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Boot up: Google Android patent row hots up, online dating in 2011, and more
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This article titled “Boot up: Google Android patent row hots up, online dating in 2011, and more” was written by Josh Halliday, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 4th August 2011 07.30 UTC
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When patents attack Android >> Official Google Blog
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Financial Times launches new browser based app for tablets
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The Financial Times has launched a new, faster and automatically updating app available directly through a web browser at app.ft.com. The FT is the first major news publisher to launch an app of this type, which will allow readers to access its award-winning journalism easily and quickly across a broad range of tablet and smartphone devices....
eMarketer Launches Executive View application for iPhone
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New York :eMarketer has introduced Executive View for iPhone, to help businesspeople keep up with digital marketing, media and commerce trends—anytime, anywhere.
Executive View provides eMarketer reports and insights in a simple, easy-to-use mobile application.
"I find that in spare moments I'm looking at Executive View as...
Facebook, Multi-Computer Homes Cross 50% Threshold :Arbitron/Edison Research Study
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Columbia : The percentage of Americans age 12 and older who have a smartphone has more than doubled in the past year, from 14 percent to 31 percent of the population according to the new national survey from Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) and Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2011: Navigating Digital Platforms.
The study, released today, is the...
USA Today launches Mobile Hoopla contest
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McLean, Va.: USA TODAY has announced the launch of a made-for-mobile bracket contest, Mobile Hoopla, in conjunction with the annual Men’s College Basketball Tournament. Participants will be allowed to sign in using their Facebook or e-mail credentials, make their bracket picks, post on their Facebook page that they are playing,...
USA Today launches Android 3.0 application for Motorola Xoom
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McLean, Va.: USA Today has announced the USA Today Android 3.0 App for Motorola Xoom is now available.
The App features the signature look and design that readers have come to trust from USA Today providing them with eye catching photos and graphics while delivering the latest award-winning USA Today content in a convenient interactive package....
O&M Launches Chinese New Year iPhone App
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Beijing : Ogilvy & Mather China has launched a new iPhone app to usher in the Year of the Rabbit which begins on Chinese New Year’s Day, February 3.
Using the iPhone’s camera function, the free app allows users to add virtual fireworks displays, including a Rabbit shaped sparkler—complete with whizzing and booming...
Google Android Shows Fastest Growth Among Smartphone Platforms in Germany
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Hamburg: comScore, Inc. has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the German smartphone market during the three month average period ending November 2010. The report ranked the leading smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in Germany according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages...
BlackBerry to filter porn content
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Toronto: For the first time, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to filter pornographic content on its smart phones bowing to pressure from Indonesia.
The decision follows after the world's biggest Muslim nation of 237 million people warned RIM that it shut down BlackBerry services and revoke its licence. Representatives...
Android: Crashing the Smartphone Party
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Reston :comScore, Inc. has announced the release of its latest report on the mobile market, Android: Crashing the Smartphone Party. The report provides an overview of the current U.S. mobile environment and offers an in-depth look at how the Android operating system is impacting the market. Among the report’s key findings is that consumer...