Samsung Takes a Stake in Component Customer (And Competitor) Pantech

Samsung becomes the third-largest shareholder in a South Korean smartphone rival.
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Scanadu Hikes Price, Beefs Up Specs of Forthcoming Medical “Tricorder”

The product gains the ability to measure others as well as cuffless blood-pressure tracking. But it will cost $50 more than anticipated.
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Former Apple, Palm Executive Mike Bell to Head Intel’s New Devices Unit

Intel isn’t saying that it will build its own devices, but in Bell it has someone with experience in that.
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Amid Standards Battle, Wireless Power Consortium Gets a New Ally

Facing a battle with two rival standards efforts, the group behind the Qi wireless charging standard is enlisting a new partner that could make its technology more versatile.
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Internet Service on Planes: FCC to Consider Using Satellite Airwaves

In-flight Internet speeds could rival those on the ground under a proposal expected to move forward on Thursday.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Costs $237 to Build, Teardown Analysis Shows

Samsung buys a lot of components from itself.
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Connecting Things to the Internet Does Not an Internet of Things Make

The Internet is about shared information, and it’s hard to share from inside a silo.
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Jon Rubinstein Joins Board of Qualcomm, as Mobile Chipmaker Ups Its Silicon Valley Cred

The longtime mobile exec is a high-profile appointment.
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Two Views From Samsung About its “Octa” Chip

At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Samsung described an unusual eight-brained processor as a major step above competing chips. Now that U.S. buyers will be late to get it, the company is playing down the differences.

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Qualcomm Revenue Rises 24 Percent

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. continued to benefit from strong demand for mobile devices in its latest quarter, though profit fell 16 percent due to a large one-time gain in the year-earlier period.