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Let’s face it: these smartphones are less phones and are becoming mini-computers in our pockets. But with that computing power also comes the threat of viruses and it an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal which shows how the carriers and handset makers are beefing up mobile security. “Right now it is a daily…
Path has been one slick photo-sharing app so far. It allows you to snap photos with your iPhone and share them with your closest friends rather than broadcasting to the entire planet. Its interface is clean and simple to use, and the app itself is fast and isn’t much of a battery hog. Now the…
We know that Verizon will be making a big splash at CES with its 4G LTE smartphones and tablets but T-Mobile will also be pushing its 4G network, too. In fact, T-Mobile will be outlining its plans to upgrade its network to HSPA+42, which could provide double the download speeds. T-Mobile senior director of engineering…
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, former Nokia CEO, has been living quite the mundane life these days as Stephen Elop, former Microsoft exec, has taken over the show in Espoo. So what does a man do after 30 years of service to a company and then getting shafted for poor performance? Relaxing, apparently. OPK, as he’s often referred…
Thanks in part to the success of the iPhone 4 and the iPad, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was named the Person of the Year by the Financial Times. When you look at the numbers, there’s no choice but to agree. Steve Jobs introduced the iPad in January and it single-handedly sparked off the tablet revolution…
If there is one social network that came out of nowhere during the past few years to become one of the most talked about services this side of the moon it’s most definitely Twitter. Thanks to the way the service was built anyone could build a client to interact with their backend, freeing you from…
I Am Rich, Pocket God, and Fruit Ninja, three popular iOS games, are all landing on Windows Phone. The trio of games are an exciting addition to the Windows Phone marketplace which has now climbed to over 3,000 applications. While each game is notable on its own, the fact that all three have landed on…
The previous 12 months have seen the mobile space grow by leaps and bounds as superphones went from being rarities to being fairly commonplace these days, next-generation 4G wireless networks are actually being deployed to a certain extent, and on-the-go video chatting is changing our expectations of what we can do with our smartphones. We…
Like it or not, HSPA+ can now officially be called a 4G technology after the International Telecommunications Union decided that the advanced 3G technology, along with LTE and WiMAX, can use the catchy marketing term when describing modern networks. Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the largest providers of infrastructure equipment next to Ericsson and Huawei,…
That HTC has become quite the tease lately. First, the company (in all likelihood) leaked some shots to various tech site. Now, the handset maker has launched a 4G site which teases a new handset coming out Jan. 6. The site touts HTC’s history in this space: there’s a picture of the EVO 4G with…