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HP does the unthinkable again, makes WebOS Open Source!
Today, HP decided to drop an early Christmas present for WebOs loyalists and development. A few month prior things looked bleak for HP after spending $1.2 billion on Palm only to have their Tablets collect dust and carriers refusing to carry their devices. It almost seemed like an end to WebOS when BesyBuy and other distributors decided…
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Developer reveals hidden program called Carrier IQ that logs everything you do
A security researcher Trevor Eckhart has posted a video detailing hidden software installed on smart phones that logs numerous details about users’ activities. In a 17-minute video posted Monday on YouTube, Trevor Eckhart shows how the software – known as Carrier IQ – logs every text message, Google search and phone number typed on a…
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Symantec reports one-click fraud has arrived on smartphones
Do you want the good news, or the bad news first? The bad news is that one-click fraud has, at long last, arrived on smartphones. The good news (unless you live in Japan) is that the frauds are focused on Japanese language users of mobile phones. According to Joji Hamada, a security expert with Symantec,…
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HTC facing more pressure on product competition and patent litigation
Taiwanese phonemaker HTC says its recent poor stock market performances are not “so serious”, and points to its plans to release “better and more competitive” handsets for the U.S. market in 2012. HTC has been facing a double whammy in patent infringement lawsuits and a dwindling of its product competitiveness, sources in the handset…
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Amazon Android Free App 11/28 – Dabble HD
Dabble, the hottest new word game for Android smartphones — has come to the tablet! This HD edition is optimized for display on 7″ tablets. Now, you can play the fast-thinking game that everyone is talking about on an Android smartphone or tablet device. From the crisp and clear high-definition graphics to the addicting game-play,…
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LG Announces Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update Plans
Last month HTC officially announced which deviced would receive the android 4.0 upgrade and when, well today it was LG to publish its list of what devices would receive the ice cream sandwich update and when. According to the information shared, the Optimus 2X, the Optimus Black, the Optimus 3D and the Optimus LTE will be…
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code Released AOSP
Android started pushing the source code for v4.0.1 (which is the version that will be shipping on the Galaxy Nexus) last night. They note that this is a large push and not to sync just yet because it would probably be corrupt until their push is complete. This means that we could start seeing AOSP…
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Adobe Dropping Mobile Flash Player In Lieu Of HTML5 Support
Adobe announced today via their blog that, after the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry Playbook, they will no longer develop Flash Player for mobile devices. Instead they are going to refocus their development efforts to better support the newly adopted HTML5 standard. From their blog: “Adobe is all about enabling designers…
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HTC Announces Upgrading 8 Smartphones to Android 4.0
HTC announced today via its Facebook Fan Page that it plans to update a number of its smartphones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012. “HTC knows how excited our fans are to get their hands on Google’s latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, so we’re thrilled today to announce the…
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Samsung wants to see the iPhone 4S source code
At this point, if you’re like me you probably have lost track of who is suing who over what. Everyone wants to be king and claim, “I thought of it first. It’s mine I tell ya, ALL MINE!” Can’t we all just be cool like a bunch of Fonzie’s? Currently Samsung is suing Apple Inc.,…
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Siri Running on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G
Developer Steve Troughton-Smith has managed to get Siri to run on iPhone 4 and fourth generation iPod Touch. Throughton-Smith says Siri runs just as fast and smooth on the iPhone 4 as it does the iPhone 4S. The iPod Touch has some problems due to the inferior microphone, requiring you to talk very loudly but…
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Audio Echo bug in new iPhone 4S during voice calls
According to several threads on Apple’s support forum many users of the new iPhone 4S model are experiencing an audio echo during voice calls while using a wired headset. The bug seems doesn’t seem to be carrier specific. Users claim the bug does not always occur immediately, it can vary anywhere from 30 seconds…
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Google and Samsung postpone Galaxy Nexus event
Google and Samsung have reportedly postponed an October 11 event that was expected to include the launch of Android “Ice Cream Sandwich” and the Samsung Nexus Prime. Samsung’s U.K. division provided a statement to Engadget and SlashGear, which said: “Samsung and Google have decided to postpone the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event during the CTIA in…
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead at 56
(CNET) Apple Co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs died today. He was 56. Steve Jobs had been suffering for many years a long hard battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Apple announced in January that he would be taking an indeterminate medical leave of absence. Jobs then stepped down as chief executive in late August, citing…
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Samsung seeks to block iPhone 4S sales with two new patent complaints
Samsung has filed two separate motions for preliminary injunctions in Paris, France and Milan, Italy on October 5th seeking to block the sale of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 4S in each respective market. The company posted the complaints on its corporate blog on Wednesday, just one day following the unveiling of Apple’s next-generation iPhone 4S…
