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Android Market Passes 10 Billion Downloads, Offers Discounted Apps
Google has reason to celebrate, with Android Market breaching the 10 billion app download mark. To celebrate, Android developers are offering 10-cent downloads for select premium applications on a limited time basis. Android is growing fast. Not only is the application ecosystem growing at a rapid rate (now 1 million apps among iOS,
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'Ting' Virtual Mobile Network Adjusts Billing Plan According to Usage
Managing your personal or corporate mobile plans can be a hassle, especially if you're prone to going over your monthly voice, messaging and data allocation. Under-utilizing your monthly plan can also be a waste. Tucows is launching a service that will help deal with changes in usage patterns more easily.
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US$ 99 MIPS-Based Tablet from China Runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Samsung has yet to release Google's latest Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the public. However, the Chinese have beat them to releasing a consumer-oriented device running Ice Cream Sandwich. And at US$ 99, who can beat that price? Google's Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" brings together
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Mobile Apps Now the Job Search Tool of Choice for Professionals
With the popularity of smartphones and tablets in both enterprise and consumer settings, mobile phones, tablets and other portable devices have become a big part in the professional's job search arsenal.
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RIM to Offer Enterprise-Grade Security for iPhone, Android
Android and iOS are undoubtedly today's most popular smartphone and tablet platforms. Not wanting to be left behind in the game, RIM -- creators of BlackBerry devices and enterprise server systems -- is introducing Mobile Fusion, which can help IT departments manage their mobile deployments, regardless of platform.
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Amazon Acquires Yap Speech Recognition Startup, Might Compete Against Apple's Siri
Watch out, Siri. You're not the only speech-recognizing intelligent assistant out there. Amazon might have something in the works, having snapped up a speech-recognition startup a few weeks ago, which might suddenly crop up as a feature in the Kindle Fire in the future.
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HP Considering Sale of WebOS, Possibly to Oracle
HP has been on-again, off-again in its plans to spin off its PC division. But as the company's old management was firm in its plans to leave the hardware business to focus on enterprise software, newly-appointed CEO Meg Whitman has decided to keep HP's core business intact, which means
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Paypal Wallet Lets Offline Users Swipe Now, Choose Payment Source Later
PayPal is taking a new route to get your money, it's taking its wallet offline. PayPal Wallet to Replace Credit Cards PayPal eventually wants to replace using cash and credit cards at the checkout counter by issuing a payment card of its own.
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Opera Mini 6.5 Available, Saves Up to 90% of Mobile Data Usage
Smartphones and tablets are now a mainstay in the enterprise setting, and yet most carriers are moving toward capped bandwidth plans rather than unlimited schemes. With media-rich websites resulting in soaring data costs, a business' or user's best bet is to minimize data consumption through compression. The Opera Mini 6.
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Ubuntu Coming to Tablets, Smartphones
The company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux, Canonical, will be bringing a dedicated version for the new era of phone and digital devices. Just don't expect it in 2012.
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RIM Announces Updates to BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Effort; No Native BBM in Sight
Research-in-Motion, developer of the BlackBerry smartphone and tablet platform, has provided updates to its development of the next-generation PlayBook tablet operating system. It seems the much-awaited native support for BlackBerry Messaging has been left out in this update.
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iPhone 4S Early Reviews: Siri Speech Recognition Engine is the Killer Feature
The verdict is in. The iPhone 4S is "the best smartphone ever made." At least that's what early iPhone 4S reviewers are saying.
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Report: Aligning Mobile Devices and Operating Systems Improves Enterprise Mobility
Will fast growing smartphone penetration make it easier to integrate and implement services and applications across all relevant mobile and connected devices? Good question. It’s one that Netbiscuits set out to answer in their Mobile Web Metrics Report. In Search of Dominance: Smartphone Device & OS In this recent report, Netbiscuits took
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Facebook to Announce iPad Application, Mobile App Platform This Week
Facebook is increasingly growing into a mobile company. However, the social network has held off from publishing an official iPad app for so long.
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