Barnes & Noble Calls On Feds To Probe Microsoft's Patent Warpath
It is no secret that Microsoft is on a warpath. The company has garnered Android patent licensing deals from major industry tech players like HTC,…
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Apple Seeds iOS 5.0.1 Beta To End Users To Test Battery Life Improvements
Apple has already released two beta versions of its iOS 5.0.1 software to developers, but now it is beginning to seed the software update to several…
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Google Launches Official Gmail App For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch [Updated]
Google released an official Gmail application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Wednesday. According to Google, the application supports the following features: Get…
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iOS Market Share Balloons In October, Android Climbs To No. 2 Mobile OS
Propelled by the popularity of its iPad tablet and the successful launch of the latest iPhone, Apple's share of the mobile operating system market jumped…
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Android Fragmentation Gets Visualized [Infographic]
There have been six smartphone distribution updates since Android was released: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and most recently, Ice Cream Sandwich. One man, Michael…
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Sprint Issues Security Fix For HTC Phones
Sprint on Tuesday confirmed that it has released an over-the-air security update for several HTC smartphones. In a statement posted to Sprint's community forum by…
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Android Said To Have Overtaken Apple In Global Mobile App Downloads
Applications downloaded to Android devices in the second quarter surpassed the number apps downloaded from Apple's iOS App Store. New data from market research and…
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BBX 2.0 Demo Shows Android Apps Running On BlackBerry PlayBook [Video]
Earlier this week, Research In Motion introduced the developer beta of BBX OS 2.0, which supports the Eclipse Android development platform on the company's BlackBerry PlayBook.…
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Android Market Surpasses 500,000 Published Apps
The total number of published applications in Google's Android Market climbed past the half-million mark in September. According to data from mobile app market intelligence…
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Windows Phone Boss 'Flattered' By Android 4.0 Copycat Features
Microsoft's head of Windows Phone Andy Lees recently said he was flattered by parts of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that appear to mimic features…
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Google Music Store 'Will Have A Little Twist' Andy Rubin Says
During the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Google's Android boss Andy Rubin said his company's upcoming music store "will have a little twist."…
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RIM To Offer Free 'Premium' App And Tech Support To Make Up For BlackBerry Outage
Research In Motion announced on Monday that it will soon offer BlackBerry users 12 free "premium" applications through December 31, 2011 as an apology for…
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Acer Founder: Android Will Beat Apple
Acer founder Stan Shih thinks Apple's days at the top are numbered, and Google's Android operating system will be the victor in the industry's heated…
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Microsoft Completes $8.5 Billion Skype Purchase
Microsoft announced on Friday that it has completed its $8.5 billion purchase of Skype. Skype will exist as a new division within Microsoft and Skype…
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Apple Releases iTunes 10.5 Ahead Of iOS 5 Availability Tomorrow
Apple on Tuesday released the latest version of its iTunes software to the general public. ITunes 10.5 brings with it several anticipated new features including…
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Berg: Mobile App Downloads To Grow 57% Annually, 98 Billion In 2015
Arguments have been made that web apps will gain momentum as mobile browsers become more capable, but not everyone sees mobile apps losing momentum any…
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Samsung Posts Nexus Prime And Android 4.0 Teaser Clip [Video]
Samsung just cranked our anticipation meters up to 11. The phone maker on Wednesday posted a teaser video for the Nexus Prime, which is expected…
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Images Of BBM On Android Reportedly Surface [Updated]
BGR exclusively reported in March that Research In Motion was working to bring its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) platform to Android smartphones and the iPhone.…
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Microsoft's 'Locationgate' Ends With Mango
Microsoft has updated its Windows Phone platform to address what is now presumed to have been a bug that caused phones to gather location data…
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Nokia To Turn Mobile Landscape On Its Head With 'Meltemi' Smartphone OS
Nokia is again developing a proprietary smartphone operating system after announcing this past February that it would abandon both Symbian and MeeGo in favor of…
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Intel Kills MeeGo In Favor Of Tizen
Intel announced on Wednesday that it will be shifting its efforts from MeeGo to the new "Tizen" mobile operating system recently announced by The Linux…
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Google+ Now Open To The Public, 100 Total Improvements Added
Google recently announced that its Google+ social network is now available to anyone who wants to join. The search engine giant noted that it has added…
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OS X Lion Security Flaw Allows Anyone To Change Your Password
Security blog Defense in Depth has found a glaring security flaw in OS X Lion that enables hackers to change the password of any user…
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Jefferies: Facebook Is 'Best Fit' To Acquire webOS From HP
As Hewlett-Packard reportedly toys with the idea of selling off its webOS software division, a new possible suitor may emerge from the dust following the…
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Steve Ballmer: No Platform Will Ship More Than Windows
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer surprised developers during Micorosft's BUILD conference in California on Wednesday when he took the stage to talk up Microsoft's new operating…
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Who Says Men Don't Ask For Directions? Maps Is Top Android App For Men, Facebook For Women
Market research firm Nielsen on Tuesday revealed the 20 most popular Android applications in the United States. Using data obtained from metered device usage as…
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Adobe Digital Publishing Suite To Support Apple's iOS Newsstand
Adobe announced on Wednesday that its Digital Publishing Suite will offer support for Apple's Newsstand feature in iOS. Newsstand will allow users to purchase popular…
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