TelefA3nica will be the first to offer a commercial smartphone based on Firefox OS. The Spanish operator will start selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday for a!69 (US$90) with a prepaid subscription. Firefox OS is built around applications ...
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The first Web-based Firefox mobile OS smartphones will be released soon in Spain and Poland, with more coming soon to other regions of the world, Mozilla announced Monday. ZTE will begin selling the ZTE Open smartphone on Tuesday for the ...
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Gemalto has published the results of a street survey conducted amongst Dubai residents, revealing an overwhelming appetite for using contactless technologies not only with their banking cards, but also directly from their mobile phones, ...
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Ah, Mondays. Wonder why your employees are all yawning and glassy-eyed today? It may be easy to blame it on the hot weather or overindulgences over the weekend, but researchers are pointing fingers at another potential culprit that is ...
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Most of the smart phones sold in the market now already come with a built-in flash which performs well in certain conditions. When it comes to night you’ll hope to have an external flash to take clear photos. Well, there is the ...
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The cost of using mobile phones in another EU country is set to fall today as new EU rules come into force, limiting what mobile operators can charge for their services. The EU has been cutting what operators are allowed to charge over ...
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Android smartphones account for more than 70 per cent of the European market - up 10 per cent on the same period last year - with over half of all mobile phones sold manufactured by Samsung. That's according to the latest figures from ...
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A Microsoft insider has told Computing that the company is intentionally steering Android users towards its Outlook mail app by making synchronisation between the two platforms difficult. A Microsoft staff member told Computing, while ...
Sales of BlackBerry's 10-series devices weighed in at just 2.7 million in the last quarter - at the lower end of financial analysts' expectations. The news, conveyed as the company delivered its quarterly financial results, provoked a ...
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The creation of Android malware is now mature enough for there to be development cycles that mimic those of the legitimate software world, a report from Juniper Networks has concluded. According to the?firm's annual survey of the ...
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Given Android and iOS together control 90% of the worldwide smartphone market, what chance does Mozilla have to find success with its new Firefox OS for smartphones? Will Firefox OS even matter, given the struggles Windows Phone, ...
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BlackBerry shipped 6.8 million smartphones and recorded a $84 million loss during the three months to June 1, as it struggles to turn around its fortunes. The first quarter of BlackBerry's fiscal year served as a referendum on how ...
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In its newest TV ads, Verizon Wireless brags that it has "America's largest 4G LTE network" -- an obvious response to AT&T's claim that if offers "the nation's fastest 4G LTE network." In the continuing war between the nation's two ...
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Are you planning to hit the beach or pool during the Fourth of July weekend—along with your favorite portable device? Water and sand can ruin gadgets, so you'll want to protect them. Here's how. You can buy bags that makers claim ...
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As one of the hottest topics in global technology and with the first products starting to appear on the market, element14 is challenging engineers and developers to design and develop their own piece of wearable technology. The global ...
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