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Okay, I’m convinced. The future is now! Either that or the world is really ending in 2012. Time will tell. DDB Mexico has recently put on a campaign for Mexican internet company Terra, which gives dog owners the opportunity to trade in bags of dog poop to an electric receptacle that will grant the dog…
Two large court cases in the music industry are all set to go to trial. Though not normally the type of stuff we cover on IntoMobile, at least one of the cases has a potentially large impact on Apple. The first case involves Eminem’s producers, who took Aftermath Records to court back in 2010 to determine…
Nokia has just announced via a press release that it is taking multiple legal actions to protect patents it feels are violated by HTC, RIM, and Viewsonic. In the US, the Finnish handset maker has filed a complaint to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against HTC, as well as patent infringement lawsuits against HTC…
When it comes to app stores, nobody can argue that quality is much more important than quantity; we generally don’t want to install useless applications on our devices. Microsoft has announced via a blog post that they’re actively working to improve the quality of applications available on the Windows Phone Marketplace, and will soon roll…
Yesterday, we reported that Research in Motion was reportedly behind the Wake Up flashmob that took Apple’s Sydney, Australia store by storm last week. While many believed it was Samsung behind the campaign to promote the imminent unveiling of the Galaxy S III superphone being unveiled on Thursday in London, RIM has officially named themselves…
Dreams of a gold-plated Lumia 900 with sapphire accents running Windows Phone 8 are gone for good. Reports from The Financial Times this morning show that the Finnish handset maker is selling its luxury Vertu unit, which handmade some of the world’s most expensive phones at around €250,000 a piece. Unnamed sources suggest that Nokia is…
RIM has fully embraced the boring black slab with the BlackBerry 10 Alpha Developer’s phone. CrackBerry has gotten their hands on some leaked images of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 Alpha, the developer-only handset that RIM will be unveiling later this week at BlackBerry Jam and BlackBerry World. Once the handset is unveiled, we should get some…
Multitasking is a bit of a chore on the iPad. Users must double-tap the home button in order to switch between applications. While certainly not complicated by any stretch, many users out there are looking for alternative solutions for fully embracing the Post-PC era that Apple is hoping to usher in while still maintaining some…
Last week, a company paid for a “Wake Up” protest to be held in front of an Apple Store in Sydney Australia. Reports immediately swept the internet that Samsung was behind the campaign. A Samsung-backed Wake Up protest certainly made sense, as Samsung has been very loudly biting at Apple with its “Dude, you’re a…
Anyone who has been following the LightSquared case closely knows that the company is just one bad move away from Chapter 11. LightSquared is seeking a one-week extension on a debt-terms violations waiver that expires this morning, so the company can negotiate a longer-term extension that will cover the company for 18 to 24 months.…