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Can Android@home Rival Apple AirPlay?
Aside from venturing in the cloud storage sector, Google is said to be trying their luck in home entertainment. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Google is developing a home-entertainment system that will stream music wirelessly throughout the home, much like Apple’s AirPlay, and would be marketed under the company’s own brand. ...
Content Marketing: From B2B to C2C
This is a continuation of SiliconANGLE’s coverage on the growing sector of content marketing. Yesterday, we looked at how content marketing providers are focusing on the B2B aspect of their products. There’s been a bit of activity in this space. XYDO launched an email marketing solution for businesses, LoopLogic announced a platform that found a ...
Megaupload’s van der Kolk Out On “Electronic Bail”
After Wayne Tempero’s tell-all interview about how the government of New Zealand used the Special Tactics Group (STG), the country’s elite counter-terrorist force, in the raid and arrest of Kim Dotcom, Megaupload’s founder, you’d think that piracy would come to halt, or at least slow down. But the outrageous tactics didn’t have the desired effect ...
Motorola Ends Winning Streak, Apple Scrambles up Apps for iPad 3 Debut
Motorola Mobility’s winning streak ended today when they failed to secure another win against Apple for a patent case involving the use of mathematical sequences in mobile telecommunications. The Regional Court in Mannheim rejected the suit, as presiding Judge Andreas Voss stated that Motorola failed to show how Apple violated the said patent. Motorola won ...
Thismoment’s Latest Buy Brings Fresh Blood to Content Marketing
thismoment, Inc., the provider of social content management software for brands that want to rapidly and effectively engage consumers across social and mobile platforms, acquired Position2 Brand Monitor, a leading social media monitoring and engagement platform. Position2 Brand Monitor will now be known as thismoment Brand Monitor. The mash-up results in a technology that enables ...
iPad 3 Coming In March
Apple’s known to reveal new products at their trademark events, typically taking place in the first quarter. And according to AllThingsD, the company is not holding an event this month. But they will be holding one in March, where they will launch the iPad 3. Soures claim that the event will happen during the first ...
Cracked! Google Wallet PIN Raises Big Security Concerns for Mobile Payments
More people are now enjoying the freedom of shopping without having to bring cash or credit cards because they use their NFC-enabled smartphone, like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus S 4G on Sprint. To finalize a transaction, a shopper just taps her NFC-smartphone on a PayPass reader and they’re done. Some people may think that this ...
Google’s “Drive” to the Cloud is Keen on Storage
Google seems to have everything. What started as a search engine evolved into something that offers everything you need in cyberspace, like Gmail and GTalk for communication, GoogleDocs for school or work, web apps to help and entertain you, Chrome to interface with it all, GoogleTV for a socially connected entertainment experience, Google+ for social networking, ...
Google-MoMo Deal Soon to be Approved
Earlier reports stated that Google sent letters to standards organizations such as theEuropean Telecommunications Standards Institute, a nonprofit recognized by the European Union, to assure them that their acquisition of Motorola Mobility will not affect licensing patents or violate antitrust regulations. Google’s “good deed” seemed to have its desired effect as people familiar with the ...
Chrome For Android Draws Early Privacy Concerns
According to data released by web analytics company StatCounter, in the past 12 months mobile access to the internet rose to 8.5%. StatCounter’s data also reflects that in North America, the top mobile browser was Android at 37%, followed by Safari on the iPhone at 34%, plus 10% for Safari on the iPod Touch, while ...