Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales, in exchange for patent license



New details have emerged about the ongoing Apple-Motorola drama in Germany, courtesy of a court document uncovered by FOSS Patents. The two companies have been engaged in a patent battle of swelling proportion these past few months, with the most rec…

Nikon posts Q3 2011 earnings, sees ‘extraordinary losses’ due to Thailand floods



Nikon posted its Q3 earnings report this morning, and there isn’t a whole lot to smile about. The cameramaker had to swallow an “extraordinary” ¥10.9 billion loss last quarter (approximately $143.1 million), due to widespread flooding that devast…

Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million



Nokia released its latest quarterly earnings report today, following up on a somewhat disappointing Q3 with a similarly bleak Q4. The Finnish manufacturer finished 2011 with a little more than €10 billion in net sales — 11 percent higher than Q…

Strategy Analytics: Apple still owns tablet market, but Android narrows the gap



Strategy Analytics has come out with another report on the state of today’s tablet market, which, not surprisingly, remains dominated by Apple. Cupertino’s iOS comprised about 58 percent of the global slate market during Q4 2011 — well ahead of Andr…

AT&T’s proposed spectrum transfer mapped out in T-Mobile magenta



Wondering what AT&T’s proposed spectrum transfer would mean for T-Mobile? Check out the above graphic, from GigaOM. Created by a reader named Andrew Shepherd, this map displays which regional coverage T-Mobile will gain from the transfer, which w…