Webwire: Samsung expects record Q3 profit; Google settles publisher suit

Staff writer
05 Oct 2012
00:00

Samsung expects record $7.3b Q3 profit

Samsung expects to report a record 8.1 trillion won ($7.29 billion) in profit for the September quarter, thanks to strong sales of its Galaxy line of smartphones.

Reuters

Google, publishers settle US lawsuit

Google and US publishers have settled their long-running court battle over the Google Books project, agreeing to a new model where publishers can decide which books are scanned and included in the library.

Associated Press

EE to launch LTE services on Oct 30

The UK's EE has announced plans to launch LTE services on October 30, initially in ten cities. The timeline comes days after rival operators agreed with regulator Ofcom on an accelerated schedule for the nation's LTE auction.

Ars Technica

MS rumored to plan own-brand smartphone

Rumors are circulating that Microsoft may be planning to produce an own-branded smartphone, using the same Surface brand planned for its Windows 8 tablets.

Mobile.Blorge

Motorola may cut more jobs in restructuring

Google has flagged the possibility of additional job cuts at the recently-acquired Motorola Mobility, this time outside of the US, and warned that it expects additional restructuring charges.

Reuters

AT&T gets US exclusive for Lumia 920

AT&T has negotiated a US-exclusive deal with Nokia for the handset maker's new flagship Windows Phone smartphone, the Lumia 920, and has also arranged to carry the Lumia 820.

All Things Digital

Facebook surpasses 1b active users

Facebook has reached the 1 billion active monthly user milestone. Statistics released by the company also show that 600 million users are now accessing the site via mobile devices.

BBC News

DoCoMo demonstrates smartphone robot

Japan's NTT DoCoMo has used the CEATEC trade show to show off a prototype robot assistant that can communicate with users, and interface with and pull data from their smartphones.

Japan Times

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