Phones

The Future of Google (and Tech): Phones and Computers Are Converging The Atlantic The Future of Google (and Tech): Phones and Computers Are Converging. By Christopher Mims. Tweet Mar 14 2013, 8:50 AM ET Comment. A personnel change suggests Google is setting itself up for the moment when Android (for mobile) and Chrome (for ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic

Science Proves That Cell Phones Are Annoying and Distracting Forbes If you find yourself irresistibly sucked into other people's cell phone conversations, don't beat yourself up too much. There's a perfectly scientific explanation for your eavesdropping ways. A new study out in the journal PLOS ONE finds that when ... See all stories on this topic »

BlackBerry Says Customer Has Ordered 1 Million Phones Businessweek The new phones, which run a redesigned operating system, are the linchpin of its comeback strategy. After pioneering the smartphone market, the company's global share slipped to single digits in recent years amid competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone ... See all stories on this topic »

Cheap Chinese Android Phones Michael Standaert MIT Technology Review (blog) Liang's phones are the ultracheap kind. He builds them at several Shenzhen factories, like Shenzhen Guo Wei Global Electronics, a nondescript building that opened in 1991 as a manufacturer of fixed-line phones and audio equipment. At Guo Wei, young ... See all stories on this topic »

BlackBerry Partner Orders 1M New Phones Fox Business BlackBerry (BBRY) shares jumped more than 7% Wednesday on the news that an unnamed partner of the mobile device maker placed an order for one million BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The company said it marks the largest-ever single purchase order in ... See all stories on this topic »

New Boystown Barbershop Rings in With Taste for Unique Phones DNAinfo The owner of the new haircuttery at 3314 N. Halsted St., Greg Slade, loves buying unique phonesfrom the '80s and '90s. And land lines might be becoming the dinosaurs of technology, but Slade's thrifted phones are fully functional — and one phone ... See all stories on this topic »

VIDEO: 1 in 4 teens use phones to access Web The Pew Internet and American Life Project More young people have smart phones -- and they're often using those phones as the primary way they access the Web, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. How much should parents monitor? Watch the Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic »

New York pay phones' new calling Salon It features a touchscreen above ground that would let users send emails, get subway directions, and more — “a location tethered smart-phone,” they say — and a below-the-sidewalk component that would include a sensor to read weather data and a system ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Startup News: Disrupting Burner Phones and Brunch With Jake Lodwick and Bre ... Betabeat Bye-bye Burner Phone. A CallingVault number is the phone equivalent of your exclusive-to-Craigslist-Casual-Encounters email address. The virtual phone line provides you with a second phone number to send/receive texts and calls from your cell without ... See all stories on this topic » Betabeat

5 features the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phone should have ConsumerReports.org Rumors abound about which features will adorn the Samsung Galaxy S4, the purported successor to the phone maker's flagship Galaxy S III. As you'd expect, Samsung has been tight-lipped about this highly anticipated phone, which is scheduled to debut ... See all stories on this topic »

Surface Tablet

Surface Pro: Ready for Business
PC Magazine
Microsoft's Surface Pro is designed to deliver an enterprise-class user experience in a tablet form factor. Joel Santo Domingo, PCMag's lead analyst for desktops and laptops, points out in his review of the Surface Pro, "It's one of the fastest ...
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iPad

Apple eyes wireless charging via the iPad's Smart Cover
CNET
iPad owners may one day be able to wirelessly charge their tablets without the need for a separate charging station. Published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple's patent application called "Integrated Inductive Charging In Protective ...
See all stories on this topic »CBS launches full-episode streaming for iPad, iPhone
CNET
For now, the apps are available to iPhone and iPad owners. CBS, which owns CBS Interactive, the company that publishes CNET, says that its streaming app will come to "all major mobile and tablet platforms later this year, including Android and Windows ...
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New Windows-powered tablets threaten iPad's enterprise dominance, claims ... ZDNet Summary: The iPad popularity is growing in the enterprise market, with 94 percent of the Fortune 500 companies either testing or deploying the tablet. But one analyst believes that companies should take a look at the new crop of Windows tablets. See all stories on this topic »

ZDNet

PayPal Debuts 'PayPal Here for iPad' for Small Businesses Mac Rumors PayPal yesterday announced an iPad version of its iPhone point-of-sale solution app "PayPal Here", boasting larger screen real estate and additional features like connecting to a cash register. TechCrunch notes that the app marks yet another milestone ... See all stories on this topic »

Mac Rumors

Bronx cop docked vacation time for undervaluing stolen iPad New York Daily News A Bronx cop has been docked vacation time for undervaluing a stolen iPad in a police report — a case that could have vast ramifications for city crime stats, the Daily News has learned. The News first reported in 2011 that Officer Damian McIntosh ... See all stories on this topic »

New York Daily News

iPad user says woman is taking self portraits with his missing iPad The Denver Channel Engstrom says the woman is taking "selfies" -- or self portraits -- with the iPad. "The wonderful person who snaked my iPad continues to take glamour shots of herself apparently unaware that they are backing up to my iPhone," Engstrom wrote on Facebook. See all stories on this topic »

The Denver Channel

Wow! Apple Inadvertently Reveals Possible Future iPad Design
Patently Apple
On March 14, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a rather ho-hum patent application from Apple about providing the iPad with better aligned components relating to the display and cover glass. Yet within this patent filing Apple's engineers ...
See all stories on this topic »MakieLab's iPad App For 3D-Printing Your Own Dolls Has 70K Designed In First ...
TechCrunch
A U.K.-based startup called MakieLab is making a bet that the rise of smartphones and tablets coupled with the decline of traditional retailers is making the iPad the right place to sell the toys of the future. And custom 3D printing will let kids have ...
See all stories on this topic »Auburn considers expanding school iPad program
Bangor Daily News
Every Auburn kindergartner received an Apple iPad last year and every first-grader got one this year. The program, unique for putting tablet computers into the hands of very young children, has drawn notoriety and controversy. Multiple Pathways Leader ...
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PayPal Here Takes On Square Register With New iPad Payments App TechCrunch After debuting its in-store mobile payments technology PayPal Here in the U.K. two weeks ago, the payments giant is announcing another set of news around the product: an iPad app. Not only is this the first iPad app for PayPal Here, but it's actually ... See all stories on this topic »

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Mobile

China Mobile Makes Big Bet on 4G Wall Street Journal BEIJING—China Mobile Ltd. is plowing almost $7 billion this year into building its new fourth-generation network, as the world's largest telecommunications carrier strives to retain its supremacy atop China's telecom market. The move disclosed ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

P. Schoenfeld Slams MetroPCS/T-Mobile Deal; 'Grossly Unfair' to Holders Fox Business P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP has called MetroPCS Communications Inc.'s (PCS) proposed merger with T-Mobile USA "irresponsibly and inefficiently structured" and "grossly unfair" to shareholders, the latest criticism of the deal from the hedge fund. See all stories on this topic »

Native Advertising Strategies For Mobile Devices Forbes I'm also convinced that there is perhaps no medium that showcases native advertising's potential better than mobile. In an environment where users are especially turned off by intrusive ads and publishers are struggling to monetize, native has the ... See all stories on this topic »

China Mobile Capex Jumps 49% on Fourth-Generation Network Build Out Fox Business China Mobile Ltd. (0941.HK) said Thursday its capex budget would rise 49% to 190.2 billion yuan ($30.9 billion) in part to build its fourth generation mobile network. China Mobile said it expected to introduce a commercial network for 4G this year and ... See all stories on this topic »

China Mobile 2012 profit rises just 2.7 percent Huffington Post China Mobile, one of three state-owned Chinese phone companies, is facing fierce competition as well as costly technology upgrades to support smartphones, tablet computers and other devices. China Mobile said it was stepping up a strategic ... See all stories on this topic »

Next in Mobile Banking: Photo Bill Payments New York Times (blog) U.S. Bank this week introduced a mobile “photo bill pay” service, which allows its online and mobile banking customers to snap a photo of a paper bill with their phone and have the information automatically loaded into their account. Then, they can pay ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

How A Mobile Ad Turns Into A Paying Customer Business Insider Now we work on-the-go, and mobile phones and tablets are replacing our computers. The numbers don't lie — Gartner predicts that worldwide mobile connections will grow to 7.6 billion in 2016. By 2013 mobile advertising revenue will reach $11.4 billion, ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Apps Put Users' Privacy at Risk, EU Regulators Say Bloomberg Everyone involved in developing mobile software programs “has a set of important responsibilities to create a safe, secure and data-protection-compliant app environment,” said the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, the umbrella group for ... See all stories on this topic »

Anthony Clark Is Calling From My Virgin Mobile Phone. I Am Not. The Consumerist Who is Anthony Clark? Steve doesn't know him, but for some reason, that's what the Caller ID on his mobile phone says when he places calls. His clients don't know who Anthony is, so they won't pick up the phone when his name on Caller ID. Virgin Mobile... See all stories on this topic » The Consumerist

skype

Blue Coat, Skype and QQ named despots' best friends Register Blue Coat Systems, Microsoft's Skype and Chinese IM service QQ have all helped repressive states labelled "enemies of the internet" to snoop on their citizens, according to a new cyber censorship report from press freedom group Reporters Without Borders. See all stories on this topic »

Internal intelligence agencies hungry for deeper cooperation from Skype RT While already giving intelligence services access to private data without a court order, some Russian experts say, Skype is still being pressured into registering as a telecom agency, allowing intelligence to operate around a series of legal loopholes. See all stories on this topic » RT

Police investigate blackmail through Skype Tribune-Review State police are investigating an apparent extortion attempt that occurred over video-calling serviceSkype. Trooper Steve Limani said an 18-year-old township female exposed herself to a man, who videotaped the encounter without her knowledge sometime ... See all stories on this topic »

France to chase up Skype over telecomms registration RFI Skype, a subsidiary of Microsoft, which is headquartered in Luxembourg, argues that it does not need to follow French communications laws. This is just the latest instance of France trying to exert control of internet companies, technology blogger Liam ... See all stories on this topic » RFI

Trouble in France for Microsoft's Skype Unit Motley Fool A French regulatory agency has taken a step forward in the process that could end up bringing criminal charges against Skype, the voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, provider owned by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) , according to a statement released by ... See all stories on this topic »

Skype Users May Be Under Chinese Surveillance New Tang Dynasty Television Meet TOM-Skype, it's the alter ego of Microsoft's Skype, the online communication tool used by 600 million. TOM-Skype is the version that Mainland Chinese people use, and an American PhD student has spent the last two years unraveling its censorship ... See all stories on this topic » New Tang Dynasty Television

Skype could allow CHS homecoming queen to be part of prom Dothan Eagle Skype could help Megan McLeod be a part of this weekend's prom at Carroll High School. Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 3:56 pm | Updated: 4:00 pm, Wed Mar 13, 2013. Skype could allow CHS homecoming queen to be part of prom. Posted on March ... See all stories on this topic »

Angus King Speaks To Fairfield Students Via Skype WABI "It went well and I think it would be good for other schools to do and maybe again for Lawrence High School." A representative for King says the Senator got the idea toskype with students while on the campaign trail. He plans to speak to as many Maine... See all stories on this topic » WABI

France to investigate Skype Stuff.co.nz The French telecoms regulator ARCEP said it had asked prosecutors to investigate Microsoft'sSkype for failing to register as a telecom operator. Skype has not complied with the regulator's repeated requests to register as an "electronic communications ... See all stories on this topic »

Dad in Kuwait visits son's class via Skype Wilkes Journal Patriot From Kuwait to Millers Creek—SFC David Lewczyk, on screen in rear of photo, talked with fourth-graders at Millers Creek Elementary School via Skype recently. One of the members of the class is Lewczyk's son, Samuel, third from left on the front row. See all stories on this topic »

Nexus Tablet

Apple iPads Will Fall Behind Low-Cost Android Tablets This Year: IDC
IBTimes Canada
... according to a research firm, International Data Crop (IDC). View Full
Image. Reuters. Google Nexus is planning to launch a 10-inch Nexus tablet
that is likely to be co-branded with Samsung. Featured in the image is a
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Touch Screen Mobile phones

wo/2013/029459 method for preventing incorrect operation ... - WIPO
Disclosed in the present invention are a method for preventing incorrect
operation on capacitance touch screen of a mobile phone during conversation
state, ...
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Sprint eying alternative BB10 touchscreen phone - CNET Mobile
Apparently there's a reason Sprint passed up the BlackBerry Z10. Along with
holding out for the BB10 powered Q10, the carrier may have plans for a new
...
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Mobile Payment

Ahead Of U.S. Rival PayPal Here, Intuit Pay Rolls Out Its Mobile
Commerce ...
TechCrunch
The mobile payment market in Europe continues to get more crowded, with the
latest wave of entrants coming from across the pond to join a number of
homegrown startups targeting the millions of businesses in the region that
still do not accept credit ...
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NCSOFT Adopts BilltoMobile for High-Conversion Mobile Payments
Marketwire (press release)
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 13, 2013) - BilltoMobile, the premier
provider of carrier-integrated mobile payment solutions, announced today
that it extended its services for Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO)
powerhouse NCSOFT to North America.
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Canadian gas chain's mobile payment app offers respite from the cold
Mobile Payments Today
The high temperature in Edmonton, Alberta will be a balmy 34 degrees today.
Tomorrow? 16 degrees. That's important information when considering the new
mobile payment app from Hughes Petroleum, a chain of gas stations in
Alberta, Canada. Hughes ...
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Calpian's Emerging Market Mobile Payments Solution Grows to
Approximately ...
4-traders (press release)
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Natwest and RBS launch mobile payment app
Evening Standard
The UK payments body the Payments Council is currently developing a similar
industry-wide initiative which will be up and running from spring next year
as mobile payments become increasingly popular. The Barclays Pingit app,
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PayPal acquires mobile development company Duff Research
Mobile Payments Today
PayPal has announced that it has acquired mobile app developer Duff
Research in order to deepen its mobile payment talent pool. "Duff Research
is an innovative provider of full service mobile app development for some
of the world's leading brands and ...
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A smart move with NFC
InternetRetailer.com
I've long pooh-poohed the Near Field Communications, or NFC, style of
mobile payments. There aren't enough smartphones with NFC chips on the
market, no less in consumers' hands. Merchants have to make significant
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Asia-Pacific Mobile Operators Can Create New Revenue Streams with Direct ...
Mobile Payments Today
More that 212 million people around the world use mobile payments in some
form, with mobile payment transaction values in excess of $171.5 billion.
In emerging markets, where credit and traditional banking are under
penetrated, carriers should consider ...
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Poor user experience is holding back mobile payments – report
Mobile World Live (blog)
A survey of leading payments experts found the lack of an improved customer
experience is the biggest threat to the success of mobile payments. Forty
per cent of respondents chose poor user experience when asked about mobile
payments' biggest barrier.
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MOL Makes Big Turkish Investments, Eyes Mobile Payments in Europe,
Middle ...
Tech in Asia
Malaysia's e-payment giant MOL has announced its majority investments in
Turkey's Game Sultan and PaytoGo. The strategic investment in Turkey brings
MOL closer to lucrative mobile payments markets in Europe, the Middle East,
and North Africa. Indeed ...
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Ice Cream Sandwich

html - When browsing mobile site on android Ice Cream Sandwich ...
When browsing our mobile website (http://mobilesecure.mobi/wdc.wap) on Ice
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Three Twins Ice Cream Launches First Horsemeat-Free Ice Cream ...
The company's ice cream sandwiches will be available in two varieties, Fair
Trade Vanilla Bean with Chocolate Chip Cookies and Sea Salted Caramel with
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HTC Mobile

Verizon will reportedly sell the HTC One after all
CNET
HTC had attempted something similar last year with its One line of phones
but was still stuck with a highly fragmented line. The high-end One X went
to AT&T, while the lower end One S went to T-Mobile. Sprint Nextel opted to
go with an updated Evo 4G ...
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HTC One delayed for UK until March 29
Know Your Mobile
Know Your Mobile has contacted HTC for further comment on the issue and we
will update with new information as soon as we get it. HTC is in a
difficult position as it has been consistently unable to shift enough
handsets from previous releases.
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