“I've been flipping over tables for seven years now trying to get people–executives, I guess–to understand that there's a sea change,” says Hocking, one of the high-profile new recruits. He rattles off what's different about … Amazon's gadgets …

Amazon hasn't forgotten about the importance of cheap devices even as it struggles to be taken seriously as a high–end smartphone maker. Amazon's first Fire tablet was … comparison pics below). But for the price, these are surprisingly functional …

Samsung and Apple have been working hard against each other this Fall, with both companies releasing high quality handsets, as well as announcing upcoming new gadgets. Samsung has launched the Galaxy Alpha and announced a new Galaxy A line based … It …

The S&P 500 is 6.8% from its September high of 2011.36. … Japan's Decision on Increasing Sales Tax to Resonate Globally The year-end decision facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe —whether to approve the planned boost in the sales tax to 10% from 8 …

“I know that when I was in high school, my friends went there to buy underwear,” Kalb says. … “Now there's a lot of competition at that low-end,” Kalb says. … Consumers are buying more online and they're shifting their spending to gadgets from clothes.

Kaepernick wasn't sacked, and he threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns, putting the 49ers' comeback into high gear on an 80-yard strike to Brandon Lloyd. On 3rd-and-six with 27 seconds left in the half, the 49ers (4-2) thought the time was right to …

Cheaper travel, restaurants, books and gadgets like tablets and laptops meant the CPI rate of inflation was just 1.2 per cent in September, well below the Bank of England's target of 2 per cent, and the lowestr since September 2009. Low inflation …

As part of the agreement, Qualcomm will help SMIC implement its first high–end 28 nanometre manufacturing technology. It also coincides with a year-long Chinese anti-monopoly investigation into Qualcomm. Critics say the probe unfairly targets foreign …

Industry analysts blamed much of the decline on an increasingly competitive smartphone market, with Apple threatening Samsung's position from the high end of the market and Chinese competitors like Huawei and Xiaomi creating challenges on the low end.