Saturday, 6 April 2013

Mobile Software

Facebook unveils new Home mobile software
MarketWatch
MENLO PARK (MarketWatch) -- Facebook Inc. (US:fb) unveiled a new mobile software product called Facebook Home for mobile devices on Thursday. The software is designed to work with devices running the Android operating system from Google ...
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Facebook's New Mobile Software Raises Privacy Questions
MediaPost Communications
Facebook's new mobile software, Facebook Home, is already raising the hackles of privacy activists, who say the company's poor record is cause for concern. “From a privacy perspective, Facebook is an unstable platform for a communication service,” ...
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News bites: Facebook unveils mobile software package
The Hill (blog)
Facebook unveiled a package of mobile software on Thursday that is designed to encourage users to be more active on the social network, according to The New York Times. The Associated Press says Facebook is moving into Google's turf with its Home ...
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Facebook unveils Android software suite
Channel News Asia
MENLO PARK, California: Facebook on Thursday unveiled a software suite which stakes out a "home" on Android smartphones as it steps up its challenge to Apple and Google in the boomingmobile market. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the new ...
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Facebook Reveals New Software for Android Smartphones
Fox Business
Facebook Inc. (FB) unveiled a new smartphone application Thursday that greets users with itsmobile software each time they check their handsets, the social network's latest effort to grab a bigger share of the mobile market. The software runs atop ...
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Recap: Facebook's mobile phone event
MarketWatch (blog)
Facebook Inc. /quotes/zigman/9962609 /quotes/nls/fb FB showed off its new Home mobile software at an event at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters on Thursday. The software creates a new home screen for Android-based smartphones. HTC announced a ...
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MobStac unveils software to manage mobile sites, apps
Hindu Business Line
MobStac has launched a new software programming interface that helps developers build and manage mobile Web sites and apps. The Bangalore-based company funded by Accel Partners provides a publishing platform on the Internet for Web sites that can ...
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African Opportunities At Mobile Commerce Executive Forum
AllAfrica.com
MicroStrategy South Africa, a worldwide provider of business intelligence and mobile software, will co-host the Mobile Commerce Executive Forum on 11 April 2013 at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Mark Bannerman, director at MicroStrategy South ...
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Facebook Software Puts It Front and Center on Android Phones
New York Times (blog)
On Thursday, Facebook unveiled its latest, most ambitious effort to crack the challenge: a package of mobile software called Facebook Home that is designed to draw more users and nudge them to be more active on the social network. The new suite of ...
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Facebook makes a major foray into mobile
Washington Post
“By creating a deeper integration with mobile software, Facebook is looking to compete at the same level as a starting point for consumer behavior — which is increasingly where the big tech titans do battle,” said Clark Frederickson, vice president at ...
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Mobile

Facebook Home goes after mobile market with 'ferocity'
Computerworld
That's a big advance into mobile for a company that just last spring listed mobility among its "risk factors" in an amended filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The company admitted that the quickening shift from traditional desktop ...
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T-Mobile Slows Defections, Pushes Merger
Wall Street Journal
T-Mobile USA reported it slowed subscriber defections in the first quarter, a positive development as the company's bid to merge with MetroPCS Communications Inc. has been thrown into doubt. The carrier has lost lucrative contract customers to bigger ...
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China Mobile, Vodafone Bid for Myanmar License
Wall Street Journal
SINGAPORE—The world's two biggest mobile operators, China Mobile Ltd. and Vodafone Group PLC, have joined forces to bid for a mobile telecommunications license in Myanmar. But competition is stiff with more than a dozen companies, including a fund ...
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Hurrahs and Harrumphs for T-Mobile
New York Times (blog)
In my Times column on Thursday, I cheered T-Mobile's bold decision to abandon the standard United States cellphone business model. There will be no more two-year contracts, no more idiotic 15-second voice mail instruction recordings, no more games with ...
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North Korea has hidden two mobile missiles on coast: reports
Globe and Mail
North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S. Pacific bases, South Korean media reported on Friday. The report could not be...
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Globe and Mail
For mobile phones, life begins at 40
GMA News
"It was on 3 April 1973 that Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a call in New York on a Motorola DynaTAC – dubbed a 'brick' due to its size and weight – which was widely regarded globally as the first public mobile phone call," The Guardian said.
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TripAdvisor Can Tap Big Mobile Growth With Samsung's Help
Forbes
TripAdvisor has been investing heavily in its mobile platform to leverage increasing opportunities in the mobile space. It announced the launch of its mobile website in March 2010 and has since added apps for the iPhone, Android, Nokia, Palm ...
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Wayne Library launches mobile app
NorthJersey.com
Sharp adds that the app has other features such as BookCheck, which allows patrons the opportunity to check out books and magazines without waiting on line. BookLook Mobile also lets you scan the barcode that appears on the back of all books referred ...
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T-Mobile Accepting Pre-Orders for $99 iPhone 5
PC Magazine
The popular Apple smartphone won't be available in T-Mobile stores until April 12, but customers can pre-order it on the carrier's website now. The base 16GB variant in either black or white will set you back $99.99 down, plus $20 per month for 24 months.
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