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Google is making some sweeping privacy changes to better integrate its products into a single, unified product and this will also include Android, the company said in a blog post. If you don’t like it, it’s too bad because the privacy changes won’t have an opt-out option. Basically, starting March 1, whenever you sign into…
Apple had even more to say about its record-breaking Q1 2012 earnings in its quarterly earnings call. Apple CEO Tim Cook attributes the all-time high of 37 million iPhones sold last quarter to “breath-taking customer reception” of the new iPhone 4S, which was introduced in October of 2011. It would seem “breath-taking customer reception” just…
Nokia just got slapped with a $57,000 fine for spam texting Australian customers. The world’s largest maker of mobile phones agreed to the payment after being investigated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), according to a statement on the government entity’s website. The ACMA is responsible for regulating Australia’s Spam Act, which makes it…
Apple just announced its Q1 2012 earnings with big numbers and big profits. The company made a record $46.33 billion in revenue and a record net profit of $13.06 billion — in a single quarter. The introduction of the iPhone 4S and the continued success of the iPad 2 really helped to boost its numbers…
We’ve covered shopkick before and think it’s a cool way to use smartphone technology to help you shop but the company has just released some new usage numbers and it looks like it is really gaining traction. There are now more than 3 million active users and the service has had 1 billion in-app deals…
We all know that tablets are blowing up in coffee shops and in planes but a new study from Cisco suggests that these devices will play an ever-increasing role with businesses. The study surveyed the tablet opinions of 1,500 IT managers and executives in multiple countries about their opinions on tablets in the workplace and…
Kristen Schaal is back to show the world how she plays Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 with the Xperia Play in a new ad. Still, it’s a bit hard to sit back and watch new ads for essentially the same phone that was saw back in May of 2011. It’s a bit hard to really try…
Apple gains another notch on its belt by becoming the largest chip (semiconductor) purchaser in the world, beating out Samsung for the top spot, according to data from Gartner. The Cupertino-based company spent $17.3 billion on semiconductors in 2011, which catapulted it up to a 5.7 percent total share of chip purchasing. Rounding out last years…
One of the banes of my existence has been the Microsoft Point system that’s used to purchase anything digital from a number of Microsoft’s online marketplaces including Zune, Xbox Live Marketplace, and Windows Phone Marketplace. According to a recent rumor published by insidemobileapps.com, it looks like Microsoft may finally be listening to its customers and…
Research In Motion has a new CEO but you can be pretty sure that its 2012 roadmap will remain the same unless something dramatic happens. Well, the spies over at BGR have got their hands on what the BlackBerry maker will reportedly release over the next 15 months and I’d be lying if I said…