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Steve Jobs' Android comments won't be in Apple-Samsung trial |
| News added: 18 July 2012 |
The cover of &34; by Walter Isaacson. (Credit: Simon & Schuster) Steve Jobs won't be heard in the Apple-Samsung patent infringement trial after all. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh today granted an Apple request to ban disparaging comments the late Apple CEO made about Google's Android operating system, according to a Reuters report. Apple had ask... read entire news → |
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4 Free Ways to Protect Your Identity--With Your Phone |
| News added: 17 July 2012 |
iPhone 4's Retina Display v.s. iPhone 3G (Photo credit: Yutaka Tsutano) It was January of 2007 when the world welcomed the iPhone. Now, just five years later, we use our smartphones for nearly everything, from giving ourselves mustaches to checking our bank accounts. More than half of U.S. smartphone users are accessing mobile banking features, so... read entire news → |
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4 Percent Windows Phone Market Share in 2012: Sad or Progress? |
| News added: 17 July 2012 |
Much of the chatter in the smartphone world lately has been about iOS vs. Android. But where does Microsoft and Windows Phone fit in? Can Windows 8 help boost the struggling mobile OS? According to new data from Strategy Analytics, Windows Phone will hit 4 percent U.S. smartphone share in 2012, "rising steadily" from 3 percent last year. Much of th... read entire news → |
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PayPal acquires mobile payments startup Card.io |
| News added: 17 July 2012 |
IDG News Service - PayPal has acquired Card.io, a developer of technology for using mobile phone cameras to scan credit cards and capture relevant information, the companies said. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayPal is already using the technology from Card.io in PayPal Here, its mobile payment technology for small businesse... read entire news → |
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Now Your Smartphone Can Be Used To Diagnose Ear Infections At Home |
| News added: 15 July 2012 |
Using your smartphone to check for ear infections could reduce trips to the pediatrician's office. Cameras in smartphones will inevitably replace nearly all portable cameras and camcorders, but could they also make basic medical instruments obsolete? A startup called CellScope plans to do just that by turning smartphones into digital first aid kit... read entire news → |
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Nielsen: Android and iPhone both made gains in Q2 2012 |
| News added: 12 July 2012 |
Today, Nielsen issued a report on the smartphone market in the US as of the end of quarter 2 of this year. In it, we see Android slowly climb toward 52% market share, with 51.8% of smartphone users running some version of the Android OS on their smartphones. As far as 3-month acquirers are concerned, Android is looking pretty good there too, with 5... read entire news → |
| Android Trojan Infects 100000 Users, Security Researchers Claim |
| News added: 9 July 2012 |
Researchers at mobile security firm TrustGo said they have uncovered a piece of Android malware in multiple app stores that has spread to more than 100,000 devices. It's yet another example of malware challenges facing Googles mobile operating system. The MMarketPay.A Trojan is being hidden in several seemingly legitimate applications, including t... read entire news → |
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Intel Partners With Smartphone Maker in India: Reports |
| News added: 8 July 2012 |
Intel reportedly is partnering with another India-based smartphone maker that will build a device powered by an Intel-chip running the Android operating system. According to a July 9 report on the IbnLive news site in India, officials with Karbonn Mobile said they will release an Intel-based Android smartphone by the end of 2012. One executive sai... read entire news → |
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