Software patents, facing new scrutiny in the U.S., drive innovation and protect huge investments by developers, representatives of software companies said during a Capitol Hill briefing. The U.S. patent system isn't perfect, but lawmakers ...
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More important than whether Apple does make some kind of "iWatch" wearable device is how it does one, an analyst argued today. Scuttlebutt has circulated in the last week -- driven by stories from the Wall Street Journal and the New York ...
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Silent Circle, a startup company that provides encrypted mobile communication services, released a new version of its Silent Text app for iOS that allows users to exchange encrypted files at the push of a button. The files can be set to ...
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IBM is making a renewed push into the burgeoning market for all things mobile, saying it can help its corporate customers grow revenue and become more competitive through mobile app development. The effort pulls together a raft of IBM ...
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The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to launch attacks against its users. Security experts believe the site served as a gateway ...
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BBC CTO John Linwood has stated that the BBC feeds into Apple on its products and services – including the iPhone and iPad – though he admitted that he is unsure as to how much weight the organisation places on his views. In ...
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In the bustle of a city full of traffic, narrow streets, tall buildings, trees and other obstacle, GPS can have a hard time accurately locating a vehicle whether its your family sedan, or your dozer. In an open field, the margin of error ...
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The UK national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, has issued a tender estimated to be worth £2m for IT services. The tender, found in the Official Journal of the European Union, states that the agency wants to enter into a four-year ...
At Sony's PlayStation press conference in New York yesterday, it became official: the next-gen PlayStation 4 gaming console is arriving for the 2013 holiday season. Sony's event was more of a teaser than an unveiling, though: The company ...
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Broadcom says it's invented a chip that can tell your phone where you are all the time without quickly draining your battery. The BCM47521 chip, which will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress next week, should make it easier to use ...
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Qt developers are now able to migrate applications to the new BlackBerry 10 platform, says Digia. This is because the BlackBerry 10 platform uses the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework on top of a C/C++ foundation for ...
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Yammer plans to roll out an integration with the SkyDrive Pro cloud storage product and the Office Web Apps Web-hosted productivity application suite this summer. The initiative is part of Yammer's push to deepen and extend the ...
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Sheena Allen Apps has announced that is has officially released its popular double image/cloning app, Dubblen, for Android. The app allows users to take two photos that will result as one photo, but give the look of a clone or twin. ...
Citrix today announced XenMobile, the rebranded and integrated mobile device management (MDM) software the company acquired through its acquisition of Zenprise last year. "What we've been doing ... is integrating Zenprise pieces with the ...
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CBR rounds up expert comments on the 4G auction winner announcement and what this means for the future of mobile broadband in the UK. Gary Marven, CEO of MLL Telecom As a UK focused telecoms operator and existing spectrum owner we are ...