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Samsung is trying really hard to go beyond hardware manufacturing. The Korean giant already has its Android UI (TouchWIZ), app store (Samsung Apps), mobile platform (Bada), as well as a number of app/content Hubs like the Gaming Hub, Social Hub and Learning Hub. Like that’s not enough, they also have their own group messaging client…
Lonely Planet announced a series of new country guide apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, including apps covering Italy, Ireland, France, Spain, Australia and Costa Rica. As you can imagine from Lonely Planet apps, each comes with expert content and recommendations as well as detailed maps for the entire country – all of which…
BRAVEN, the company that used to call itself SPAR, launched what it says are “world’s first multi-tasking high-definition Bluetooth speakers with integrated smartphone charger and speakerphone.” There are three speakers in the series, all providing room-filling high-fidelity audio in a sleek design that delivers “unprecedented battery life.” Moreover, each allows users to charge USB devices…
Ice Age Village has been on the market for 10 days and it has been already downloaded more than 5 million times. Moreover, the game took the #1 ranking in the App Store’s Top Free Games category in over 50 countries for iPhone and over 90 countries for iPad; while also joining the App Stores’…
According to new report from Juniper Research, the number of consumers using mobile handsets to make person to person (P2P) domestic money transfers will reach 340 million by 2016, up from 84 million in 2011. The study titled “Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances” suggests that Safaricom’s MPESA service in Kenya inspired both network operators and…
Although there’s no single LTE connection in Brazil at the moment, Pyramid predicts there will be more than 18 million 4G users in the country by the end of 2015. Moreover, this prediction comes despite operators’ skepticism on the Brazil’s preparedness for the technology, which [skepticism] comes from the fact that 3G has yet to…
As part of the strategy to enhance its standing in the mobile commerce market, Intuit has acquired AisleBuyer, a startup whose service allows consumers to skip the lines and order products directly from the merchant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but BostInno thinks Intuit has paid some $100 million for the company. Moreover,…
Annyeong Chingu. I’ve been in Seoul for the last few days visiting friends, checking out the sites and meeting with some of the largest companies in mobile. Needless to say, it’s been an interesting time and smartphones and mobile technology have played a large role so far. Korea is somewhat rare in that most of…
When Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, announced that he was going to bet the farm on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, the world stood still for a moment in disbelief. Did he make the right decision? According to Europe’s wireless operators, the answer is no. Four operators were interviewed by Retuers, here’s what one said: “No one…
What happens when you land in a new city and you can’t read any of the posted signs since you don’t understand the local language? For most folks, they stop and ask the locals, but geeks don’t like human contact, so they invent technology to help them solve their issues. Enter Google. Back in February…