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...Qubits v bytes: how quantum computing works Quantum computing taps into the quirky behaviour of sub-atomic particles, which bend our normal understanding of physics....
...Google and HTC have long worked together, most recently on the Pixel phone, which was not co-branded....
...But as developers of VR technology have found it difficult to get their product in front of consumers, headset makers such as Sony and HTC have started dabbling with more arcade-based gaming experiences,...
...“I think it’s happening much faster than most well-educated business people in America understand,” says veteran investor Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of Boston asset manager GMO....
...In 2014, US filmed entertainment generated a trade surplus of $16.3bn, according to the Motion Picture Association of America....
...“People focus on hardware way too much — it’s a content business, not a technology business,” he continues. “You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience....
...“I’d wager that there is a substantial team within Apple figuring out how the company will play a role in this technology,” he said....
...CCS Insight has predicted that smartphone sales in western Europe and North America will start to slowly decline after 2017....
...The battles between major tech companies including Apple, Nokia, HTC, Google and Sony over smartphone technology began in late 2009 when Nokia and Apple sued each other for alleged infringement of various...
...The Korean electronics company is making a last-ditch effort to overturn a ruling that it says applies patent law too broadly and could impede competition in the technology market by awarding “excessive”...
...HTC in March replaced veteran chief executive Peter Chou with co-founder Cher Wang, whose latest “realignment” programme is aimed at cutting operating expenditure by 35 per cent....
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...Oculus faces mounting competition from Sony PlayStation’s Project Morpheus and games software maker Valve’s Vive headset, made by HTC....
...The one notable absentee in the list of global technology groups showing off their latest smart devices at Mobile World Congress next week will be Apple, as the US group chooses to use its own glitzy events...
...It has a long history of litigation, with cases filed against Samsung, HTC and Google over patents dating back to 1999, which relate to how digital files are protected and accessed....
...“We have to stop coverage of technology being about queueing for an iPhone and make it about society and power.”...
...A growing majority of people in western Europe and North America now own smartphones of increasing sophistication and capability....
...The Fire is the only smartphone on the market with such 3D technology....
...In effect, you get something for nothing,” says Letts, CEO of Beenz Co. The free beenz market and merchants determine the value....
...The settlement follows similar deals Apple has made in recent years with other rival smartphone makers including Nokia and HTC....
...“2014 will be HTC’s comeback year,” Cher Wang, chairwoman and co-founder of HTC, said. “It will be a good year.”...
...Mr Quinn argued that this was evidence that Samsung’s brand and device features were helping it to compete with the iPhone in the US market, rather than merely relying on stolen technology, as Apple alleges...
...Apple and HTC announced a 10-year licensing deal in 2012....
...Five years ago, HTC acquired One & Co, a San Francisco industrial design agency, as it began its drive to grow from mid-ranking smartphone maker to fully fledged consumer brand....
...The departure strengthens the hand of Matt Zames, co-chief operating officer, in the eventual race to replace Mr Dimon....
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