Tech targets: American companies abroad, Chinese-made gear in the U.S.
The tech industry, it’s global. And that’s the problem: • France and its tech concerns — many of which reflect Europe’s, too — are front and center lately. Telecoms in Europe are asking American tech...
View ArticleThe PC world: Woe for the holidays, few signs of cheer for future
A couple of reports about PCs and the challenges they face: • Woe for the holidays: Worldwide shipments of personal computers fell in the fourth quarter for the first time in five years, IDC said...
View ArticleTech roundup: Zynga’s shares, HP’s Dell talk, Twitter’s Vine, Microsoft’s...
We’ve got your grab bag of tech news: • Second life for Zynga shares? The social-games maker’s stock is zooming up more than 11 percent to $3.05 as of this post, the day after its fourth-quarter...
View ArticleIs Apple the top PC maker? Plus Microsoft vs. Google and tech beneficiaries...
A quick look around the tech world this morning: • Apple is the world’s top computer maker, according to a new report, and the numbers aren’t even close. Before anyone from Hewlett-Packard or Lenovo...
View ArticleTech and policy: HP issues tougher labor standards in China; Google news...
• HP has introduced stricter labor guidelines for students and temporary workers at its suppliers in China. When factory orders surge, high school students and temp workers are brought in and can be...
View ArticleHas HP forsaken webOS? Report says it’s working on Android tablet
Is this finally the end of Palm’s webOS, which has seemed to be on a path to a slow and agonizing death? An upcoming tablet from HP will use Android and be powered by an Nvidia Tegra 4 processor,...
View ArticleAround the valley: Apple ‘iWatch’ patent, HP pre-earnings,Tesla...
We’ve got news about the Silicon Valley biggies: • Time for yet more excitement — depending on your level of Apple and timepiece lust — over the rumored iWatch. The U.S. Patent Office today published a...
View ArticleStock watch: HP, Zynga, Aruba jumping
Silicon Valley’s big gainers on the stock markets today: • HP CEO Meg Whitman says “we clearly still face a long road ahead,” according to the Merc’s Steve Johnson‘s report about the Palo Alto...
View ArticleHP’s webOS heading to LG TVs; Samsung Galaxy S IV coming; will Barnes & Noble...
Your Monday tech grab bag: • WebOS, the mobile operating system that just won’t quit, is making its way into smart TVs from LG. The South Korean company is buying parts of Palm from HP — source code,...
View ArticleAs stocks surge, a look at HP and Google
As the stock markets surge — the Dow was trading at a record high this morning and could close above its record high from 2007 — a couple of quick notes about tech stocks: • The Associated Press notes...
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