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Broadcom Seeks Push From Emerging Markets
U.S. chip designer Broadcom Corp. is moving to tap the fast-growing market for low-cost smartphones by forming partnerships with local carriers and handset makers in emerging markets.Voices
Mozilla Plans Smartphones for Emerging Markets
Mozilla Corp., the company behind the popular Firefox Web browser, plans to team up with phone manufacturers to launch smartphones priced below $50 in emerging markets.Voices
Foxconn Steps Up Hiring as Apple Readies New iPhone
Foxconn Technology Group has resumed hiring assembly-line workers in China after a postholiday freeze, in the latest sign that major customer Apple Inc. is gearing up for production of the new iPhone.Voices
Microsoft Working With Suppliers on Designs for Touch-Enabled Watch Device
Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products.Voices
Microsoft Plans Seven-Inch Tablet
The personal computer business is at a crossroads, and Microsoft isn’t sitting still.Voices
Apple to Begin iPhone Production This Quarter
Apple Inc. plans to begin production of a refreshed iPhone similar in size and shape to its current one in the second quarter of the year, according to people familiar with the device’s production, teeing up a possible summer launch for the next version of its flagship device.Voices
Foxconn Gets Boost From Apple’s Sales
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said its net profit rose 16 percent in 2012 from the previous year, as the Taiwan-based assembler of Apple Inc. products saw its revenue increase as the U.S. company’s sales grew.Voices
HTC Says Margins May Slip Further
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. expects first-quarter revenue and profit margins to fall as it battles intense competition from Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and makers of low-cost phones.Voices
Apple’s Cook, China Mobile Meet, Raising Possibility of iPhone Deal
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook and China Mobile Ltd. Chairman Xi Guohua met Thursday and discussed cooperation, raising the possibility that the world’s largest mobile carrier soon would begin offering the iPhone.Voices
