Multiple countries have been investigating into allegations that LG, Philips, Samsung and others colluded to rig the prices of the LCD market, minting huge profits in the process. EU has already slammed the companies with a $1.9 billion bill and now, China has fined them another $56.6 million.
Although the holiday season has turned into a sales spree for some very specific consumer electronics such as smartphones and tablets, it hasn’t been faring well for other products; those include laptops. According to statistics revealed by NPD Group, laptop sales by nearly all vendors have gone down during last year’s holiday season.
Apple’s smartphone market share had taken a slight hit just before the launch of iPhone 5. The sales growth had apparently slowed down in anticipation of the launch of the new phone. Now that iPhone 5 is gaining momentum, Apple has yet again grabbed 35% of the market share.
Ever since the demise of Apple’s co-founder and tech genius Steve Jobs, we have been hearing about a movie being made about him. Starring Ashton Kutcher, the movie will finally be released in April 2013 and it would initially premiere at Sundance Film Festival this month.
Facebook is rolling out a significant upgrade for its Facebook Messenger app for iOS and Android platforms. It does look that the social network intends to use its social media influence to take on the likes of Skype in the coming days. It has now added the ability to send voice messages and make free calls in the Messenger app.
Seems like Taiwanese company ASUS has become very much conservative. Recently, ASUS has silently stored a 15-inch Zenbook Touch U500VZ on its website. Features and Specifications of Zenbook Touch U500VZ inside.
Amazon has dished out its latest statistics about the top-selling products in the laptop category. Quite surprisingly, Samsung Chromebook sits squarely on top of this list. The 11.6-inch laptop with rather modest specifications is a surprise since many other, more enticing, laptops are available in the market.
We recently reported that Installous, the service that had long enabled jailbroken iOS devices to run paid as well as free apps, has been shut down. A number of replacements have sprung into action and quite surprisingly, some allow iPhone and iPad users to download pirated iOS apps without even jailbreaking their devices!