If you happen to be an IBM’er who owns an iPhone, you will no longer be able to use Siri, at least while in the office. Facing growing privacy concerns pertaining to the “bring your own device (BYOD)” trend, many companies are attempting to figure out ways to ensure private company data is protected. Several…
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Nokia Italy: Symbian Carla was cancelled, Symbian Belle FP2 to be the last version
Nokia’s 41 megapixel monster, the PureView 808, is going to hit the market at the end of this month. How do you launch a product and get the attention of the press? By holding a party with an open bar! The guys at Nokialino, an Italian Nokia fan site, were at such a party, and…
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to ship with quad-core Exynos CPU, S Pen slot
Samsung Galaxy S III won’t be the only device launching this year with the new quad-core Exynos processor. Sammy’s Galaxy Note 10.1 will join the trend and will also get a dedicated S Pen slot, which we haven’t seen at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. of course, that slot will make stylus that much smaller,…
Facebook to drive mobile app installs through its App Center
Facebook is hoping to drive mobile app installs via its recently launched App Center. In a dedicated post, software engineer Brent Goldman explained how this scheme will work. Before that he mentioned that Facebook is already integrated in a number of mobile apps, with 7 of the top 10 grossing iOS apps and 5 of…
Other Motorola executives heading for the exit, too
Sanjay Jha won’t be the only executive leaving Motorola after it has been acquired by Google, with several other folks leaving as well. Among the folks following Jha’s footsteps are strategy chief John Bucher, Senior VP Alain Mutricy, supply chain head Mike Fleming, chief marketer Bill Ogle, HR head Scott Crum, operating chief Juergen Stark,…
Samsung’s Galaxy S III is being sold in Dubai before the official launch
Samsung’s 2012 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, was announced three weeks ago in London. It’s going to go on sale next week, on the 29th to be precise, but someone in Dubai apparently didn’t get the memo. Yousuf Lootah reached out to The Verge to tell them that he’s successfully purchased a Galaxy S…
Thinking about getting the Nokia Lumia 900? Watch this video first!
People give me a lot of shit for saying that Windows Phone, in its current incarnation, is not a smartphone platform I’d recommend to others. In fact, every time I write about a Nokia Lumia device I get pelted with comments from mentally ill fanbois who say things like “you should never write about phones…
OmniVision announces a new 16 megapixel camera sensor for smartphones
OmniVision, one of the leading suppliers of image sensors for mobile phones, has announced two new products today: the OV16820 and the OV16825. They have the same specifications, except that the former uses a “ceramic land grid array (CLGA) package” while the latter is available in “die form”. We wish we knew what that meant,…
UK: Phones 4U offers free 32GB microSD card and case with Samsung Galaxy S III
British retailer Phones 4U has a special offer for folks who want to pre-order the brand new Samsung Galaxy S III. Aside from listing pretty cool plans from few major carriers (more on that in a second), it’s also bundling 32GB microSD card and Genuine Samsung case with the phone purchase. Pretty sweet, right? Sammy’s…
Fruit Ninja for iOS getting “Mega” update on May 24th
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Fruit Ninja launch, Halfbrick will update its flagship game on May 24th. New version, which initially will target iOS users, will bring a number of features, including the time-increasing peach as well as “highly explosive” berries. Moreover, fictional “Starfruit” will be added to the mix to be used…









