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Qualcomm expands AllPlay streaming platform to SoundCloud and others

Qualcomm’s media streaming service AllPlay has not been in the limelight for quiet some time and has failed to gain any traction. The chip maker is now announcing new software and hardware partners for its media streaming service.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip will support Cat 9 LTE support

Qualcomm has added LTE Category 9 network support to its upcoming Snapdragon 810 processor. The Snapdragon 810 processor with integrated LTE-Advanced modem can handle download speeds of up to 450 Mbps over three 20MHz LTE carriers.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 reference hardware devices go on sale

Qualcomm has released reference smartphone and tablet hardware kits. Priced at $799 and $999 respectively, the mobile development platforms are being offered by the Canadian company Intrinsyc.

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Qualcomm buys chipmaker CSR for $2.5 billion

Qualcomm has agreed to acquire UK based bluetooth and GPS chipmaker CSR for $2.5 billion. The world’s number one mobile chipmaker, has agreed to pay £9.00 per share in cash for CSR and the total acquisition is priced approximately at £1.6 billion ( $2.5 billion).

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Qualcomm introduces 3D printable robot Snapdragon Micro Rover

Qualcomm has unveiled a 3D printable robot Snapdragon Micro Rover with an aim to harness the computing power and capabilities of a smartphone and apply that to interesting applications in robotics.

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Qualcomm ushers LTE Direct battery saving for contextual awareness

Qualcomm has stated that it has found a solution for battery saving issue while using LTE Direct. The chipmaker is stating a technology which is a device-to-device discovery service to exchange information at a range of around 500 meters.

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Qualcomm spins off location aware business into separate entity

Qualcomm today announced its intentions to spin off it’s bluetooth beacon business into a separate entity dubbed as Gimbal Inc. Gimbal was Qualcomm’s take on Apple’s iBeacon and the company had started selling the proximity beacon in December.

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While Qualcomm will remain a substantial stakeholder in the business, it plans to sell off the Gimbal business to third party investors. Working in the same vein as iBeacon, the technology allows stores to create proximity based networks that can communicate with consumer smartphones. With location information of each shopper within the a store, it will be possible for retail locations to notify the consumer of special offers or to perhaps load up a loyalty card. Because iBeacon uses bluetooth positioning to narrow down your location instead of GPS, it can be a lot more accurate when used indoors. Continue reading “Qualcomm spins off location aware business into separate entity”

Qualcomm’s quarterly report shows reducing revenue and hence shares tumble

Qualcomm had posted its quarterly results on Wednesday and it wasn’t something that the company would have been happy with. Qualcomm had posted its first drop in revenue since June 2010. The shift of the smartphone market from the developed countries to developing countries seems to be the main cause for this.

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Testing 4G LTE on LG G2 LTE powered by Snapdragon 800 processor

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Last month, LG had announced the LTE variant of their popular G2 smartphone. While they had a demo of the device, it was mainly for the press and media. Now Qualcomm and LG have set up an LTE Experience Zone for the public in Bangalore.

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Qualcomm acquires a big patent portfolio from HP

In a recent move by Qualcomm to gain advantage in the smartphone market, it acquired patents of Palm Inc and iPaq smartphone among the other patents from HP. The total number of patents involved in the acquisition include 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications from the United States and about 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from other countries that include China, England, Germany, Japan and South Korea. However, there was no word on the price that Qualcomm gave for the patents.

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Steve Mollenkopf to be the next Qualcomm CEO

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Qualcomm today announced that Steve Mollenkopf will be the next CEO of Qualcomm. Mollenkopf is currently employed as the Chief Operating Officer at the company. The announcement comes at an interesting time when Microsoft is said to have been pursuing Mollenkopf as a potential successor to Steve Ballmer. He would have joined an interesting line up of potential successors to the Microsoft throne including Ford CEO Alan Mulally, VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger and Microsoft’s own Head of Business Development, Satya Nadella. The timing of the announcement hence doesn’t seem like a coincidence. Continue reading “Steve Mollenkopf to be the next Qualcomm CEO”