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Samsung Acquires mSpot, Furthers Consumer Cloud Push
Samsung Electronics Co. announced that they are acquiring mSpot, Inc., a leading mobile cloud content service provider based in Palo Alto, California. The acquisition will provide a cloud entertainment experience of music, video and radio services for Samsung device users. “mSpot shares our vision to bring a best-in-class cloud and streaming entertainment experience to consumers, ...
Facebook Unveils Mobile App Center, Samsung Galaxy Note Gets ICS
Today’s mobile news roundup features Facebook’s new app store, Galaxy Note’s ICS upgrade, Micron Technology’s plan to acquire Elpida, and more. Facebook App Center Social networking giant Facebook Inc., unveiled their own mobile app store, dubbed the App Center, just days after major updates rolled out to its Facebook and Messenger mobile apps. The company ...
Amazon’s Kindle In Jeopardy as Tablet Takeover Continues
Most of us own tablets or e-readers, but these days one must wonder–has everyone shifted to tablets? Amazon recently reported a stunning Q1 financial report, but this sparked some questions as to how the company pulled it off. Seeking Alpha notes that Amazon is the least transparent company in the industry, so much so that ...
Adaptly Raises $10.5M as Facebook Ecosystem Faces Rival in Pinterest
Social networking sites have a huge impact on businesses. A lot of web traffic for brands is generated when people see interesting ads on social sites like Facebook or Pinterest. Facebook is still leading the ad ecosystem as brands utilize the broad reach of the social site. Among all the social sites, Facebook has the ...
Google Wants Retrial For Copyright Phase
The copyright phase of the Google-Oracle trial ended with the jury’s decision that Google was guilty of infringing Oracle’s Java API copyrights, but Oracle won’t be awarded the $1 billion in damages since the jury’s decision wasn’t unanimous. The jury found that Google infringed Oracle’s copyrights for programming tools and nine lines of code, which ...
Samsung and Visa’s Official Olympics Phone with PayWave
Today’s mobile news roundup features Samsung and Visa’s partnership for the Olympics, RIM’s newest device, Apple’s redesigned microSIM, and more. Samsung and Visa announce official Summer Olympics phone Samsung Electronics and Visa announced that the Samsung GALAXY S III, the latest Samsung smartphone unveiled only last week, will be Samsung’s Olympic Games Phone during the London 2012 ...
Microsoft Offers 4GB Xbox For $99 — With Xbox LIVE Contract?
As sales of Microsoft’s Xbox console dwindles, the company came up with a new plan to pick things up a bit. Gamers can now purchase a 4GB Xbox for only $99 as part of a test program in 17 of their branded retail stores in the U.S. but here’s the catch, they need to agree ...
RIM Appoints New COO and CMO Amidst Product Turmoil
Research in Motion announced two new additions to the company: Kristian Tear as the new chief operating officer and Frank Boulben as the new chief marketing officer. Tear fills up the position vacated by Thorsten Heins when he was named the company’s CEO back in January. “Kristian and Frank bring extensive knowledge of the rapidly ...
CTIA 2012 Kicks Off With New LTE Devices and Security Apps
The International CTIA Wireless 2012 trade show kicks off in New Orleans this week and will run until the 10th of May. Tech companies gathered to showcase their latest products and services which will soon be available or launched at the event. Let’s look at some of the latest offerings from the industry’s finest. LG’s ...
Apple and Samsung Lower Patent Claims, Apple Seeks iPhone 5 Domain
Today’s mobile news roundup features more iPhone 5 news, T-Mobile’s unveiling of Passpoint, TwitPic for iPhones, and more. Apple filed claim for iPhone 5 domain It looks like Apple will be naming the next iPhone the “iPhone 5” as they filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization for the iPhone5.com domain name. Anyone ...