More than half of all mobile-phone app users surveyed have either declined to download an available app or deleted one from their device because of concerns about the collection of their personal data, according to the survey released ...
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Patents on software and on business methods are fueling a huge war in the mobile industry and holding back innovation, a group of patent experts said Tuesday. Patent holders -- many that don't make products -- are using software and ...
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An application privacy report by Juniper Networks’ Mobile Threat Center (MTC) indicates that permissions and capabilities in apps could expose sensitive and personal data in mobile devices. A wider group of application developers ...
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Former T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm has joined Vodafone Group as the chief executive of a new division covering northern and central Europe. Vodafone's announcement on Thursday came just one day after T-Mobile said Humm had resigned. He ...
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Apple is investigating ways to ditch Intel chips in future Macs and replace them with its own ARM chips like the ones in the iPhone and iPad, according to Bloomberg. The report cites 'people familiar with the company's research' who ...
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As the battle between Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S III rages on – a study conducted by the disassembly firm iFixit and nonprofit organisation Ecology Centre has concluded that the iPhone 5 is less toxic than the ...
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Ofcom has announced plans to make more spectrum available in the next five years to pave the way for growth in the mobile industry. The telecoms operator said it would free up the 700MHz frequency, currently used for digital television ...
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This year’s Olympic Games in London have been touted as the most connected in history. With an estimated one billion people set to watch the events and millions more expected to log on to keep track of all the action, all aspects ...
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Wireless expense management provider,OVATION Wireless Management will mark its'10 year service anniversary this quarter in providing Wireless Expense Management,MDM and Support services to corporate and enterprise clients worldwide. ...
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Jolla,the mobile operating system start-up founded by Nokia refugees,has finally unveiled Sailfish,the smartphone operating system based on Linux. The company had been in"stealth mode"for almost a year before it launched in the summer,and ...
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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 relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. It was ...
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Spectrum in the UK contributes £52bn to the economy, according to research carried out by Analysys Mason on behalf of two government departments – the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for ...
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IDG News Service-Marten Pieters,MD&CEO,Vodafone Essar,says IT has helped the company serve more customers,conquer rural India,and make Vodafone India's second largest mobile service provider. CIO:What do you think of the low tariff rates ...
Amazon may be entering the semiconductor business.The company is in talks with TI about buying TI's wireless chip business. TI supplies the chip-sets for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet.It is thought that TI's wireless chip business could be ...
It was looking like it would be this time next year before mobile operators other than EE – formerly Everything Everywhere – were able to offer 4G. The merger between T-Mobile and Orange was the only brand to receive a ...
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