Samsung is hunting $1bn in investment to boost production at its Austin, Texas facility, the line believed to be responsible for supplying Apple's A5 processor and next-gen A6 chipset. Samsung has contacted banks regarding bonds to be issued by its US division, the company confirmed to Bloomberg, taking advantage of favorable borrowing costs and looking to predicted huge demand for future Apple gadgets running the ARM-based chips.
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Apple “GarageBand for eBooks” textbook tool tipped for Thursday
Apple is preparing an interactive digital textbook creation toolkit described as “GarageBand for eBooks”, reports have suggested ahead of the company’s education-focused event later this week, with the project supposedly occupying Steve Jobs for several years before his death in 2011. Rather than the currently complex portfolio of tools required to author a truly interactive digital book at present, Apple is set to unveil a straightforward multimedia creation platform, Ars Technica‘s sources tell them, along with an upgraded distribution system that would position the iPhone and iPad as a student’s best friend.
Windows 8 tablet drawbacks mount: ARM locked-down, x86 overpriced
Windows 8 is shaping up to be the best OS Microsoft has had in years, but limitations around ARM-based tablets and concerns over x86-based model pricing could sour the platform's launch later this year. Microsoft has mandated that ARM Windows 8 machines - expected to be the bulk of low-cost Windows 8 tablets - must have their Secure Boot system locked down, ComputerWorld reports, or in order words users must not be allowed to load non-Windows platforms onto ARM hardware.
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iPad 3 rumors claim quad-core and 4G LTE coming this March
We can chalk this up as just another iPad rumor although the news is extremely exciting if accurate. The details come from Bloomberg and say what we've already heard recently -- that iPad 3 production is already under way and we could even see a launch as early as March. The new details however, state that the iPad 3 will apparently have 4G LTE speeds and a faster quad-core processor.
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Samsung weighing Olympus partnership
Samsung may swoop in and rescue ailing manufacturer Olympus, though its superhero moves will be in the shape of a partnership not an acquisition. "We are open to the possibility of an alliance with Olympus" an internal source at Samsung tells Reuters, though the interest is not in the company's camera business but its healthcare division. The Korean company joins other rumored curious parties Sony and Panasonic, who are also believed to be sniffing around.
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RIM reportedly hires investment bank to explore sale potential
RIM has reportedly engaged Goldman Sachs to explore acquisition offers the company has received, according to traders, using the investment bank to field suitors hoping to snap up the ailing BlackBerry manufacturer. "It's up on Goldman" an unnamed trader told Fox Business, amid RIM's share climbing over 5-percent as investors caught wind of the rumors. Still, that doesn't mean the end is in sight; "I wouldn't put too much on that" the trader continued.
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AT&T Lumia 900 due March tips Nokia newsletter
The AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 will launch in March, according to Nokia's Developer Newsletter, which revealed the release schedule for the LTE Windows Phone despite both carrier and company staying mum about details this week at CES. "[Lumia 900] will become available exclusively through AT&T in March" the coder-targeted newsletter confirmed, far more specific than "the next few months" as Microsoft, Nokia and AT&T have committed to.
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Kinect HD set-top box tipped for Xbox LIVE TV plans
Microsoft’s Xbox TV plans continue to trickle out, with talk of a Kinect-based set-top box for 2012 that would offer streaming multimedia content with a voice and motion controlled UI and sub-$200 price tag. Variously codenamed “Live Xbox”, “Kinect Box” and “Kinect HD”, the new STB will resemble a low-profile version of the existing Kinect, The Daily‘s sources suggest, with a larger base to accommodate power, HDMI and USB ports. Availability has been “pushed back” it’s said, from an original early-2012 window, though it should arrive prior to the next-gen “Xbox 720.”
LG “Nexus” Google TV tipped
LG and Google are collaborating on what could become the first Nexus Google TV, sources inside the project claim, with the search company considering giving its Korean partner early access to a future version of the smart TV software. The deal would follow the pattern already set with HTC and Samsung on the Nexus range of smartphones, two insiders tell Bloomberg, with LG’s TV being positioned as the flagship Google TV device and an example for other manufacturers to follow.
Google raided our business database says Kenyan startup
Google faces fresh attention amid claims of antitrust-style behavior with its Google+ search integration today, after accusations that it has been fraudulently attempting to muscle out a Kenyan local services startup. Mocality Kenya, a business database company that uses paid crowdsourcing to flesh out its entries, discovered what appears to be evidence that Google's Getting Kenyan Businesses Online has been carrying out "a human-powered, systematic, months-long, fraudulent ... attempt to undermine our business, being perpetrated from call centres on 2 continents."
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LG Chrome OS device could be in pipeline
LG's Chromebook plans have apparently been outed, with Microsoft revealing the company is working on - or at least considering - using Google's Chrome OS platform to create a cloud-loving notebook. The fast-booting OS was mentioned alongside Android in Microsoft's triumphant patent announcement earlier, in which the software company said the new agreement covers "LG's tablets, mobile phones and other consumer devices running the Android or Chrome OS Platform."
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Apple dropped $390M for Anobit say sources
Word of Apple buying up Israeli flash memory maker Anobit surfaced first last month. At the time, the price that Apple reportedly paid for Anobit was rumored to be in the $500 million range. Bloomberg has two sources that are said to be shareholders in the Anobit purchase that have stepped up and offered price news.
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