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Android’s tablet share at 39% as sales triple, says study | View Clip
01/26/2012
Computer World Hong Kong
Android’s tablet share at 39% as sales triple, says study
Apple still dominates with the iPad
By Mikael Ricknas
IDG News Service – Sales of Android-based tablets more than tripled during the fourth quarter of 2011. But Apple still dominates, even as [...]

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Augmented Reality: Vuforia by Qualcomm | View Clip
01/25/2012
Mobile Magazine
Augmented Reality: Vuforia by Qualcomm
By Alexander Udalov
At this past CES, rare demos of Augmented Reality (AR) implementations failed to attract much attention. There are many reasons for the fading interest in AR on mobile devices. Reviewers quote numerous technical problems with “live view” class encoding; 3D [...]

08/17/2011
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Online
A group of South Korean users of Apple Inc.’s iPhone sued the company in a local court, claiming it invaded their privacy by allowing the smartphone to collect location data without their consent.
About 27,000 people joined a class-action suit against Apple’s South Korean unit and headquarters, seeking 1 million won per [...]

08/17/2011
Telecom Lead
Snaptracs announced the launch of Tagg The Pet Tracker, an advanced pet tracking system equipped with GPS and wireless capabilities, enables pets to stay in touch with their owners.
Tagg The Pet Tracker is the first product from Snaptracs, a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm. The Tagg pet tracking system uses advanced [...]

08/16/2011
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Online
Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility underscores the shift in the mobile market toward Apple’s vertically integrated business model
Since its introduction, Apple’s iPhone has been a wide sales success, allowing the company to compete for the role of top smartphone maker in a handful of years. Aside from the design, [...]

08/16/2011
Giga Om
Google’s planned buy of Motorola Mobility is about patents and the war of mutual destruction in the mobile space. We get that, but it’s also about connected TV and carriers and how the convergence of broadband and data will change our lives. And so I found myself thinking about how, if Google wants to [...]

08/15/2011
CIO – Online
The operator said it reached a mutual decision with RIM not to offer a WiMax version of the PlayBook tablet IDG News Service Sprint has decided not to offer a WiMax version of the BlackBerry PlayBook, the company said Friday. Slideshow: “We apologize for any inconvenience but the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Tablet that [...]

08/15/2011
AZCentral.com
The devices are remnants of outdated technology and a visionary service that began with big promise but fizzled in early 2008. They came before smartphones, iPads and 4g networks and are so 2006.
That was the year several Valley cities were touting plans for seamless municipal Wi-Fi networks where users could pay by the hour, [...]

08/15/2011
AppleInsider
Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility will not affect Motorola’s patent-related lawsuits against Apple, as the search company revealed on Monday it has no plans to rescind those legal complaints.
Motorola will continue to operate as a separate entity under Google, building handsets running Android as it has done before. And the company will also continue [...]

08/14/2011
Computerworld Hong Kong – Online
Intel recently said it would invest US$300 million in companies that develop new technologies for Ultrabooks, a class of thin and light laptops promoted as an alternative to tablet PCs.
The Intel Capital Ultrabook Fund will invest in companies developing hardware and software in areas such as sensors and touch, longer [...]