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Everywhere I go in San Francisco, I’m bombarded by ads for eBay’s mobile initiatives and it even opened up a pop-up store over the holidays where users could scan and buy products that were then shipped to their houses. The company is really pushing into the mobile space in a big way but this is…
The Android development team listened to all the high-profile complaints about Android’s less-than-stellar UI and responded with the Android Design website. The team worked hard to improve the UI framework in Android 4.0 and is now giving developers the tools they need to create beautiful apps. To help developers adopt these sound design principles, the Android team launched a…
Just when you thought this LightSquared situation with the feds couldn’t get any weirder, think again. For months, LightSquared has been trying to close a 15-year agreement it struck with Sprint in an effort to roll out a new LTE network. Well, it turns out such a delay by the FCC may be due to…
Many of you have been patiently waiting for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and while it’s not available until February, we got a chance to check it out at CES 2012. This finally brings native e-mail, calendar and improved Bridge features, so take a look at the video below to see if it has been…
It’s one thing to have some of your customers want to switch to a different brand. It’s another thing to have three-quarters of your customers unsatisfied and planning to make the switch. What company could possibly have 75% of its mobile phone users plotting to abandon it? You guessed it: RIM. According to data from Drippler,…
Currently a leading smartphone manufacturer in Japan, Fujitsu is now looking for the most suitable way to enter the North American smartphone market. Fujitsu makes both Android and Windows Phone devices and that’s not about to change. A unique approach to hardware could be enough to gain prominence in a very crowded and complex territory,…
Sony announced that its Music Unlimited streaming music service will finally make its way to iOS at some point this quarter. This streaming music app has been available for Android and PCs for a while now. The iOS version of the app will bring offline caching for subscribers to Sony’s service, allowing them to save…
Are you unsatisfied with the battery life of your 4G LTE smartphone? Now is your chance to give it a boost. Verizon is chopping 50 percent off batteries for its full range of 4G LTE phones. Once $49.99, each battery is now on sale for just $24.99 — a good price if you consider how ridiculously…
Target and Apple are partnering up to bring mini-Apple stores into Target stores. These Apple stores would be dedicated departments to shop for all Apple products without having to navigate around the store. The Apple departments would initially be in 25 Target locations, but if proven a success, it’s very likely we’ll see a nationwide rollout.…
The Obama administration took time away from its busy schedule of resurrecting the economy, fighting the war on terror, and preparing for that 2012 reelection thing. For what, you ask? Addressing a citizens right to record the public conduct of government officials with a cell phone. Bam’s administration recently weighed in on a Baltimore, Maryland case that…