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Microsoft’s Mobile Strategy Lacks Family Support
Microsoft is focusing on making things more mobile. Yesterday, they launched Bing for Mobile and updated Bing to make it show identical results in all platforms. But with release versions for iOS and Android, we’re wondering why Bing can’t get the star treatment on its parent company’s own mobile platform? Bing for Mobile Bing for ...
Yahoo’s Latest Comeback: Apps And Ads
Back in September Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz and the company seemed to spin out of control. Though Yahoo is still CEO-less as no one seems to want to fill the position, the company is slowly trying to recover. Yahoo is still focused on advertising and marketing, and they reiterated this focus when they announced that they are ...
Android Developers Anxious for Upcoming 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” Release
Everyone is gushing about the updated Android 4.0, dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich. The best thing about it is that it’s for both smartphones and tablets, unifying efforts for Google and developers alike. But the bad thing about the new Android OS is that it’s available on a limited number of devices, at least initially. It’s ...
More Legal Hurdles for AT&T, Apple
We consumers aren’t really bothered by what goes around in the tech industry. All we care about is that we have a device to use and a network to support our device. But if we think about it, when we consider all the legalities behind these gadgets we love, it would probably make our heads ...
HP Tries Their Luck On Another Tablet: HP Slate 2
After Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announced that their PC division will not be spun-off, their HP TouchPad made an effort for a last hurrah and partnered with Best Buy offering the tablet for only $149 if they buy any HP computer. Some thought that this is finally the end of HP’s effort to make a ...
A Buggy Bug Fix for iOS 5.0.1
Users of iOS 5 devices noticed that their devices lacked juice. Apple confirmed that there is indeed an issue on iOS 5 that led to poor battery life, as well as other bugs. Apple has since released a beta software update, iOS 5.0.1 to developers. The software update includes bug fixes that will solve the battery ...
Scandalous German Police Trojan Makes Anyone Vulnerable to Hacking
Earlier this month, we reported that Germany’s Chaos Computer Club made public that the Trojan Bundestrojaner, also known as ‘0zapftis’ and ‘R2D2,’ legally used by the authorities to tap into Skype calls could also remotely access infected computers as well as siphon personal data and create a backdoor where hackers can plant content on one’s ...
The Walking Dead Tablet: HP TouchPad
Last week we mentioned that Hewlett-Packard will be re-awakening their dead TouchPad tablet. Back in August Leo Apotheker, then CEO of HP, announced the death of the tablet. Things got confusing when they then sold their tablet for $99 (a hit with buyers) but then revived the tablet sale only for HP employees. And now, they’re ...
800 MoMo Employees’ Heads Will Roll
I don’t know if it’s just a coincidence but isn’t it freakishly weird that as most parts of the world are celebrating Halloween, jobs are getting sacked? It’s like Motorola Mobility timed their announcement of cutting jobs just in time for the feast of the dead. “Both of the Company’s business segments (the Mobile Devices ...
More Programs for Internet TV as Cable Goes the Way of the Dinosaurs
Talk about cord-cutting. Last week it was reported that cable TV subscribers are on the decline as more consumers are opting to pay for internet TV that comes with their internet connection. And several companies are taking advantage of the trend, including Google, which recently launched their Google TV 2.0 update, posing another threat for cable TV. Amazon ...