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Apple Reports Progress on Supplier Responsibility, But Major Violations Doubled Last Year

John Paczkowski in News on February 14, 2011 at 1:18 pm PT

Apple was recently accused of ignoring hazardous and unhealthy conditions at its overseas suppliers, so the company’s 2011 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report arrives at a particularly apt time.

Verizon Beats AT&T in Voice Calls for iPhones

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 2, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

Some major benefits of the new Verizon iPhone service include crisp, clear calls with relatively few drops. But AT&T offers faster data downloads.

Facebook Finally Acknowledges Goldman Sachs Deal, Says It's Done

Liz Gannes in Social on January 21, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Facebook finally issued a rare press release today to say it has raised a total of $1.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation from Goldman Sachs and its clients.

RIM Gives India Access to Consumer Messaging

John Paczkowski in News on January 13, 2011 at 8:57 am PT

Research In Motion has finally settled its long-running dispute with the Indian government over its BlackBerry Messenger Service–part of it, anyway. It’s given wireless carriers in the country the ability to intercept messages sent over its BlackBerry Messenger service and BlackBerry Internet Service if requested by the government.

RIM: No Indian BlackBerry Ban if We Can Help It

John Paczkowski in News on November 23, 2010 at 9:30 am PT

Indian BlackBerry users rest easy–Research in Motion is certain the Indian government won’t ban the device for lack of a means of monitoring its corporate email and messenger service.

Using Phones Globally

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on global phones, the Verizon iPhone, Samsung Tab and the iPad.

RIM Denies Deal With India Over Access

John Paczkowski in News on November 17, 2010 at 2:14 pm PT

Research in Motion isn’t any nearer to a deal to provide the Indian government with access to its encrypted email and instant messaging data than it was back in October. This despite the claims of an anonymous official from the country’s interior ministry who says the BlackBerry maker has “in principle agreed to provide us recorded data from their servers.”

RIM Gets Reprieve in India; Plan May Involve Local Server

John Paczkowski in News on October 12, 2010 at 8:49 am PT

Research in Motion narrowly avoided a ban on its BlackBerry service in the United Arab Emirates last week after reaching some sort of accord with the government there. But it continues to face one in India, which has demanded similar access to its encrypted email and instant messaging data.

The Coming Kindle Boom: Sales Could Double in 2010

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2009 at 7:00 am PT

Amazon won’t even tell us how many Kindles it has actually sold, so projecting how many it’s going to move in the future makes for particularly tough fortune-telling. But that doesn’t stop anyone from trying: Forrester thinks Jeff Bezos and company will move 600,000 newly discounted units this holiday season and sell 1.8 million by the end of 2009.