Boston Globe
As smartphones become ubiquitous and more affordable, they are leaping into
the hands of teens, and mobile makers have taken notice. The number of
teens with smartphones nearly tripled to 4.8 million in April from 1.7
million during the same period in ...
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Phone hacking can extend beyond voice mail
CNN
If you regularly download apps or media files, or access shared Wi-Fi
networks via your phone, CNN mobile columnist Amy Gahran says it's a good
idea to purchase a mobile security package. Many mobile security packages
are available for $20-$30 upfront, ...
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Apple Reaches 15 Billion App Downloads: Can Google Catch Up?
Mobiledia
By Sandy Fitzgerald | Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:12 pm Apple's App Store users have
downloaded 15 billion apps, a benchmark for the company at a time when
Google and Microsoft battle hard for their share of the burgeoning mobile
market. Each Apple mobile ...
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Google+ App Allows Mobile Payments, Hints at Future NFC Plans
Mobiledia
Since the mobile gaming field is burgeoning, thanks to cheap, easily
downloadable apps and games, Google could glean itself a piece of this
year's projected $75 million gaming pie. NFC is already at the core of
Google's mobile payments effort. ...
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Help, I want to play my home videos on my mobile device!
CNET (blog)
Convert video to iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Xbox, mobile phone, MP4
players,Google phones, Apple iPad, iPad2. Add watermarks, subtitles, or
sound tracks to videos. Note that this 75-percent off promotion is
exclusively available on CNET, so make sure you ...
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Gartner casts shadows on mobile banking
iT News
For several years, vendors and commentators have pondered whether mobile
phones equipped with NFC chips could be used for contactless payments at
the checkout, turning the mobile phone into a “digital wallet”. In May,
Google unveiled contactless ...
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Mobile Fix: Google+ making Facebook look socially awkward?
MediaTel Newsline
Betfair reports their mobile gaming took £1 billion last year. Luxury is
proving a strong sector for mobile. And if you can't wait for the new
iPhone, Collete in Paris (one of our favourite shops) has the new Tag Heuer
phone - a snip at just €6000.
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Report: Apple's iAd Service Losing Customers, Forced to Slash Prices
DailyTech
(Source: Treehugger) When Apple Inc. (AAPL) launched iAds in June 2010, it
unleashed an unparalleled mobile advertising platform. At the time Google
Inc.'s (GOOG) AdMob's mobile platform was still a work in process and was
far less attractive than ...
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One On One: Trevor Dryer of Intuit
Business Insider
That is only going to accelerate with new apps that leverage the Facebook
social graph to let people make more personalized, targeted recommendations
to friends. [Combined with social media], the special capabilities of a
mobile device, ...
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How To Get Gouged Less By Verizon's New Fees For Cell Phone Data Usage
Gothamist
I don't see any ads in the browser but there are some Apps that do include
ads and if I see them, I delete their App for good. Does anyone know if
this is related to Net Neutrality? 1. Mobile Internet Providers: Can charge
based on amount of usage 2. ...
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3 UK gets into bed with the Nokia Ovi store
GoMo News
Otherwise try http://mobile.three.co.uk. The deal also gets all social
networky as Charlotte Spencer, director of products and services at 3,
explains, “By recommending apps that are relevant to our customers and
allowing them to pay through their ...
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PayPal Buys Zong To Ensure Its Mobile-Payments Future
Fast Company
... very near if Google Wallet takes off--these systems will enable
wave-and-pay in stores, as well as integrating added features like in-store
loyalty schemes and even direct wireless transmission of ads or small apps
to the owner's phone. ...
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Thinking beyond the SMS
Moneyweb.co.za
Today, we have an extremely well developed mobile market where subscribers
are not just using their cell phones for text messaging and phone calls,
but also for mobile banking, mobile commerce, instant messaging and other
advanced applications. ...
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Google's Offline Maps Undercuts Its Connected Vision
PC Magazine
As Google's mobile OS developers, however, the Android team seems to be
more in touch with the real world, with users who commute, fly
internationally, and occasionally dive down into tunnels and basements.
Google's Chrome OS team may have to learn ...
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Android's Fast Racing, other legit looking apps? No, they're malware
International Business Times AU
These behaviors may include unusual SMS messages, strange charges on your
phone bill or unusual network activity. * Download a mobile security app
for your phone that scans every app you download to ensure it's safe.
Google's Android, which just this ...
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Oracle Win Would Strain Android Growth
PCWorld
"So the perception would be that Google lost. Oracle will probably insist
on [confidentiality] to be able to keep this posture, whether it's
justified or not." Nancy Gohring covers mobile phones and cloud computing
for The IDG News Service. ...
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IntoMobile's Summer Special: The Roadtrip
IntoMobile
There's a plethora of mobile apps, accessories, and services that can help
you ride in style, and even save the day in a pinch. Rev your engines, boys
and girls, and charge up 'dem phones. Here are some of the smartphone
essentials for the classic ...
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GamesBeat 2011: Meet the moderators
VentureBeat
She is also CEO of Shadow Government, a social mobile start-up that
recently raised $1 million. Prior to these gigs, she was CEO of Rebel
Monkey and of Skunk Studios. She is moderating a session on Gamifying
Mobile Apps. Loyd Case, technology writer. ...
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HTC EVO 3D News: HTC EVO 3D Causing Hot Pockets Isolated Heated Issue or Too ...
Wireless and Mobile News
Features include a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 3G/4G mobile
hotspots, Google Voice for Sprint, 4GB Internal memory/1GB RAM, microSD
slot (supports up to 32GB memory card), Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth, GPS, DLNA,
HDMI-out via USB, and a 1730mAh ...
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G Data get upwardly mobile
PC Advisor
Perhaps in the future Android anti-virus software will add
behavioural-based malware recognition, so that it can spot dodgy looking
apps in flagrante delicto. Chances are, the typical Google phone or tablet
will also then be treacled by the CPU-hogging ...
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Phone-Hacking Scandal Shuts A UK Newspaper
Fast Company
--KE Nexus S 4G Due Soon, With Google Wallet. Rumor has it that Google is
poised to reveal its next flagship Android phone--the 4G-enabled Nexus S,
which will have WiMAX for even faster mobile broadband use and other
tweaks. ...
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Mobility News Weekly - Week of July 4, 2011
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Apple's share of the smartphone market soared 1.2 percent between February
and May, according to data compiled by comScore, which follows trends in
the US mobile phone industry. Read Original Content Comscore says that as
of May 2011, there are about ...
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Verizon Offers Motorola Droid 3 Smartphone for $199
eWeek
The widget tracks usage with a glance at the phone screen and with one
click connects to the customer's My Verizon Mobile account. Verizon has
also developed a series of video guides that offer tips for customers on
how to manage their wireless lives. ...
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Random Acts Of Seamlessness
Mediapost.com
Google: Take a look at the current state of the mobile Google experience.
The basic interface comes with Places shortcuts to food, drink, ATMs and
gas, etc. The localized search results have a map designed to stay on the
top of the screen while the ...
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Hot Stocks for a Cool Market: Why Apple Is Underpriced
DailyFinance
Currently, the company collects a majority of mobile phone profits with
only a thin sliver of market share. If Apple can't keep innovating to
maintain a "premium" perception, these outsized phone profits could begin
to be pressured and its stock price ...
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Sony Xperia arc reaches the US
Mobiletor.com
Its display is powered by Sony's Mobile Bravia engine technology. The
device entrenches an 8.1MP camera with autofocus and is inclusive of
features like CMOS sensor and face recognition. Users are going to be able
to conveniently share photos and ...
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Tech forward – but not a tech company
Globe and Mail
The tech-savvy company that Ms. Landa is talking about doesn't make mobile
apps or Web software. It actually sells RVs. Over the past few years, a
growing number of small and medium-sized businesses have embraced the Web
and Web-based software tools ...
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Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab. Countdown To The 10.1
ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
Phone call, all be it only available on loudspeaker or with earphones, and
sms capabilities mean there is no need to panic if you forget your mobile.
The onboard music player does not come close to the iOS equivalent but the
range of compatible audio ...
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Samsung i9100 Galaxy S2 - Skilled Contender to Fight and to Win
Market Press Release (press release)
Also, it sports A-GPS supported navigation system, Google Maps™ and
Digital compass.Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Picasa integration
and Google Talk apps will be among favorite features of young
generation.Though it has Stereo FM radio with ...
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The Total Disruption of Retail Banking - Part 2
Finextra
Today, PayPal allows us to transfer money using a mobile phone number or
email address, as compared with a routing number, ACH number, SWIFT code or
account number, and in doing so provides a vastly superior person-to-person
transfer process, ...
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Cambridge Innovation Center Styles Itself As Entrepreneurial City
Portfolio.com
Google chose the location to develop its Android mobile-phone platform,
starting with one person, and later growing to cover an entire floor of the
office tower before moving into a Massachusetts office of its own. “They
wanted a place that was ...
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Issues and Leaders With Don Longo: Greg Gilkerson
CSNews Online
We think loyalty will be greatly facilitated by the growth of smart mobile
technology. The electronic wallet will be commonplace in the future. ISIS,
Google, PayPal, Square and others are all scrambling for mind and market
share. ...
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The New Robo Cars
Smartmoney.com
Such tools can allow parents to cap a car's speed, set geographic "fences"
and disable cell phone use while the car is in motion. For example, Tiwi,
which costs $299, plus a monthly subscription fee, doesn't just convey the
car's speed; ...
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Microsoft Word Web App matches Google Docs with collaboration
ITWorld Canada
We're checking with Microsoft to see if that's the case. Microsoft still
lags Google in mobile functionality. While Google Docs in a mobile browser
lets you edit documents, Microsoft's Office Web Apps in a mobile browser
only lets you view them. ...
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50 Ways to Leave Your Standard: Silverlight vs. HTML5 and JavaScript
DevProconnections
Because the browser will play it with mobile phones has nothing to do with
the fact the applications written for Android are Javascript, Apple has
Coco, and Windows has Silverlight with C#. Again, it seems as if you are
buying the Apple hype and not ...
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