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Apple and Qualcomm’s legal war is making Wall Street nervous
Qualcomm’s epic licensing dispute with Apple continued to play out as the iPhone-chip supplier said revenue from its licensing business fell 42 percent last quarter. Corporate legal disputes can make for boring news. They may drag on for years and hang on any number of technical details. Qualcomm’s battle with Apple is notable because of […]
Blackberry turns a quarterly profit thanks to Qualcomm’s $940 million arbitration payment (BBRY)
AP (Reuters) – Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a fall in first quarter revenue that missed estimates as it received fewer orders from its enterprise customers, sending the company’s U.S.-listed shares down 6 percent in premarket trading. The company said it got more than 3,000 orders from enterprise customers in the quarter, down from over 3,500 […]
Qualcomm’s new chips will give rise to more smart speakers
The smart speaker trend started with Amazon’s Echo, and now includes Google Home and Apple HomePod, but it could get a lot more crowded thanks to Qualcomm. It has just unveiled a reference “smart audio” design, including microphone, speaker and voice recognition tech that OEMs can use to build their own products without starting from […]
Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4+ is both faster and cooler
We all want more power with less charging on our mobile phones. Qualcomm, the maker of the Snapdragon 835 processor, has long been working to provide lower power usage and faster battery charging. The current Quick Charge 4 technology, announced in November of last year, promises five hours of charge in five minutes, a 20 […]
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chips will make features like dual smartphone cameras more affordable
Qualcomm has unveiled its Snapdragon 660 and 630 mobile processors today as part of its continuing quest to offer products that cover the whole spectrum of smartphones. The new chips are mid-range processors that will make new smartphone features more affordable and pervasive. Dual front-facing cameras are only found in high-end smartphones today, but the […]
