented failure to capitalize in the mobile transformation of computing leaves it with little choice but to use its prodigious wealth to try and jump-start demand for a new category of products. A $300 million investment fund may encourage system builders to try their hands at Intel’s “ultrabook” concept,…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, intel, intel capital, ultrabook

FAQ: What You Need To Know About Monday’s Mobile Patent Auction

Jun 25, 2011 5:00 AM

One of the most pivotal events at the intersection of patent law and the mobile industry kicks off on Monday, when the fate of 6,000 patents will be put on sale before a who’s who of mobile industry giants. Here’s what you need to know what you need to know…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, RIM, BlackBerry, ericsson, intel, nortel

Some Mileage Yet In MeeGo? Intel Adds MeeGo Tablet Apps To Its App Store

Jun 22, 2011 6:17 AM

Yesterday’s news that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has finally launched a handset built on MeeGo was one vote in favor of the OS, and here’s another: Intel, the other big partner behind MeeGo, has done a deal with Polar Mobile to add more MeeGo apps, specifically for tablets, into its AppUp…

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Sports, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Companies, CBS, Conde Nast, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, appup, intel, meego, polar mobile

As Nortel Patent Sale Approaches, Intel Reportedly Wades Into The Fray

Jun 20, 2011 9:24 AM

As we approach the extended date of the Nortel patent sale, reports of further interested companies are continuing to emerge. The latest is that Intel (NSDQ: INTC) is among those that will bid for the trove of 6,000 wireless patents, with bids starting at $900 million.

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Social Media, Companies, Apple, Google, RIM, ericsson, intel, nortel, rpx

Intel At Computex: ‘Just Wait Until Next Year,’ As Asus Unveils Padfone

May 31, 2011 1:22 PM

Seeking an answer to the rise of the tablet, the traditional PC industry is gathered in Taipei this week for Computex, one of the largest hardware-related shows of the year. A trio of announcements from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Asus, and Acer shows just how desperately dozens of companies are to…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Companies, Microsoft, Windows Phone, acer, asus, computex, intel, padfone, ultrabook, windows phone 7

Intel Set To Make $30 Million Investment In Educational Tablet Maker Kno

Apr 8, 2011 11:16 AM

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has been outside the burgeoning market for tablets, but plans to take a stake in one of the more interesting tablet-makers, according to reports. Intel Capital, the investment arm of the chip maker, is set to announce a $30 million investment in Kno, a startup that focuses…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, intel, kno

@ MWC, Intel CEO Otellini On Nokia And Intel’s Smartphone Out ‘This Year’

Feb 16, 2011 5:48 AM

Intel’s CEO, Paul Otellini, made no secret of his reaction when Stephen Elop called him last week to break the news about Nokia (NYSE: NOK) going with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) instead of MeeGo for its smartphone strategy: “I used the same [four-letter] word that Carol Bartz often uses,” he said,…

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Events, Mobile World Congress, Companies, Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm, RIM, intel, paul otellini

Operators To Nokia: Use MeeGo, Or WP7 If You Must. But Please, No Android

Feb 8, 2011 6:57 AM

In the lead-up to Nokia’s strategy presentation at the end of this week comes a report on what mobile operators are hoping the challenged handset maker decides to do to turn around its business. In an ideal world, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) would take up the reigns on MeeGo and launch…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, Countries, Europe, intel, maemo, meego, moblin, symbian

Mobile Content Bits: Angry Birds Fly To Windows; HP/Palm Event; ESPN/Sprint

Jan 4, 2011 7:30 PM

—Angry Birds: Rovio’s hugely successful mobile game may not yet be available on Windows Phone 7 handsets, but it is now making the move to other Windows platforms, and to devices beyond phones. The Angry Birds app for laptops and netbooks running either the Windows 7 or XP operating systems…

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Sports, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Disney, ESPN, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Palm, Sprint, angry birds, intel, rovio

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