At the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei introduced the world’s fastest smartphone. Most Americans have never heard of Huawei. Huawei is no small fry; it is a large Chinese company. Its principal business is networking and telecommunications equipment. It has overtaken Ericsson to become the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world.
The Boot to Gecko project (B2G) being developed by the Mozilla Foundation is now ready to challenge Apple and Google’s dominance of mobile devices. Mozilla Foundation is a not-for-profit entity that is the producer of the popular Firefox browser. Mozilla Foundation also has a tax-paying subsidiary called Mozilla Corporation. B2G Firefox OS B2G is
The stock market has been overbought for a while, and overbought markets can be vulnerable. Usually there is an excuse in the form of bad news that runs the overbought market down to alleviate the overbought condition. Monday was no exception. The bad news was that in Italy, Berlusconi garnered more votes than expected. He
In a major strategic move, Samsung has announced an end-to-end security solution for mobile devices for the enterprise. The solution is appropriately named KNOX. KNOX appears to be the Fort Knox of mobile security in an enterprise. The best way to understand KNOX is to break it down into two components. Platform Security
Apple application 20130044215, filed with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is the best evidence so far as to how iWatch may look and work. It appears Apple is abandoning the traditional style watch in favor of a bracelet. The bracelet may have two parts, a touch sensitive flexible
Goldman Sachs, according to Reuters, says AIG has replaced Apple as the favorite pick of hedge funds. Apple’s arch enemy Google is now also favored over Apple by hedge funds. Apple has not been abandoned by hedge funds; it is now in third place. According to Goldman’s data, hedge fund’s top holdings were reported to
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes from January 29 -30 were released yesterday afternoon. Within the Federal Reserve System, the FOMC is responsible for making key decisions about money supply and interest rates. One paragraph in the minutes spooked gold and silver bulls, as well as stock and
Apple’s public posture about OLED displays and its private actions seem to be at odds. The whole world has been moving towards OLED displays. As an example, the screen of Samsung Galaxy SIII is AMOLED. The new generation 4K televisions are OLED based. Apple is the only major consumer electronics company that has not
In last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama mentioned Apple and 3D printing. Apple CEO Tim Cook was given a prominent spot in the first lady’s box. Obama looked at Cook and said, “This year, Apple will start making Macs in America again.” Cameras focused on Cook and he smiled. The morning after
It is true that you can buy an iPhone running Android and not iOS. The phone comes unlocked and can be bought for about $300. The phone features a 700MHz processor, a 5 megapixel rear camera, a 0.3 megapixel front camera, dual SIM support, and a 3.7 inch display. Of