Samsung has become the world's largest cellphone maker, while global sales of mobile phones fell 2 percent in January-March after 10 straight quarters of growth, research firm Gartner says. Read More
MasterCard is betting big on mobile payments replacing credit cards and is making moves to make sure it has solid footing in the mobile payment space. Read More
Wounded cellphone maker Nokia has turned on one of its former allies in the patent protection battlefield by filing lawsuits against rival smartphone maker HTC as it steps up its efforts to raise funds. Read More
When Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie were running Research In Motion , BlackBerry World was a chest-thumping celebration of RIM's successes and a showcase for the innovations that would assure its continued dominance. Read More
South Korea's Samsung Electronics overtook Nokia as the world's top handset maker for the first time in the first quarter, ending the Finnish firm's 14-year reign, a report by research firm Strategy Analytics showed on Friday. Read More
Samsung Electronics, the world's top technology firm by revenue, will report record quarterly operating profit of around $5 billion later on Friday on soaring sales of its Galaxy smartphones. Read More
Although Watson Pharmaceuticals’ acquisition of Swiss generic drug maker Actavis was expected for over a month, a strong reaction to Wednesday’s deal shows that analysts are hooked on the drugmaker. Read More
During the recent Research in Motion conference call, it seemed that the company offered a slight admission that it was quitting the smartphone race. Read More
Several reports are pointing to a weaker-than-expected quarter for Apple’s iPhone sales ahead of the tech giant's earnings, raising further worries for the company's stock that already is down sharply in just a few weeks. Read More
Investors willing to give Nokia more time may look to its survivability, as well as its Microsoft partnership. Maybe the company just might be successful at recycling itself. After all, you know what they say about “other people’s junk.” Read More