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BlackBerry hired Kokes in mid-2014 to lead its patent monetization strategy, as the Canadian handset maker turned software company looked to turn a trove of foundational technology patents collected in its heyday into hard cash to help augment its shrunken revenue.

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BlackBerry's patent strategy head exits, joins health tech firm

Kokes is the second senior executive to move from BlackBerry to NantWorks this year after company's president for...

3 Oct 2017 4:30 AM GMT

Tech giants Apple and Amazon, too, have moved to limit their customers access to VPNs in China in what has been seen as a voluntary move to get ahead of the impending crackdown. (Photo: AFP)

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Apple faces down Qualcomm, Ericsson over EU patent fees

Regulators ponder whether a fridge maker should pay a different rate for patents than a carmaker, or whether a fixed...

3 Oct 2017 3:16 AM GMT

Samsung Galaxy S8 concept (Photo: Screengrab)

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Samsung to cough up $120 million to Apple in patent dispute

The ruling involved some smartphone features Apple alleged were copied by the South Korean electronics giant.

7 Nov 2017 4:29 AM GMT

$The Electronic Communications Privacy Act compels companies to divulge data stored in \third-party computers,\ such as Microsofts Cloud, and keep the move secret. (Photo: AP)$ Technology

Microsoft planning to launch its new wireless headphones

Latest patent surfaced online shows the design language of the headphones.

28 Jan 2018 11:40 AM GMT

LGs foldable phone patent which can be turned into tablet as well. (Image: LG)

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New LG patent brings a folding phone that converts into a tablet

The company files two different variants of the patent at World Intellectual Property Organization.

19 Jan 2018 2:55 PM GMT

Apple is working with wireless power developer Energous for the Radio Frequency (RF) based long-range wireless charging.

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Apple's new wireless charging patent can choose device charging...

The new tech will enable users to prioritise the wireless charging transfer so their phone gets charged first followed...

2 Jan 2018 5:58 AM GMT

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Facebook's new patent moderates your socio-economic status

This patent introduces an "online service" that can algorithmically predict its users' socio-economic status without...

5 Feb 2018 6:47 AM GMT

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Thanks to Huawei, Nokia sees a brighter future; profits shoot up

Profits boosted by a one-off patent payment of 210 million euros from Huawei.

2 Feb 2018 4:18 AM GMT

Cook said Apples revenue for the quarter including the crucial holiday shopping season will fall well below Apples earlier projections and those of analysts, whose estimates sway the stock market.

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Apple loses bid to undo $440 million judgment in VirnetX patent case

Apple said in a statement that it was disappointed in the ruling and planned to appeal.

16 Jan 2019 4:04 AM GMT

Huawei has been blocked in the US since 2012. (Photo: AP)

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Huawei sues US firm over patent practices

InterDigital Inc said Huawei Technologies Co Ltd filed a lawsuit against it in China.

8 Jan 2019 4:07 AM GMT

Alexa Cast is only limited to Amazon Music and its not yet known whether other third-party audio streaming services will get support for it in the future. (Photo: Echo Dot)

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Amazon wants you to have a human-like conversation with Alexa

The system would allow capturing and processing portions of a spoken utterance, before a wake word.

25 May 2019 5:20 AM GMT

If an account has not been memorialised, Facebook uses AI to help keep it from showing up in places that might cause distress. (Photo: ANI)

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Facebook's patent gives a peek into its AR glasses project

The patent describes that the audio system including a sensor and a controller will be located behind the ear of the...

25 May 2019 5:05 AM GMT