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Broadcom Seeks Push From Emerging Markets

Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 6 at 7:02 am PT

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.

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Mozilla Plans Smartphones for Emerging Markets

Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on June 3 at 9:12 am PT

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.

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Foxconn Steps Up Hiring as Apple Readies New iPhone

Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 15 at 7:30 am PT

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.

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Microsoft Working With Suppliers on Designs for Touch-Enabled Watch Device

Lorraine Luk and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on April 14 at 7:58 pm PT

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.

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Microsoft Plans Seven-Inch Tablet

Lorraine Luk, Shira Ovide and Eva Dou, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 10 at 10:27 pm PT

The personal computer business is at a crossroads, and Microsoft isn’t sitting still.

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Apple to Begin iPhone Production This Quarter

Lorraine Luk, Jessica E. Lessin and Eva Dou, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 2 at 11:51 am PT

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.

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Foxconn Gets Boost From Apple’s Sales

Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 25 at 9:53 am PT

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.

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HTC Says Margins May Slip Further

Lorraine Luk and Aries Poon, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 4 at 3:44 am PT

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.

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Apple’s Cook, China Mobile Meet, Raising Possibility of iPhone Deal

Lorraine Luk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 10 at 9:32 am PT

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.

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Microsoft Tests Smartphone With Asia Suppliers

Lorraine Luk and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on November 2, 2012 at 4:13 am PT

Microsoft Corp. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design, people familiar with the situation said.