The USPTO had announced plans of ramping up its operations by opening a branch at Silicon Valley, besides two other new branches. It has now transpired that the person heading this new branch will be none other than the former Google Attorney, Michelle K. Lee.
Texas Instruments(TI) emerged as a key chip player in the mobile arena a few years ago. However, the company has had a few setbacks as off-the-shelf processors become undesirable for mobile vendors. As a result, TI has been contemplating a move away from the mobile industry and as part of that, has announced the elimination of 1700 jobs.
AMD has been cutting down on its expenses for a while now. The company recently laid off employees and has been trying to struggle as the tech world moves on from the era of PCs to smartphones and tablets. Now that AMD has hired JPMorgan, many are speculating that the chip-maker may be up for sale. However, that’s now the case.
Today, the use of different services, products and apps online as well as offline require a password. This is done to ensure the security of a user’s data. However, it has now transpired that the S-Memo app in Samsung Galaxy S III does not encrypt the passwords it accepts in anyway, thus putting the user’s accounts in imminent danger.
Apple and HTC have been embroiled in a legal battle over patent disputes for the past two years. In 2010, Apple had taken the Taiwanese company to court over alleged infringement of its patents. Now, however, the two companies have announced that they have finally reached an agreement.
The winter holiday season is just around the corner. Every year, the holiday season marks the greatest sales made by tech giants. This year is no different. According to a recent survey, a majority of users are gearing up to purchase Apple’s iPad mini and other Apple tablets as gifts this year.
Google Wallet support page suggests that it is working on a physical Wallet card and trying to bring a non-NFC version of the app to every Android 2.3+ device.
With its boatload of apps for iOS devices, Google has clearly made encroachments into Apple’s ecosystem. The question is, how will this battle between the two play out?