Happy 4th Birthday, Android
PC Magazine
Happy 4th Birthday, Android. Google's mobile OS went from a promising concept to nearly DOA, only to begin an impressive surge a year later—and now sits on top of the global wireless market. ...The first Android-powered phone, the T-Mobile G1 ...
See all stories on this topic »EMarketer: Google to outpace Facebook in US online display ads
Los Angeles Times
Google has used its dominance in search ads – and its purchase of ad exchange DoubleClick andmobile ad player AdMob -- to branch out into selling ads across the Web, on YouTube and onmobile. ... ALSO: Facebook testing ads on third-party mobile apps ...
See all stories on this topic »Apple iOS 6 review: A worthwhile upgrade
Computerworld Australia
Today, Apple officially released iOS 6, the latest update to the mobile OS that powers the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. ... Once you unlock, you go to a Setup Assistant similar to that used in OS X. After choosing your language and country/region ...
See all stories on this topic »VERSUS IO Sees 3X Traffic In 120 Days, Launches Comparisons For Cameras ...
TechCrunch
Of the new verticals, the choice to add mobile apps (which should go live in the next day or so — see example) is quite an interesting one. App discovery is a big issue now that the iOS and Android stores are stuffed full of app-filler. Yet, there are ...
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Priceline adds discounts via mobile phone
Detroit Free Press
These sites compete with popular mobile travel apps Hotel Tonight and Room 77. The reason for this rush of competition: many travelers who book hotels at the last minute use their phones to do so. The apps can be downloaded from iTunes or Google Play.
See all stories on this topic »It's Not You, It's Google: Users Experiencing Login Problems With Android
Gotta Be Mobile
Curiously, though, while various Android devices are reporting issues with logins, it appears thatapps and services are working properly and still synchronizing with Google's servers. Gmail,Google Play Store, Google Talk, and ... According to Phone ...
See all stories on this topic »Symantec advances mobile productivity with new Android, iOS security solution
Manila Standard Today
Native enterprise-grade management for Windows 7 Phone platform, complementing existing support for Android and iOS is also included to Symantec Mobile Management. Nukona App Center from Symantec now includes data protection on iOS devices with FIPS ...
See all stories on this topic »The 10 most common mobile security problems and how you can fight them
PC Advisor
Without passwords or PINs to lock the device, there is increased risk that stolen or lost phones' information could be accessed by unauthorized users who could view sensitive information and misuse mobile devices. " Two-factor authentication is not ...
See all stories on this topic »Animated GIFs to spruce up mobile ads
GoMo News
... mobile apps. The hook is that an app entitled “million moments' available from Google Play here is actually free. ... Given that Sony makes its own mobile phones, we don't expect rival handset manufacturers to bee too ken on licensing these apps ...
See all stories on this topic »Android Phone Hacked by Researchers Via NFC
eWeek
A technology that promises easy payments via mobile phones was used to hack into an up-to-date Android device Sept. ... Google has focused on the NFC protocol as the technology for pay-by-phone transactions for its Google Wallet application. ... In ...
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'Green' mobile app scores competition win for uni student
iTWire
Daniel Grech took out first place in the competition which was initiated two years ago by Optus and NICTA, giving university students across Australia the opportunity to develop innovative Androidmobile apps that make everyday lives easier. The TripGo ...
See all stories on this topic »What Google owes Nik Software users
Computerworld (blog)
Among mobile device users, Nik is probably best known for its popular Snapseed photo editor -- Apple's 2011 iPad app of the year that's not yet available for Android. The good news is, I probably won't have to wait too much longer for Snapseed to come ...
See all stories on this topic »Time Is Running Out for Stephen Elop to Turn Nokia Around.
X-bit Labs
Since then, Nokia has lost position of the world's largest maker of smartphones, ceased to be the globe's biggest supplier of mobile phones, fired tens of thousands of its employees, closed down manufacturing facilities around the worl, ceased ...
See all stories on this topic »Available this fall; Sign up to receive the latest details on GALAXY Note II ...
Hola Arkansas
Manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile) – the No.1mobile phone provider in the United States1, GALAXY Note II will boast several firsts for Sprint – first to launch with Android™ 4.1, Jelly Bean; first smartphone ...
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Hands on with iOS 6: Settings
Macworld (blog)
Dan writes about OS X, iOS, troubleshooting, utilities, and cool apps, and he covers hardware,mobile and AV gear, input devices, and accessories. He's been writing about tech since 1994, and he's also published software, worked in IT, and been a ...
See all stories on this topic »ZTE to launch phones running Mozilla-powered operating system
Android Authority
China's second largest smartphone manufacturer, ZTE, and Mozilla, developers of the Firefox web browser, are planning to introduce and new mobile operating system this year. This is part of ZTE's plan to “create a better balance of products using ...
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Pulse competitor Taptu sold to Mediafed for mobile ad exposure
paidContent.org
One of the recent crop of mobile personalised news aggregators is being acquired by an RSS advertising company looking to take its ads in to smartphones. ... in 2009 as a way to strip web articles down to their core components for mobile web, Taptu's ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Stays Competitive - Long-Term Investment Possibilities
Seeking Alpha
Google is developing innovative products like Google Glass, while developing its own mobile phones and designs for bringing high-speed fiber optic Internet to cities across the U.S. Alongside recent acquisitions, Google+ and Android OS will serve as ...
See all stories on this topic »Eyeing The International Market, MoPub, The DoubleClick For Mobile, Raises ...
Centralia Chronicle
MoPub, the Accel-backed mobile advertising startup founded by ex-AdMob and Google employees, is today announcing a $12 million round of Series B funding, which the company says will be used for hiring and international expansion, putting folks on the ...
See all stories on this topic »Apperian Targets Big Enterprises for Mobile App Management in BYOD Era
DABCC.com
Apperian Targets Big Enterprises for Mobile App Management in BYOD Era ... the iPhone 5 is how far you can dropkick it. Ditto the Nokia/Microsoft Lumia 820, the Motorola/Google Droid Razr M, the Kindle Fire HD…and pretty much every new device du jour.
See all stories on this topic »Quest to find best tourism app
ITWeb
According to SA Tourism, a third of all travellers have a travel-related app on their smartphones, andGoogle estimates the number of mobile users researching travel on their mobile devices will grow by 50% by the end of 2012. Head of cross-border ...
See all stories on this topic »Providence Business News Dubs Citizens Bank's Enhanced Online and Mobile ...
PYMNTS.com
Hundreds of thousands of customers have downloaded the iPhone and Android apps. Together, the bank's mobile banking apps for both Apple and Android devices receive very high customer satisfaction scores in the App Store and Google Play, with an ...
See all stories on this topic »New Android malware lurking as Obama-Romney polling app
GMA News
Security vendor Trend Micro said it uncovered at least four such mobile apps on Google Play and some third-party app stores. "(W)hen installed, (they) gain access to specific device information that can be used without users' consent and may lead to ...
See all stories on this topic »Garmin App Update Adds Public Transit Guides
PC Magazine
"With our recent updates our apps can now serve as an extension to Apple Maps, providing iPhone users advanced navigation capabilities," Joern Watzke, vice president of mobile phone business at Garmin Wüerzburg, said in a statement. "This includes our ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobilisafe: Security Questions as Kindle Fire Pops Up in Workplace
Xconomy
The big-picture story in mobile computing, of course, is dominated by two names: Apple andGoogle. The iOS and Android mobile operating systems from these companies take up the vast majority of the smartphone market. Apple is the clear leader in ...
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HTC Droids get working bonk-payment NFC setup in China
Register
The wallet is available on three HTC mobes: the Desire C and two Chinese variants of the One X. All of these are powered by Google's mobile operating system Android. Punters, regardless of their network operator, can take the phone into a bank branch, ...
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PC Magazine
Happy 4th Birthday, Android. Google's mobile OS went from a promising concept to nearly DOA, only to begin an impressive surge a year later—and now sits on top of the global wireless market. ...The first Android-powered phone, the T-Mobile G1 ...
See all stories on this topic »EMarketer: Google to outpace Facebook in US online display ads
Los Angeles Times
Google has used its dominance in search ads – and its purchase of ad exchange DoubleClick andmobile ad player AdMob -- to branch out into selling ads across the Web, on YouTube and onmobile. ... ALSO: Facebook testing ads on third-party mobile apps ...
See all stories on this topic »Apple iOS 6 review: A worthwhile upgrade
Computerworld Australia
Today, Apple officially released iOS 6, the latest update to the mobile OS that powers the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. ... Once you unlock, you go to a Setup Assistant similar to that used in OS X. After choosing your language and country/region ...
See all stories on this topic »VERSUS IO Sees 3X Traffic In 120 Days, Launches Comparisons For Cameras ...
TechCrunch
Of the new verticals, the choice to add mobile apps (which should go live in the next day or so — see example) is quite an interesting one. App discovery is a big issue now that the iOS and Android stores are stuffed full of app-filler. Yet, there are ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Alibaba spins off Aliyun mobile OS business, internal email says Morning Whistle ... mobile OS division and giving it $200 million worth of investment. The decision comes just a week after Aliyun was slammed by Google it as an incompatible version of Android. The Android owner also prevented a new flagship Aliyun phone, made by ... See all stories on this topic » |  Morning Whistle |
Detroit Free Press
These sites compete with popular mobile travel apps Hotel Tonight and Room 77. The reason for this rush of competition: many travelers who book hotels at the last minute use their phones to do so. The apps can be downloaded from iTunes or Google Play.
See all stories on this topic »It's Not You, It's Google: Users Experiencing Login Problems With Android
Gotta Be Mobile
Curiously, though, while various Android devices are reporting issues with logins, it appears thatapps and services are working properly and still synchronizing with Google's servers. Gmail,Google Play Store, Google Talk, and ... According to Phone ...
See all stories on this topic »Symantec advances mobile productivity with new Android, iOS security solution
Manila Standard Today
Native enterprise-grade management for Windows 7 Phone platform, complementing existing support for Android and iOS is also included to Symantec Mobile Management. Nukona App Center from Symantec now includes data protection on iOS devices with FIPS ...
See all stories on this topic »The 10 most common mobile security problems and how you can fight them
PC Advisor
Without passwords or PINs to lock the device, there is increased risk that stolen or lost phones' information could be accessed by unauthorized users who could view sensitive information and misuse mobile devices. " Two-factor authentication is not ...
See all stories on this topic »Animated GIFs to spruce up mobile ads
GoMo News
... mobile apps. The hook is that an app entitled “million moments' available from Google Play here is actually free. ... Given that Sony makes its own mobile phones, we don't expect rival handset manufacturers to bee too ken on licensing these apps ...
See all stories on this topic »Android Phone Hacked by Researchers Via NFC
eWeek
A technology that promises easy payments via mobile phones was used to hack into an up-to-date Android device Sept. ... Google has focused on the NFC protocol as the technology for pay-by-phone transactions for its Google Wallet application. ... In ...
See all stories on this topic »
| iOS and Android update process compared ZDNet By James Kendrick for Mobile News | September 20, 2012 -- 11:14 GMT (04:14 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Nexus iPhone updated. As I mentioned ... Even though the Nexus S 4G is a Google Android flagship phone, the Jelly Bean update has been anything but ... See all stories on this topic » |  ZDNet |
| Nokia Lumia 920: 5 Reasons We're Excited About The Flagship Smartphone Mobile & Apps Nokia unveiled the flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone, Lumia 920, last week. It attracted ... Google is sure to released a new Nexus smartphone, and Apple will released an iPhone 5S or similar in 2013 probably. Windows Phone 8. WindowsPhone 8 looks ... See all stories on this topic » |  Mobile & Apps |
iTWire
Daniel Grech took out first place in the competition which was initiated two years ago by Optus and NICTA, giving university students across Australia the opportunity to develop innovative Androidmobile apps that make everyday lives easier. The TripGo ...
See all stories on this topic »What Google owes Nik Software users
Computerworld (blog)
Among mobile device users, Nik is probably best known for its popular Snapseed photo editor -- Apple's 2011 iPad app of the year that's not yet available for Android. The good news is, I probably won't have to wait too much longer for Snapseed to come ...
See all stories on this topic »Time Is Running Out for Stephen Elop to Turn Nokia Around.
X-bit Labs
Since then, Nokia has lost position of the world's largest maker of smartphones, ceased to be the globe's biggest supplier of mobile phones, fired tens of thousands of its employees, closed down manufacturing facilities around the worl, ceased ...
See all stories on this topic »Available this fall; Sign up to receive the latest details on GALAXY Note II ...
Hola Arkansas
Manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile) – the No.1mobile phone provider in the United States1, GALAXY Note II will boast several firsts for Sprint – first to launch with Android™ 4.1, Jelly Bean; first smartphone ...
See all stories on this topic »
| The Apps Metro Detroit CEOs Can't Do Without Metromode Media This isn't news to those of us who live and work through our smart phones and tablet computers. Panic is one of the first words that come to mind when we loose or break our mobile devices. So it's no surprise that applications, or apps as they are ... See all stories on this topic » |  Metromode Media |
| LG Optimus G Unveiled: Quad-Core Snapdragon S4, 2GB RAM, 13-Megapixel ... Mobile & Apps The phone will not ship, however, with the latest version of Google's mobile OS, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Instead ... The Application Link function is designed to launch preset applications such as calendar, e-mail, weather, or other, when the alarm is ... See all stories on this topic » |  Mobile & Apps |
Macworld (blog)
Dan writes about OS X, iOS, troubleshooting, utilities, and cool apps, and he covers hardware,mobile and AV gear, input devices, and accessories. He's been writing about tech since 1994, and he's also published software, worked in IT, and been a ...
See all stories on this topic »ZTE to launch phones running Mozilla-powered operating system
Android Authority
China's second largest smartphone manufacturer, ZTE, and Mozilla, developers of the Firefox web browser, are planning to introduce and new mobile operating system this year. This is part of ZTE's plan to “create a better balance of products using ...
See all stories on this topic »
| Amazon Maps API Beta Now Available Social Barrel Hashing out through its Mobile App Distribution blog, Amazon said the API allows developers to insert interactive maps directly into mobile applications and permits users to have pan and zoom functions. The in-app mapping service can locate a user and ... See all stories on this topic » |  Social Barrel |
paidContent.org
One of the recent crop of mobile personalised news aggregators is being acquired by an RSS advertising company looking to take its ads in to smartphones. ... in 2009 as a way to strip web articles down to their core components for mobile web, Taptu's ...
See all stories on this topic »Google Stays Competitive - Long-Term Investment Possibilities
Seeking Alpha
Google is developing innovative products like Google Glass, while developing its own mobile phones and designs for bringing high-speed fiber optic Internet to cities across the U.S. Alongside recent acquisitions, Google+ and Android OS will serve as ...
See all stories on this topic »Eyeing The International Market, MoPub, The DoubleClick For Mobile, Raises ...
Centralia Chronicle
MoPub, the Accel-backed mobile advertising startup founded by ex-AdMob and Google employees, is today announcing a $12 million round of Series B funding, which the company says will be used for hiring and international expansion, putting folks on the ...
See all stories on this topic »Apperian Targets Big Enterprises for Mobile App Management in BYOD Era
DABCC.com
Apperian Targets Big Enterprises for Mobile App Management in BYOD Era ... the iPhone 5 is how far you can dropkick it. Ditto the Nokia/Microsoft Lumia 820, the Motorola/Google Droid Razr M, the Kindle Fire HD…and pretty much every new device du jour.
See all stories on this topic »Quest to find best tourism app
ITWeb
According to SA Tourism, a third of all travellers have a travel-related app on their smartphones, andGoogle estimates the number of mobile users researching travel on their mobile devices will grow by 50% by the end of 2012. Head of cross-border ...
See all stories on this topic »Providence Business News Dubs Citizens Bank's Enhanced Online and Mobile ...
PYMNTS.com
Hundreds of thousands of customers have downloaded the iPhone and Android apps. Together, the bank's mobile banking apps for both Apple and Android devices receive very high customer satisfaction scores in the App Store and Google Play, with an ...
See all stories on this topic »New Android malware lurking as Obama-Romney polling app
GMA News
Security vendor Trend Micro said it uncovered at least four such mobile apps on Google Play and some third-party app stores. "(W)hen installed, (they) gain access to specific device information that can be used without users' consent and may lead to ...
See all stories on this topic »Garmin App Update Adds Public Transit Guides
PC Magazine
"With our recent updates our apps can now serve as an extension to Apple Maps, providing iPhone users advanced navigation capabilities," Joern Watzke, vice president of mobile phone business at Garmin Wüerzburg, said in a statement. "This includes our ...
See all stories on this topic »Mobilisafe: Security Questions as Kindle Fire Pops Up in Workplace
Xconomy
The big-picture story in mobile computing, of course, is dominated by two names: Apple andGoogle. The iOS and Android mobile operating systems from these companies take up the vast majority of the smartphone market. Apple is the clear leader in ...
See all stories on this topic »
| eBay rolls back Android app update The Mobile Indian ... Android app update. By Rahul Gupta, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi, September 20, 2012. Category: Applications ... If the notification is not available then users can visit the Google Play store to get the link. Tags: EBAY, APP, UPGARDE, DOWNGRADE, . See all stories on this topic » |  The Mobile Indian |
Register
The wallet is available on three HTC mobes: the Desire C and two Chinese variants of the One X. All of these are powered by Google's mobile operating system Android. Punters, regardless of their network operator, can take the phone into a bank branch, ...
See all stories on this topic »