In 2015, for the 23rd consecutive year, IBM (IBM) held the No. 1 position for patents received, while Amazon.com (AMZN) made a big gain. IBM was granted 7,355 patents, according to IFI Claims Patent Services, followed by Samsung Electronics at 5,072, then Canon. Amazon made the biggest gain among the leaders, jumping to No. 26 from No. 50 a year ago. The number of patents issued to Amazon almost doubled. Qualcomm (QCOM) moved up three places to
NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) topped a Sanford C. Bernstein analyst’s 2016 chipmaker picks, as Apple (AAPL) supplier Broadcom (BRCM) got a downgrade ahead of its $37 billion acquisition by Avago Technologies (AVGO). Apple chip stocks were generally down Thursday, a fourth consecutive rough day for the stock market. In early afternoon trading on the stock market today, NXP and Qualcomm (QCOM) stocks were among the hardest-hit chip stocks, down 4.2% and
AT&T (T) says that it will partner with Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ericsson (ERIC), General Electric (GE), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM) to expand its “smart cities” initiative for Web-connected devices. Aiming to make a splash at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, AT&T made several announcements related to the Internet of Things, including the smart cities partnerships. IoT refers to wireless technology that connects