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White House-Ordered Review Finds No Evidence of Huawei Spying
Congress isn’t the only branch of the federal government that’s worried about the Chinese networking company Huawei’s presence in the U.S., though as yet there’s no evidence that the company’s gear...
View ArticleTruly Scary Halloween Costumes (Comic)
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
View ArticleEU Weighs Steps Over Huawei, ZTE Pricing
An internal European Union analysis has found that two Chinese makers of wireless network equipment, Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., are dumping products onto the European market at rock-bottom...
View ArticleKodak to Sell Patents for $525 Million
Eastman Kodak Co.’s $525 million patent sale disclosed Wednesday involved a Who’s Who of the global technology industry, as usually fierce rivals came together to take off the market patents governing...
View ArticleHuawei Implicated in Effort to Sell HP Servers to Iranian Mobile Carrier: Report
Despite trade sanctions, a close partner of Huawei Technologies tried to sell Hewlett-Packard computer servers to the largest mobile operator in Iran in 2010, according to a new report from Reuters...
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HTC in a Long, Dark Tunnel With a Small Flashlight
For HTC’s leadership, the excuses for the company’s current predicament are many and varied. At various times over the past year, they’ve volunteered that HTC “lacks … strategic direction or sense of...
View ArticleHuawei's Smartphone Sales Eclipse Nokia, RIM
China’s Huawei Technologies Co. has jumped ahead of Nokia Corp., HTC Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. in the world-wide smartphone race, but steep challenges remain for the telecommunications firm as...
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Huawei CFO Tied to Company Implicated in Attempted Sale to Iran
Someone working for a partner of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei was certainly eager to sell a bunch of Hewlett-Packard networking gear to a wireless phone provider in Iran. Such a sale would of...
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Microsoft, Huawei Go After African Market With New Windows Phone
Huawei and Microsoft on Tuesday introduced a Windows Phone model aimed specifically at the African market. The Huawei 4Afrika is a variant of the Chinese phone maker’s Ascend W1 introduced earlier this...
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HTC's Rapid Fall a Cautionary Tale for Huawei, ZTE and Others
With an all-important product launch on Tuesday, Taiwanese phone maker HTC is hoping to write a new chapter in what has been a truly incredible story. On the back of Android, the former contract...
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As Expected, HTC Unveils Its New Flagship Phone, the HTC One
And you thought all the smartphone fun was going to happen at Mobile World Congress. Today, at a event in New York City (with a concurrent event in London), Taiwanese handset maker HTC unveiled its new...
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Mobile World Congress: The Event You Don't Want to Miss -- Or Launch a...
There’s no question that Mobile World Congress is the biggest show in wireless and growing bigger every year. But, as often happens as trade shows grow, that also means it is harder and harder to be...
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Huawei Plans Firefox OS Phone, but CEO Says Unclear How Consumers Will Take...
Although Huawei is among the manufacturers touted by Mozilla as committed to building Firefox OS devices, the Chinese company’s chief says he has doubts as to how successful the new operating system...
View ArticleSmartphone Math Doesn't Add Up
For every winner, there has to be a loser. Smartphone sales have defied gravity in recent years, but there’s no defying simple math. Several major Asia-based smartphone manufacturers are talking up...
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How Social Media Usage Among China's Digital Natives Is Evolving
China today has the world’s most active social media population. According to an April 2012 report released by McKinsey, 91 percent of those connected to the Internet have visited a social media site...
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After Making a Business, Huawei Aims to Make a Name for Itself in Smartphones
While most phone makers were trying to find ways to sell more devices, Huawei made several moves last year that actually cost the company business. The Chinese phone maker said no to opportunities to...
View ArticleChina Worries Arise in Sprint Deal
The U.S. government is seeking oversight of network-equipment purchases as a condition for approving Softbank Corp.’s $20 billion acquisition of U.S. phone carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., a move that...
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U.S. Writes Its Worries About Buying IT Gear From China Into Law
The U.S. government officially remains concerned about the possibility of cyber attacks from China. And it has quietly imposed new restrictions on the information technology gear that certain branches...
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Alcatel One Touch Hopes "Iron Man" Tie-In Will Help It Make a Name for Itself
Alcatel One Touch, one of several Chinese phone makers with aspirations to boost its U.S. brand, is hoping a tie-in with “Iron Man” will help that effort. The phone will be featured in the upcoming...
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Time 100 List Is Packed With Techies -- From Musk to Systrom to Sandberg and...
While the tale of a print magazine embedded in a troubled media company makes for much better reading, everyone loves a listicle. So, Time has once again put out its annual countdown of the 100 “most...
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