LinkedIn has refreshed its mobile presence today with the launch of redesigned apps for iPhone and Android, plus a brand new HTML5 mobile website.  The iPhone and Android apps have been reorganized around four core areas. Updates from your network and inbox, your profile, and information about your network are all accessible via the new slick, ...

Google’s acquisition of Motorola has several implications, namely for Android as a business, and Google’s long term goals for its mobile initiatives.  While Motorola Mobility will remain a standalone platform for the mobile industry, Google wouldn’t have made such a buy without having some level of integration or cross-leveraging with Android.  And as Google continues ...

The tablet world saw new light when Apple launched its iPad few years ago.  As we can see, every mobile company is now launching their own versions of a tablet, with Android making some serious gains in the sector, now taking a 20% market share. On Friday Acer started shipping a US$329 Iconia Tab A100 tablet, which ...

Medacity is launching this week, its debut spearheaded by web content development company, Nichenet Pty Ltd. It’s latest site launch focuses on the news from the new media sector, spanning video, audio, blogging, hyperlocal, mainstream media, services providers, and even aggregators.  Mediacity is covering all the big trends, from those companies turning to new media for ...

Social media has been a potent force in fueling the riots that began Saturday in London’s boroughs, later spreading to other areas such as Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol.  Messages have also been sent via regular SMS, Twitter and Facebook. But the social networks have also provided refuge for fearful residents and shop owners who say ...

Walmart’s getting serious about its online video offerings.  The retailer announced today the launch of VUDU for the iPad. VUDU, a leading subscription-free, video-on-demand movie service acquired by Walmart, has optimized the navigation experience of VUDU.com to enable millions of iPad owners to rent or buy content and then stream it easily through any iPad browser. Starting today, iPad ...

Visa announced its plan to accelerate the migration to EMW contact and contactless chip technology in the United States. The adoption of dual-interface chip technology will help prepare the U.S. payment infrastructure for the arrival of NFC-based mobile payments by building the necessary infrastructure to accept and process chip transactions that support either a signature ...

Apple launched its new, entry-level 21.5 inch iMac today, a device meant specifically for education institutions. This new iMac model is available for $999.  It comes with a 3.1GHz Core i3 processor, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB of hard drive storage and an AMD HD 6750 with 512 MB.  Interestingly, this model (dubbed a ‘Late 2011′ ...

Former Microsoft executive served as Bill Gates’ assistant in the past, and now Steven VanRoekel has been named as the next chief information officer for the federal government.  In 2009, VanRoekel joined the Obama administration as managing director of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). VanRoekel, 41, said he would use his new role as chief information officer ...

Researchers at the Black Hat security conference on Thursday revealed ways in which the Square payment system, which turns any iPhone, iPad or Android into a point-of-sale credit card processor, could be used for fraud. Square provides a card-reading dongle that plugs into a smartphone or an iPad, working alongside a mobile app to carry out ...