Amazon.com launched a free online tool that will help schools and businesses centrally control and distribute content on Kindle devices to their students and staff, it said Wednesday. The new service, called Whispercast for Kindle, can ...
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Computerworld - Apple today said it had sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones during the opening three-day weekend of sales, a 25% increase over last year's launch of the iPhone 4S. "Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and ...
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Apple's much-maligned iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T Mobility, started in 2007 but now ended, is once again the target of a class-action suit. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...
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On June 28,Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins announced the company's latest financials in a particularly grim earnings call.Heins reported a first-quarter loss of$518 million,or 99 cents a share.Overall sales for the period were$2.8 ...
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Computerworld - A new survey found 63% of mobile workers are spending at least six hours each weekend online -- and nearly one-third are online for up to 20 hours over the two days. The findings pose a potential health dilemma for workers ...
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Soul by Ludacris headphones are endorsed by American rapper/actor Ludacris(aka Christopher Brian Bridge)and Signeo USA.We reviewed the SL150 headphones,one of five models said to be suitable for use in live-sound situations,such as ...
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Computerworld - Mobile payment technologies are finally vaulting forward in the U.S. after years of slow advances. The biggest move ahead could occur in September, when Apple is widely expected to embrace a mobile payment scheme with its ...
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IDG News Service - Japan's Softbank, which is in negotiations to make a major investment in U.S. operator Sprint Nextel, is also mulling a competitive bid for MetroPCS, Japanese media reported Friday. The reports from sources such as the ...
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The path from birth to death is filled with choices about where to work and what kind of work to do. Sometimes the world is nice enough to allow us some input. These days, developers have a lot more say in their employment, thanks to rising ...
Nokia today announced the Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 smartphones,focusing on the 920's superior camera and its map and driving features that use augmented reality,as well as the phone's built-in wireless charging. The ...
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IDG News Service - The foreman of the jury that recently handed Apple a $1 billion patent victory over Samsung Electronics was untruthful and biased, the South Korean company alleged in a filing with a U.S. court. Samsung wants a retrial of ...
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Computerworld - Apple's rumored November launch of a smaller, less-expensive iPad will put the company in a tight spot -- tighter than usual -- if it's not able to build up and maintain adequate supplies through the holiday season, analysts ...
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Tizen 2.0, the open-source smartphone operating system, is now available as an alpha release with an accompanying software development kit (SDK), the Tizen project announced on Tuesday. The release lends credence to rumors that project ...
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Apple will not include a YouTube app in iOS 6,the next operating system for the iPhone and iPad,the company confirmed yesterday. The app has been an integral part of iOS since the 2007 launch of the first-generation iPhone.YouTube is ...
IDG News Service-Google has staked$8.1 million in the market for digital signatures on electronic documents with a venture capital investment in DocuSign,the companies announced Tuesday. DocuSign's technology is used by companies for ...