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Article | 29/09/2011 Microsoft signs Android licensing deal with Samsung
Microsoft has signed a cross-license patent agreement with Samsung Electronics that grants Microsoft royalties from Samsung's Android-based smartphone...
Article | 28/09/2011 Visa launches Android person-to-person payments app
Visa Europe introduced an Android application on Wednesday that lets users send money to other Visa cardholders over their mobile phone, with security...
Article | 28/09/2011 Intel drops MeeGo mobile OS, backs Tizen against Android
Linux Foundation and Limo Foundation are rebooting their efforts to compete with Apple and the Android camp by merging MeeGo and Limo into a new opera...
Article | 28/09/2011 Windows Phone Mango: 10 things you need to know
I was fortunate to sit down this morning with Microsoft's Paul Bryan, Windows Phone senior director of product management and enterprise experiences, ...
Article | 28/09/2011 Microsoft starts gradual rollout of Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' update
Microsoft began its Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" update to smartphones globally at 1 p.m. ET Tuesday.
Article | 27/09/2011 Nokia ships the N9, its first and last Meego phone
Nokia has started shipping the N9, its first and last smartphone based on the MeeGo operating system, the company said on Tuesday.
Article | 26/09/2011 Oracle, Google will hold third settlement conference
Oracle and Google will engage in another attempt to settle their lawsuit over alleged Java patent and copyright violations in the Android mobile OS.
Article | 22/09/2011 Oracle, Google fail to reach settlement in Android case
Two days of face-to-face mediation talks between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page over the companies' Android mobile OS lawsuit have...
Article | 21/09/2011 Skype iPhone, iPod Touch app has security hole
Skype is working to fix a security hole in its iOS app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows a hacker to steal a person's entire address book. The...
Article | 20/09/2011 Appcelerator opens mobile marketplace for developers
Appcelerator, whose Titanium platform is used to develop cross-platform apps for smartphones and tablets, has opened Open Mobile Marketplace, a store ...
Article | 15/09/2011 Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8?
Now that developers have in their hands a pre-release version of Windows 8 running on a special edition of the Samsung Series 7 tablet, analysts are w...
Article | 14/09/2011 5,000 Microsoft developers get Samsung preview tablets
Microsoft on Tuesday gave the 5,000 developers attending its BUILD conference preview units of a Samsung tablet running a version of the upcoming Wind...
Article | 14/09/2011 Microsoft opens Windows 8 preview to all
Taking a different tack than it did three years ago, Microsoft has made a preview of Windows 8 available to anyone who takes the time to download it.
Article | 14/09/2011 Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones
Intel and Google announced on Tuesday that they would partner to optimize future versions of the Android OS for smartphones and other mobile devices u...
Article | 13/09/2011 App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security
App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading application security...