Millions of iPod owners may be surprised to learn they're suing Apple, industry analysts said.A lawsuit against Apple by RealNetworks, which developed the Real Player app and the Harmony music service, has been given class-action status U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Mashable reported Thursday.Consumers who purchased iPod devices between Sept. 12, 2006, and March 31,

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest mobile phone and memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday that it has acquired a U.S. cloud service provider to strengthen its mobile entertainment business.Samsung said it has taken over California-based mSpot Inc. that provides music, movies and radio content to mobile users. The U.S. company located in Palo Alto also has ties with many major telecommunication service providers in the United States that could benefit Samsung.Samsung said that it has

Willstech, a privately held Korean tech firm, will provide enterprise energy management software in Korea.The company said in a press release that it has secured a contract with Joulex to launch the private U.S. firm’s energy management system services for Korean businesses.Joulex’s software allows companies to save and efficiently manage energy from the use of various network-connected IT devices, Willstech said.It added that Joulex’s smart energy manager systems can help save up to 40 to 60 pe

SK Telecom said on Wednesday the company held a ceremony to mark the start of its new mobile service for learning English in Indonesia.Titled “English Bean,” the mobile service enables users to learn English regardless of time and location, the country’s leading telecommunication company said. The smart-learning program runs on several platforms, including its website, Facebook page, mobile phones and landlines.The telecommunications company has included a multitude of Facebook content such as E

A U.S. judge said Facebook’s “like” buttons are not protected as free speech and employees fired for “liking” something written on Facebook cannot protected by the legal shield, according to news reports.The ruling came after six employees of Hampton Virginia Sheriff B.J. Roberts were fired for supporting Roberts’ opponent Jim Adams during his 2009 re-election campaign. At that time, three of the six had “liked” the Facebook page of Adams. The six employees filed a lawsuit in the Eastern Distric

South Korean telecom titan KT Corp. said Monday that its first-quarter earnings dropped 26.6 percent from a year ago due mainly to decreased demand for fixed-line communication services. Net profit stood at 407.58 billion won ($358.78 million) in the January-March period, compared with 555.21 billion won a year earlier, the country’s second-largest mobile carrier said in a regulatory filing.Sales climbed 9.1 percent on-year to 5.75 trillion won, while operating profit tumbled 20.3 percent to 574

Samsung Electronics, sanctioned by a U.S. judge for its failure to produce source code in a patent-infringement case in San Jose, California, won’t be able to use some evidence to defend itself against Apple Inc., a judge ruled. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal wrote in his May 4 ruling that Samsung “plainly violated” a court order requiring it to turn over code to Apple, and ruled that Samsung won’t be able to offer evidence in the case about its efforts to “design around” three patents at

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest smartphone will be a "worthy" successor to its flagship smartphone series due to improvements in both hardware and software, Goldman Sachs said Friday.Samsung Electronics unveiled its Galaxy S III at an event in London Thursday, launching the latest version of its Galaxy S smartphone series. The company will start selling the product in 145 countries later this mon