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ARM Showcases Technology for Expanding the Mobile Gaming Experience at … – Business Wire (press release)
Google makes Android more friendly to game developers and players – Polygon
Mobile World Congress 2014: Winners And Losers – InformationWeek
InformationWeekCheck out the most (and least) impressive gadgets and developments from the year’s biggest mobile confab. Mobile World Congress: 5 Hot Gadgets. (Click image for larger view and slideshow.) The Mobile World Congress, the wireless…
Apple software to drive smart Ferrari – CNBC.com
CNBC.comFirst the mobile phone, now the car. Having revolutionised personal communication Apple now wants to change the way we drive. The technology group will next week launch its first in-car operating system with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz…
Oscars 2014: Play bingo and more games while watching the Academy Awards – The Post-Standard
Oscars 2014: Play bingo and more games while watching the Academy AwardsThe Post-StandardAnd our friends at The Star-Ledger have shared a game for everyone to play while watching the Academy Awards: Oscar Bingo. You can…
Rodeo Parade takes over downtown Houston today – abc13.com
abc13.comif you can’t make it to downtown Houston, we’ve got you covered. You can tune in at 10am on ABC13. If you’re on the go, you can also check out the parade from our Watch…
Academy Awards Will Stream Live Online – RollingStone.com
RollingStone.comAttention, Oscars obsessives on-the-go: This Sunday’s broadcast of the 86th Academy Awards will be available to stream live online and through mobile devices. But there’s a catch (or two): Viewers must subscribe to one of…
CTV to Live Stream Academy Awards – Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterTORONTO — Canadians will be able to watch the Academy Awards online for the first time ever on Sunday, after the CTV network agreed to unlock the live stream on its CTV GO mobile…
California court rules it is okay for drivers to check mobile maps – PCWorld
PCWorldAn appeals court in California ruled that it is legal for a person to hold his phone to look at a map application while driving, though he is prohibited from “listening and talking” on the…
Court: No-phones traffic law does not apply to apps – BBC News
BBC NewsA California law that bans drivers from talking on mobile phones without a hands-free device does not bar them looking at map apps, a court has ruled. The appeals court threw out a traffic…
Man arrested in triple stabbing in Lynnwood – The Seattle Times (blog)
The Seattle Times (blog)UPDATE 10:55 a.m. | A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the stabbings at the mobile home park. Snohomish County sheriff’s spokesman Shari Ireton wrote in a news release: “A…
Justin Bieber, ‘Fraping’ and 50 things we hate about modern life – The Independent
The IndependentThen there’s his army of acerbic Twitter trolls (23) – the Beliebers – each one no doubt the possessor of a Justin Bieber mobile ring tone (3) and, you know, probably a bread maker…
A Mobile Streaming Guide To The 2014 Academy Awards – AppAdvice
A Mobile Streaming Guide To The 2014 Academy AwardsAppAdviceThe 86th Annual Academy Awards arrive on Sunday, March 2 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. Want to see every Best Picture nominee before the…
Google announces dev conferences for Project Ara modular phone kit – Register
RegisterGoogle says it is planning a series of three developer conferences this year in support of Project Ara, the modular mobile phone design being developed by its Motorola Mobility division. Announced last year, Ara is…
IBM seeks mobile apps for Watson – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco ChronicleIBM Corp. is encouraging software developers to build applications on its artificial-intelligence system Watson, looking to data analytics to help reverse falling revenue. IBM will host a mobile developer challenge that urges programmers…
Verizon, T-Mobile endorse smartphone ‘kill switch’ effort – PCWorld
PCWorldExecutives with three U.S. mobile carriers have voiced support for an effort in the U.S. Congress to encourage mobile carriers to offer services to customers that would render smartphones and tablets inoperable if they’re stolen….
IBM’s Rometty makes developers an offer: the Watson mobile app challenge – PCWorld
PCWorldIBM CEO Ginni Rometty took to the Mobile World Congress stage Wednesday to announce a global competition to encourage developers to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by its Watson supercomputer platform. Watson is…
The hottest gadgets at world’s biggest mobile tech show – CNN
CNN(CNN) — Mobile World Congress returned to form this year, with Samsung, Sony, and Huawei all choosing to launch flagship devices in Barcelona. These are my picks from the show: Nokia X. Just months after…
Apple Starts iBeacon Certification Under ‘Made for iPhone’ Program – The Mac Observer
The Mac ObserveriBeacon Apple has begun certifying devices for the “iBeacon” mark under its MFi (“Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad”) licensing program. According to BEEKn, manufacturers can now apply to use Apple’s iBeacon logo on devices that…
Nokia Asha 230 is Nokia’s cheapest yet (hands-on) – CNET
CNETBARCELONA, Spain — Of the new Nokia phones announced at Mobile World Congress, the Nokia Asha 230 is the only one to run the company’s Asha mobile platform. Although this is a decidedly entry-level Asha…
Entrepreneur’s Social-Media Site Is Tailor-Made for Myanmar – Forbes
ForbesWith a background in mobile gaming and social networking, Nguyen is helping to fuel an internet revolution, just as the country starts to build out its 3G networks. Squar was launched last June with seed…
Was WhatsApp really worth the $19 billion price? – VatorNews
VatorNewsFacebook’s purchase of mobile messaging app WhatsApp earlier this week, for a jaw-dropping total of $19 billion, is a big damn deal, to put it mildly. I don’t mean that this is important just for…
Microsoft Targets Global Internet Growth With Cheaper Phones – Bloomberg
BloombergMicrosoft Corp. (MSFT) is accelerating its push into mobile software, adding new hardware manufacturers and joining forces with chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) to develop cheaper smartphones aimed at markets such as China. Microsoft and Qualcomm…
A Right Move After All? Whatsapp Purchase To Expand Facebook’s Consumer … – Al-Bawaba
Al-BawabaA right move after all? Whatsapp purchase to expand Facebook’s consumer base in the Middle East. A right move after all? Whatsapp purchase to expand Facebook’s consumer base in the Middle East. 2.5 5. Published…
WhatsApp Back up After Going Down – Guardian Liberty Voice
Guardian Liberty VoiceWhatsApp The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp is back up after having gone down for three hours on Saturday. The ad-free service had been purchased earlier in the week by Facebook for approximately…
Apple, Samsung fail to reach settlement in US patent infringement case – Business Standard
Business StandardApple and Samsung have reportedly failed to agree on a US patent dispute settlement and will be facing each other again in court on March 31. In a joint filing, the companies said that…
Apple Issues Patch for Security Risk in iOS7 – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalApple released a software update for iOS 7, its mobile operating system, to patch a potential security risk for users of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. In its release, which became available on…
High price for WhatsApp ups ante among big spenders in tech industry – Online Athens
Online AthensSAN FRANCISCO | The $19 billion that Facebook Inc. is paying for a smartphone application, one of the biggest tech deals of all time, made jaws drop even in Silicon Valley, where entrepreneurs tend…
Update your iThings NOW: Apple splats scary SSL snooping bug in iOS – Register
RegisterUpdated2 Apple has updated its mobile operating system iOS to patch a bug that blows apart the integrity of encrypted connections. Versions 7.0.6 and 6.1.6, available now for download, fixes a vulnerability that could allow…
Facebook deal for $19b app no shock to tech execs – Boston Globe
Boston GlobeFacebook’s $19 billion acquisition of the mobile messaging startup WhatsApp was widely labeled a stunner, but the news seemed to surprise no one in local tech circles Thursday. Even the price tag — higher…
Apple Buys App-Testing Company Burstly as Acquisitions Increase – Businessweek
BusinessweekApple Inc. (AAPL:US), speeding up the pace of acquisitions, bought Burstly Inc., a software company that helps developers create smartphone and tablet applications. The deal, first reported by TechCrunch, was confirmed today by Kristin Huguet,…
WhatsApp Free Texting Seen Siphoning $33 Billion From Carriers – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle(See EXT6 for more on the acquisition.) Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc.’s $19 billion purchase of mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp Inc. is a stark reminder of how much money phone carriers are losing…
In Asia, WhatsApp posts mixed message for Facebook – Reuters
ReutersSingapore Feb 21 (Reuters) – WhatsApp may be hugely popular but its forays into Asia, the world’s biggest mobile market, have had mixed success, raising questions about whether it can sustain the explosive growth Facebook…
Fresh Off Super Bowl Launch, Raleigh’s Yillio Preps for Golf’s US Open – ExitEvent
ExitEventThe Raleigh mobile app startup that made a splash with its Super Bowl launch last month announces today its second major event partnership, this time targeting the 400,000 visitors expected to visit Pinehurst and Southern…
HTC Announces Loyalty Program, Offers Free Screen Replacement – Colloquy.com
Colloquy.comNew from mobile hardware producer HTC is the HTC Advantage loyalty program that allows customers who purchase its phones from the company one free screen replacement within the first six months of ownership. In addition…
HTC America Challenges Industry Standards With Innovative Ownership … – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalBELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — HTC America Inc., a leader of mobile innovation, is building upon years of product and design firsts by charting new territory to redefine the mobile experience…
iOS 7.1 could arrive next month with new Mobile Device Management features – TabTimes
TabTimesApple’s next free iOS 7 update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users is expected to fix bugs and enhance a variety of user interface elements, as well as include new Mobile Device Management features….
Smartphone “Kill Switch” Proposed By New Federal Law – The Droid Guy
The Droid GuyThe rise in the number of mobile device theft all across the United States has prompted several Senators to introduce a smartphone kill switch on the federal level. This past Thursday, a proposed…
Mobile, Internet and social media technology embraced worldwide – Deseret News
Mobile, Internet and social media technology embraced worldwideDeseret NewsWhile texting, surfing the Web and checking in via Facebook has become a routine part of life in the United States, emerging nations are also rapidly adopting…
