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Nokia’s Cheap New Phones Connect to Facebook, Twitter
Today’s mobile news roundup features Nokia’s new cheap offerings, Sony’s launch of the Android Walkman, and more. Nokia unveils cheap mobile phones Nokia unveiled two new mobile phones aimed to lure the younger generation as the handsets are both socially integrated. The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 keep users connected on Facebook, Twitter and other social ...
Thompson Resigns as Yahoo CEO Due to Cancer
Yahoo! Inc. offered another big surprise over the weekend: they lost another CEO. Scott Thompson officially became Yahoo’s CEO in January after Carol Bartz was fired from the company in 2011. But over the weekend, Thompson informed the company that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will be stepping down from his position ...
An Update for Flipboard on Android
News comes to people in various forms. We get it from watching news on TV or reading newspapers or magazines or even on the web, but for some, their most reliable source of news is their closest friends or the resources they know and trust across the social web. Flipboard saw the potential of digital ...
Your SAP HANA Cheat Sheet: Milestones, Terms and More
SAP Sapphire Now 2012 officially kicks off today, and we expect a few product reveals and HANA-related updates to be unveiled during the conference. We’ll have live event coverage, analysis and executive interviews throughout SAPphire Now, which you can see here. But before the conference gets into full swing, here’s a HANA cheat sheet to ...
Apple Drops 4G iPad Label in Australian, UK Markets
Today’s mobile news roundup features Apple dropping 4G ad in Australia, Nokia stepping up on patent claims, and an early look at the HTC Desire C. Apple gives in to Australian demands The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a case against Apple for their misleading ads regarding the 4G capabilities of the new ...
Three Years of Kickstarter: A Rewarding History
Kickstarter, the crowd-funding platform celebrated, their third birthday last April and to commemorate the event, the company traced their roots to show everyone how it all got started. When they launched, Kickstarter was spelled without an “e” as in KickStartr, and it even featured a MySpace widget aside from the present all-or-nothing goal, the deadline, ...
Samsung Unveils Windows Phone, Challenges Apple’s Pinch-to-Zoom Claim In Court
Today’s mobile roundup features Samsung challenging Apple’s claim, the latest safety app for iPhones, and more gift ideas for Mother’s Day. Samsung challenges Apple’s pinch-to-zoom claim The Regional Court in Mannheim Germany was supposed to hand down its ruling regarding Apple’s case against Samsung for allegedly infringing utility model for “List Scrolling and Document Translation, ...
Facebook’s Ecosystem Provides Jobs, Business Tools
Here at SiliconANGLE we’ve extensively discussed how Facebook helps companies get noticed by becoming a platform where they can advertise their brands, products or services. These days it seems all anyone can think about is Facebook’s upcoming IPO or their billion dollar Instagram acquisition. But there’s more to Facebook than just the IPO, or their ...
Everyone’s Copying Apple’s Game Center
Facebook just unveiled the App Center – a platform that would carry apps from both iOS and Android app developers, which will roll out in a matter of weeks. App developers who want their apps to be included in the launch are urged to submit their apps and have all the necessary prerequisites ready before ...
Microsoft Criticized by Mozilla, Google over IE Favoritism
Microsoft is readying the Windows 8 OS for commercial release later this year. They’ve already released the developer and consumer preview so people can tell them if there are any kinks in the system. And it looks like there is. Mozilla and Google are complaining that tablets and PCs using ARM Holding’s chip design prohibits ...