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Samsung To Add iPad mini In Patent Infringement Complaint
In today’s mobile news roundup: Samsung to add iPad mini in patent infringement complaint; Apple shaves off prices for one-day sale; AT&T offers refurbished iPhone 5 for $99; and Motorola unveils Intel phone in China. Samsung to add iPad mini in patent infringement complaint Samsung was able to add the iPhone 5 in their patent ...
Bionic Mannequins Watch and Profile Your Every Shopping Move
For some, shopping is a cathartic experience. After a very long and stressful work week, a few hours of retail therapy is enough to wash the stress away. But would you still feel good about your retail therapy if you discovered that store mannequins are watching your every move, not for security purposes but to ...
The Best of Black Friday & Cyber Monday: Top iPhone, Android Apps
Are you ready to shop ‘til you drop come Black Friday? Or are you waiting for better deals on Cyber Monday? Either way, these two shopping days will certainly conjure up millions of shoppers ready to wait in line or browse the web. With a lot of retail and online shops offering awesome discounts, how ...
Apple Ordered To Give Samsung Copy Of HTC Deal
In today’s mobile news roundup: Court orders Apple to reveal details of HTC deal to Samsung; B&N NOOK tablets arrive in the UK; and AT&T offers FaceTime over cellular to more subscribers. Court orders Apple to reveal details of HTC deal to Samsung A US judge has ordered Apple to produce “a full copy of ...
Did Michael Lynch Hang Himself on Next Startup by Blaming HP for Autonomy’s Bad Deal?
Hewlett-Packard asked the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate Autonomy, the British company they acquired last year, who they now are suspecting of fraudulent acts. HP’s stock plummeted yesterday after they posted their shocking financial report, which revealed how Autonomy missed revenue expectations by a whopping 90 percent. ...
‘Tis The Season To Be Scammed! What to Look Out for During the Holidays
Holiday shopping will kick off this week with Black Friday after Thanksgiving and will continue until Cyber Monday. After that, you can expect more great deals as Christmas nears and until the early weeks of January. Though a lot of people would endure falling in line for hours just to get the best deals, some ...
Microsoft Turns Sci-Fi Into (Augmented) Reality
Microsoft’s Research team in Cambridge recently lifted the veil on their $30 billion research and development lab. And what they had to show got us thinking that the future is getting closer to the fantastic world of Sci-Fi. They’ve dug deeper into the the huge possibilities of their Kinect technology, unveiled Kinect Fusion. It creates an ...
NTSB Drops BlackBerry Devices for iPhone 5
In today’s mobile news roundup: NTSB drops BlackBerry for iPhone 5; First phase of Microsoft-Motorola case draws to a close; new version of Skype available for Android; and Samsung prepping for 8-core processor for next year. NTSB drops BlackBerry for iPhone 5 Despite achieving FIPS certification for their soon-to-be-released BlackBerry 10, interest in using Research ...
The Black Roots of Black Friday: A History of Chaos & Craftiness
Black Friday is just a few days away, and I’m sure a lot of you are already prepping to camp outside retail stores just to be one of the first in line for massive holiday savings. But before you head out after Thanksgiving dinner, wouldn’t you like to know how the whole Black Friday shopping ...
Sony Opens Doors To More Developers With PlayStation Mobile SDK
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. recently announced the initiation of the PlayStation Mobile Developer Program that includes the official version of PlayStation Mobile SDK which kicks off the development of apps that can be used on devices running on other operating systems. “We’re drawing in developers to our platform that are doing really unique and innovated ...