Nordic Tribune

With the newly-unveiled Samsung Galaxy handset - the Galaxy S III - scheduled to hit European markets on May 29 and a 4G LTE-optimized model to be launched in the US this summer, the Korea Economic Daily has revealed in a recent report that as many as 9 million pre-orders have been received by Samsung for its new flagship handset from over 100 carriers across the world.

Over the coming weeks, Internet search biggie Google will roll out its new `Knowledge Graph' tool which will revamp the search engine by giving the users the advantage of broader and deeper search results to their queries
--- with the search results page featuring Google's standard list of links for a query, as well as a summary box with related facts and additional information on the topic searched.

In a notable move which will help target witness intimidation in child sexual abuse cases in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Charles J. Hynes - the Brooklyn district attorney of Brooklyn - is setting up a task force comprising a panel prosecutors and investigators.

Expressing his disapproval of the treatment which is meted out to the sexual abuse victims by certain elements in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Hynes said that the panel will be asked to "come up with some alternatives to break down this wall of intimidation."

Taiwan-based handset maker HTC has assured that it is working closely with Customs to get the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE smartphones into their hands as soon as possible.

The manufacturer's assurance came as the U. S. Customs & Border Protection blocked the shipments of the two Android-based smartphones following an exclusion order by the International Trade Commission (ITC).

The exclusion order by the ITC was issued in December last year, as a part of ruling in an Apple-HTC patent infringement lawsuit.

In a move which will apparently help Verizon counterbalance its recent spending infrastructure upgrades, like expansion of its 4G LTE and FiOS coverage, the company’s CFO Fran Shammo has revealed that the carrier intends increasing its prices for FiOS and an array of services and products.

Japan’s biggest carrier NTT Docomo has recently announced that it is soon coming up with its summer release of a new lineup of devices, which will include as many as 16 smartphones, one kids’ handset, and a tablet computer.

The new assortment of 16 handsets announced by NTT Docomo will comprise ten dual-core smartphones, with their screen-size varying from between 3.7 inches and 5-inches; and the size of camera sensors ranging from 8 megapixels to 13 megapixels.

On Tuesday, May 15, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) officially unveiled its Trinity processor, which will be available in five models: three models for "mainstream" laptops, desktops, and "all-in-one" systems; and two for "ultrathin" laptops.

The availability of the Trinity processor in five models clearly highlights that second generation of A-Series APUs - that is, accelerated processing units - for mainstream desktops, mainstream as well as ultrathin notebooks, all-in-one PCs, home theater systems, and embedded designs code.

The month of June will witness three back-to-back developer events in San Francisco --- with Apple, Microsoft, and Google, all having scheduled their events for their respective platforms - iOS, Windows Phone, and Android - during the period between June 11 and June 29.

Japan's consumer electronics giants Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp are reportedly pursuing talks to join forces to produce next-generation organic light emitting diode (OLED) TVs in a bid to compete with South Korean rivals more effectively.

Citing unnamed sources familiar with the talks, the Nikkei daily reported on Tuesday that Sony and Panasonic want to accelerate the development of large-screen OLED TVs, which offer a sharper picture than conventional flat TVs while consuming less power.

After having run into legal troubles with the Australian users of the new iPad, over the device's "4G" moniker, Apple has now reportedly started naming the tablet's "Wi-Fi + 4G" model as "Wi-Fi + Cellular."

While the "4G" moniker of the tablet technically implied that the device was 4G-compatible, it was however reported that the high-speed 4G LTE service on the device actually worked only in the US and Canada, and that too through just five carriers.