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Article | 24/05/2013 Are we ready for a mobile-first world?
Judging from the number of people poring over their smartphones on the sidewalk, in their cars and in public places, mobile seems to have stolen our a...
Article | 24/05/2013 Facebook delays Home in Europe, wants a stronger 'First' impression
Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebo...
Article | 23/05/2013 Facebook slams brakes on HTC First's international plans following poor Home reception
The HTC First, also known as "the Facebook phone" thanks to its Facebook Home integration, is looking more and more like a flop.
Article | 23/05/2013 SoftBank gets state approval for Sprint acquisition
SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for US$20 billion...
Article | 23/05/2013 Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says
Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and v...
Article | 23/05/2013 Lyft gears up for international expansion on anniversary
Lyft, the ridesharing service known for its fleet of pink mustache-festooned cars, is eyeing international expansion supported by its biggest funding ...
Article | 23/05/2013 Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency
Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social f...
Article | 23/05/2013 Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets to go on sale in 170 countries on June 13
Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over...
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 | 23/05/2013 Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network
Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless...
Article | 22/05/2013 App development not keeping up with device updates
App development teams in companies are unable to keep up the updates rolled out by device vendors, according to a survey conducted by Vanson Bourne, a...
Article | 22/05/2013 Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app
Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app.
Article | 22/05/2013 Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores
Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a USretail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in...
Article | 22/05/2013 Google Drive updates Android UI, adds document scanning
Google's Drive cloud storage service has been retooled for Android users and is now capable of capturing a document by converting a photo of it to tex...
Article | 22/05/2013 Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android
Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive s...