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Article | 15/11/2012 Brightcove, Application Craft aim at PhoneGap with cloud-based development tools
Brightcove's native plug-in architecture for its App Cloud and Application Craft's launch of Mobile Build are the latest examples of how cross-platfor...
Article | 14/11/2012 RIM releases BBM 7 beta with calls over Wi-Fi
A new beta version of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) that allows users to make voice calls over Wi-Fi is now available for download, Research In Motion sa...
Article | 13/11/2012 AT&T takes on Sprint in push-to-talk services
AT&T announced general availability of its Enhanced Push-to-Talk service on Tuesday, taking on Sprint's Direct Connect Now app as the carriers vie to ...
Article | 13/11/2012 Nokia debuts Here, cross-platform location service
Nokia plans an ambitious expansion of its mapping and location-based services platform beyond its own smartphones to competing devices running OSes ot...
Article | 13/11/2012 Visa, startup iZettle settle mobile payments issue
Mobile card payments startup iZettle has settled its payments dispute with Visa Europe and can now accept Visa payments in Norway, Finland and Denmark...
Article | 13/11/2012 Bank of America to challenge Square, Verifone in mobile payments
Bank of America will extend its mobile payments service to small retailers in December, allowing them to use smartphones and tablets as point-of-sale ...
Article | 12/11/2012 US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month
Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be...
Article | 12/11/2012 Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview available for download
Microsoft has made a preview version of Skype for Windows Phone 8 available for download, which promises better integration with the operating system'...
Article | 8/11/2012 AT&T reverses FaceTime blocking decision
AT&T has reversed its decision to allow Apple iPhone and iPad owners to use Apple's FaceTime videoconferencing application only on the carrier's most ...
Article | 7/11/2012 MasterCard demonstrates new ways to pay online using mobile devices
MasterCard is testing new ways to make online transactions more secure with its PayPass application and a mobile phone, including using QR codes to se...
Article | 6/11/2012 Google Maps in China plummets in usage with Apple iOS upgrade
Google's mobile maps product saw its market share in China decline by close to 50 percent in the third quarter due to Apple switching to its own maps ...
Article | 6/11/2012 Verizon to shut down app store by January
Verizon Wireless is closing down its app store by January next year, it said in a notice on its developer community portal.
Article | 31/10/2012 Jony Ive could nix faux leather and wood apps
Scott Forstall was major proponent of skeuomorphic design found in iOS and increasingly Mac OS X; Jony Ive said to hate it. Changes at Apple could lea...
Article | 31/10/2012 California issues notices to app developers for non-compliance with privacy law
Notices will be sent out to developers of up to 100 mobile apps that are not compliant with California privacy law, starting with those who have the m...
Article | 30/10/2012 Microsoft releases Windows Phone 8 SDK
One day after the launch of its next generation mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has released the SDK (software development kit) th...