Telecommunications provider Everything Everywhere has announced it is planning to double 4G speeds on its network by summer 2013. With promises of speeds reaching 130Mbps on 4G-enabled devices, and up to 300Mbps soon to follow, EE CEO ...
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Several Canadian retailers and wireless carriers today began taking pre-orders for the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone, which features a physical qwerty keyboard. However, there was no official word on when the Q10 will ship in Canada or the ...
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An image of what could be the next-generation of the BlackBerry Curve running on BlackBerry 10 has appeared on the BlackBerryOS forums. While its authenticity can't be verified -- and BlackBerry won't comment on it -- the image shows a ...
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The HTC First smartphone will have native support for Facebook Home when it ships on AT&T April 12. Some analysts wonder how soon -- or whether -- native support for the app will be added to more smartphones. Given Facebook's enormous ...
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As Samsung seeks to challenge the dominance of the?BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform in the business market, it has now struck a mobile device management technology deal with Absolute Software. Absolute's technology is used to deliver ...
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Patent trolls are increasingly becoming a weapon some companies can use to harm or harass their competitors, according to public comments jointly submitted today to the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department by lawyers for ...
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The Canadian government has handed Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica a US$257m (£170m) loan to assist in buying BlackBerry products and services. The decision was taken after BlackBerry financials, revealed last week, showed ...
Smartphones using the Android platform boosted their US market share in recent months, extending their lead over Apple's iPhone, a new survey shows. Android, the free mobile operating system from Google, accounted for 51.2 per cent of US ...
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Google has announced that it will no longer be basing future releases of its Chrome browser on WebKit, the open-source rendering engine that it shares with Apple's Safari. Instead it will be releasing a fork of WebKit dubbed Blink, which ...
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BlackBerry will discontinue its BBM Music service on June 2 and is referring customers to the Rdio music service for 30 days of free music. The company said that after a strategic business review, it was decided that BlackBerry will no ...
Almost 2.4 billion computers, tablets and cell phones will ship this year, according to estimates from Gartner. That's a jump of 9% on 2012, and the industry has plenty more growth ahead. By 2017, Gartner expects just under 3 billion of ...
Want to improve the high-quality photos and videos you've taken on your phone? Chances are your smart phone has video-editing tools built right in that can help you craft a polished video that's easily shared. Apple took the first step ...
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BlackBerry plans to release a larger tablet and two phone-tablet combos, or phablets, over the next year, according to a leaked road map presentation slide. The three devices will run the BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system, which ...
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple. In an interview with The Canadian ...
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Apple has filed a patent that appears to describe wraparound screen technology for smartphones. According to a patent application filed in September 2011, but only revealed publicly this week, future Apple smartphones could include a ...
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