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Article | 14/06/2013 Microsoft Office 365 lands in US iPhone App Store
Microsoft released a version of its office suite for iPhones in the U.S. that is only available for Office 365 subscribers.
Article | 14/06/2013 Apple's crucial overscroll bounce patent claim is valid, US patent office says
The USPTO has confirmed four claims of Apple's overscroll bounce patent, including claim 19 of the patent, according to a document filed with a Califo...
Article | 11/06/2013 Apple's Cook: iOS 7 is the 'biggest change to iOS' since iPhone's arrival
Apple has taken the wraps off iOS 7, revealing a dramatic new design that sheds six-year-old interface elements, and replaces them with a cleaner, mor...
Article | 7/06/2013 TechEd crystalizes Microsoft's BYOD management strategy
Microsoft's TechEd North America conference, which was held this week in New Orleans, provided a first glimpse of the architecture that Microsoft shop...
Article | 4/06/2013 Verivo to help developers make mobile apps enterprise-ready
Development platform vendor Verivo Software wants to provide the back end for mobile enterprise apps to make it easier for corporate programmers to ad...
Article | 3/06/2013 Foxconn developing 5 Firefox OS devices, could include tablet
Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, has become the latest company to back Mozilla's Firefox OS and is developing more than...
Article | 30/05/2013 More chow mein? Google now makes it easier to decide
Google is trying to make it easier to find nutrition information online for a wide range of foods with a new search feature whose aim is to address th...
Article | 30/05/2013 Payleven's chip-and-PIN readers land in Apple's retail stores
Mobile payments startup Payleven has struck a deal that calls for Apple to start selling chip-and-PIN readers in its retail stores across Europe.
Article | 27/05/2013 Report: EU investigating Apple's iPhone agreements with mobile operators
The European Commission has sent a questionnaire to a number of mobile operators in the European Union, focusing on whether its distribution terms wit...
Article | 23/05/2013 Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month
Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch.
Article | 21/05/2013 Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS
Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.
Article | 20/05/2013 Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone
Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen.
Article | 20/05/2013 US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks
Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department move...
Article | 17/05/2013 At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight
Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O confer...
Article | 16/05/2013 Google eases Android app development with a new IDE
Google has introduced an IDE (integrated developer environment) aimed at easing development of Android apps.