Nokia introduces the Nokia Asha 501Nokia Asha 501 and Asha platform reinvent the affordable smartphone category Espoo, Finland – 9 May 2013 – Nokia today unveiled the first of a new family of Asha smartphones with the introduction of the Nokia Asha 501. The handset pushes the boundaries of affordable smartphone design with bold color, a high-quality build and an innovative user interface. The Nokia Asha 501 is the first Read More

AT&T customers who took the plunge on Nokia’s Lumia 900 have had to sit idly by and watch Windows Phone 8 supercede the software loaded on their own devices, but they’ll soon be able to experience at least part of what WP8 brings to the table. Nokia announced earlier today via Twitter that the Windows Phone 7.8 update is now available to owners of the one-time AT&T flagship. Better late Read More

(click image for slideshow) Nokia needs a hero, badly. Despite its best efforts to make compelling Windows Phone smartphones, the company has not regained its lost market share. Investors are becoming impatient and want to see results. So far, there haven’t been any of substance. There’s a new smartphone on the horizon, however, that might give Nokia — and CEO Stephen Elop — one last chance to recover. Let’s rewind Read More

Google has updated its Google Earth Android app to version 7.1, bringing several important improvements, most notably the support for Street View. If you want to explore the Earth from the street level, zoom into an area and the Pegman — the little yellow guy signifying the availability of Street View — will appear in the right hand corner. Drag and drop him into a street and you’ll jump right Read More

A man leaves an Apple store with an iPhone and an iPad in his hands in central Beijing, China.(Photo: Alexander F. Yuan, AP) By now, it’s a fait accompli that tablet sales will surpass those of the PC. The only question that remains is: When? That day is not too far away, if a head analyst at technology incubator BitChemy Ventures is to be believed. According to Singh’s projections, global Read More

Shares have bounced back nicely in the past month, but are still down roughly 35% from their all-time high. Apple’s stock has been on a tear since the tech giant announced what it called the largest share repurchase program in history. Shares of Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) have gained about 20% from last month’s low of $385. The rally came after Apple said it planned to return $100 billion to Read More

Apple Store in Munich (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A few days ago, when Apple Apple (AAPL) reached my technical target around $390, I posted an article suggesting that there was a risk for it to continue lower still should the upcoming earnings report disappoint.  The next target was at $318. As we all know, following the announcement that Apple will issue debt (at attractive rates) and return a load of cash Read More

Apple Inc. (AAPL), taking its patent fight to Google Inc. (GOOG) through its infringement litigation against Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), is asking a judge to force Google to turn over documents related to its Android operating system. Apple told U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal in San Jose, California, that Google is improperly withholding information about what terms it’s using to find the documents Apple has requested in pretrial information Read More

Note to editor: Not all patents are the same. Judge Koh with the Apple v. Samsung jury. Illustration: Vicki Behringer FORTUNE — Under the headline Samsung-Apple Patent Fight: Is It Worth It?, Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal takes a long look at three years of smartphone litigation and concludes that the answer is no. “A string of rulings in big cases has left litigants with little to show for all the Read More

Browsing capability in Mokriya Craigslist app. (Credit: Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET) This app currently offers the fastest and easiest way to browse Craigslist from your mobile device. The primary advantage to using an app over the mobile Web site is the ability to set alerts. Instead of setting a reminder to look through listings for the items you want to buy or sell, an alert will do the work for Read More