Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabong Edition

Feb 04, 2012 No Comments

Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a “global strategic alliance” with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets… Tweet This Post

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Mobile Miscellany: week of January 30th, 2012

Feb 04, 2012 No Comments

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This week, we’ve spotted a leaked Android 4.0.4 ROM for the Nexus S 4G, and we’ve also come across a price and release date for [...]

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Fujitsu announces Stylistic Android tablet for taking care of business, working overtime

Feb 04, 2012 No Comments

The BlackBerry PlayBook blues got you down? Fujitsu thinks you should consider riding the Android train to work. The company today announced the awkwardly named Stylistic M350/CA2 Android tablet, a seven-inch enterprise-focused slate aimed at folks looking for a sales terminal, catalog displayer or e-reader… Tweet This Post

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Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come?

Feb 04, 2012 No Comments

It’s a little stunning to contemplate how wrong things have gone for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in just the first month of 2012, as the company hopes to put a disastrous January in the rear-view mirror with perhaps another tear-jerking Super Bowl ad this Sunday… Tweet This Post

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Google TV 3.2 update enhances HLS video streaming support, Plex update takes advantage

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

The Google TV update that rolled out to Sony units earlier this week (no word on the Revue, yet) brought tweaks to Chrome and support for Blu-ray 3D playback on the player, but that’s not all. The bump to Android 3… Tweet This Post

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ComScore: Android and iOS gallop ahead, US smartphone usage approaches 100 million

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

The latest report is in from ComScore, and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple. Both companies platforms charted some worthwhile month-over-month gains, as Android is estimated to account for 47… Tweet This Post

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Canalys: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Overtake PC/Tablet Market

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

Even if you throw the exploding tablet market in with the staid PC market, shipments of smartphones surpassed those of “client PCs” in 2011, a milestone for the computer industry. New data released by Canalys shows that smartphone vendors shipped 488 million smartphones during 2011, a 62… Tweet This Post

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Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

Yahoo may be sliding down the search engine totem pole, but the company is doing its best to climb back up, with a new space dedicated to apps. This week, Yahoo added a new “Apps” tab to its search page, giving users a new portal into both the Android Market and iTunes App Store… Tweet [...]

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U.S. Government Developing Android Phones, Promises Quick Software Updates

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

The U.S. government likes to do things its own way. Along those lines, it has decided to embrace Android as a smartphone platform for soldiers and other government employees because of the control it can exert over the software, which in turn underscores how much control Android partners have over the software… Tweet This Post

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Dropbox offers up to 5GB of free space to anyone willing to go beta

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

Here’s some good news for all you Dropboxers out there: the company is offering a bundle of free storage space to anyone who tries the beta version of its new Experimental software. It’s really quite simple: just download the test program, upload a photo, and instantly get 500MB of free storage… Tweet This Post

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Hiroshi Ishiguro’s android mannequin creeps out Japanese shoppers (video)

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

If you didn’t think mannequins were creepy enough already, maybe this will change your mind. In an attempt to lure shoppers, Japanese department store Takashimiya installed an eerily lifelike interactive robot for its Valentine’s window display… Tweet This Post

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Google’s Bouncer For Android Shows Malware Apps the Door

Feb 03, 2012 No Comments

Bouncer scanning software, developed by Google, is designed to search the Android market for software that could be malicious, the company announced Thursday on its blog. With the success of Android this year, the company says it wants to protect its many users and their devices from harm… Tweet This Post

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