Technology Report: Samsung sees TV market recovery, boosted by new models

	Click to View in Browser 09/5/2013 Samsung sees TV market recovery, boosted by new models BERLIN (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest maker of televisions, expects a recovery in the TV market in the second half of this year, helped by an improving U.S. economy and the launch of new high-end sets. DoCoMo to offer Apple's iPhone: Nikkei (Reuters) - Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc is expected to offer Apple Inc's iPhone as early as autumn, catching up with rivals KDDI Corp and SoftBank Corp, the Nikkei said. Australian teen tests Apple tolerance with new iPhone leak SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian teenager who has built an online following by leaking pictures of upcoming Apple Inc products has done it again, showing off the purported fingerprint scanner of the latest iPhone ahead of its expected launch next week. AT&T, Sawiris circle Telecom Italia: source MILAN (Reuters) - Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris and U.S. telecoms giant AT&T have contacted the core investors who want to sell their shares in Telecom Italia, a source close to the situation said. Japan Display ponders new plant, IPO possible in 2014 at earliest TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display, the world's top maker of screens for smartphones and tablets, will reach maximum capacity at a recently opened factory by next summer, CEO Shuichi Otsuka told Reuters on Thursday, raising the likelihood of an IPO early next year to fund a new facility. Local.com to power Bing's location-based searches, shares jump (Reuters) - Local Corp, which runs the Local.com search site, said it will provide location-based product and services listings for Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine. Chancellor Merkel 'pop-up' campaigns on streets ahead of vote BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's election campaign team launched a 'Merkel app' for smartphones on Thursday that appears to make outdoor billboard posters of the German chancellor speak directly to voters. Internet's Hearsay Social raises $30 million in funding SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet company Hearsay Social has raised $30 million in funding which it said would help accelerate product development and international expansion. Apple invites media to Beijing event on September 11 BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc has invited Chinese journalists to an event in Beijing on September 11, a company spokeswoman said, just hours after it is widely expected to unveil its newest iPhone models in the United States. Samsung and Qualcomm make foray into smartwatch market BERLIN/SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Qualcomm Inc unveiled smartwatches on Wednesday, tapping a potential "wearables" market worth an estimated $50 billion as the high-end mobile phone market becomes saturated. Related Video Japan's space robot phones home for the first time Researchers shine light on better fruits and vegetables Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend