Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from Samsung and Apple globally, and from high-growth vendors like Huawei in China, where Nokia was the dominant player as ...
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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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CARACAS, VENEZUELA, August 24, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CasinoBonusCenter.com has released this month its complete directory of bonuses and promotions in the Spanish language. One of the most comprehensive online portals, active since the ...
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Asthmapolis has entered into a collaboration agreement with Synapse to develop new sensor technology for asthma treatment. The sensor is designed to attach to existing inhalers to communicate with the patient's mobile phone or base ...
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The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has developed a standard for handling 2D barcodes that it hopes will direct mobile phone users to websites more easily. By standardizing the specification for encoding, decoding and resolution of 2D barcodes, ...
Motorola Mobility said Tuesday that it has taken "proactive measures" to ensure that its smartphones remain available to consumers in the U.S., despite a U.S. International Trade Commission ban on its phones that comes into effect on ...
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PayPal has acquired Card.io, a developer of technology for using mobile phone cameras to scan credit cards and capture relevant information, the companies said. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayPal is already using ...
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Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
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Attackers can abuse Facebook’s phone search feature to find valid phone numbers and the name of their owners, according to security researchers. The attack is possible because Facebook doesn’t limit the number of phone number ...
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Microsoft Windows 8 support for TPM Tipping point for TPM TPM gathers momentum The end of the password? TPM in action across all devices Since 2006, many new computing devices have been sold with a built-in trusted platform module ...
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Mobile network operator O2 claims it has fixed network problems that left hundreds of thousands of customers without voice and data connections for up to 24 hours. The firm has issued a string of apologies, but has not yet made any ...
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Age UK has teamed up with Cognatel MVNO CyCell to develop a no-frills mobile phone for the elderly. According to research by Ofcom, over half (52%) of people aged 75 plus own a mobile phone, but these devices are often relegated to a ...
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Just a few days after Ericsson filed several patent-infringement lawsuits against Samsung in the U.S., the Swedish mobile phone company also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), asking for an import ban ...
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BlackBerry tops the bill for students in the UAE, according to a new survey by Axiom Telecom. An extensive and varied sample of university-goers within the area were quizzed on their smartphone purchasing habits, with 65% revealing that ...
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Broadcom has unveiled a chip that could give mobile devices faster connections using Wi-Fi. The BCM4335 is the first mobile chip based on the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. Branded as ‘5G Wi-Fi,’ the specification ...
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