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It looks like Motorola has snapped up a programming company called 280 North for about $20 million, according to reports. 280 North has been around for two years and it is known for a programming framework known as Cappuccino. This supposedly makes it easier to create rich web applications and Motorola will be using this…
British BlackBerry fans who aren’t fond of the Torch 9800 headed their way, but want something higher-end than the Curve 3G 9300 may be interested to hear that the refreshed BlackBerry Bold R020 (9780) is coming to Vodafone UK according to internal stock files. I’m still a bit confused about the R020 designation we had…
There’s nothing quite like watching your home get robbed from afar on your iPhone with the iCam app, an application that allows you to set up alerts for your smartphone when motion sensors are tripped at your home. Vince Hunter, a Dallas man whose home was burglarized, went on vacation to visit family in Connecticut…
If you want to be like Shia LaBeouf in Wall Street 2 (let’s face it, you do), then you’re going to need to be able to keep track of your stocks on the go. Google is trying to help with this problem and it has just introduced a sleek mobile web version of Google Finance…
According to Chitika, an online ad network, Android users are a better target when it comes to mobile advertising than their iPhone using counterparts. How so, you ask? In a break down of iOS vs. Android ad click rates, Android users clicked on ads 81% more frequently than did iPhone users. Even though Google’s Mobile…
RIM just picked up another company to join the ranks of Chalk Media, QNX, Viigo and Dash Navigation: Cellmania, whose primary business has been in carrier app stores. Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Telus, Telefonica and lots of others have used Cellmania to power their mobile content marketplaces for ringtones, wallpapers, games, apps, and the like.…
Gameloft is offering a new “Try Before Buy” version of their Android games for potential customers that just don’t know if the game is right for them. I don’t know about you, but I consider myself a “Try Before You Buy” kind of guy. The reason for this is simple: I don’t want to buy…
A tip from Verizon has hinted that there are problems at RIM affecting BlackBerry service across the board. This isn’t the first time BlackBerry servers have had a glitch, and it certainly won’t be the last. Every time service goes down like this, folks get worried that relying on RIM’s central infrastructure for work e-mail,…
A smartphone with HSPA+ capabilities for T-Mobile has just passed through the Federal Communications Commission and this looks to be the much-heralded G2. The device came through the FCC as the “HTC PC10100” and it sports 802.11n WiFi, 3G for T-Mobile’s AWS bands and references to HSPA+. We know that T-Mobile has been pushing the…
Google is defending its Android License Server solution for combating app piracy despite the high-profile end-around that has surfaced lately. If you’re not aware, the Android License Server essentially allows developers to authenticate if an app has been legally purchased. If it senses something’s amiss, the developer can cut the user off, offer them the…