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The number of employees bringing their own devices (BYOD) to the workplace has grown exponentially in recent years; a full 80% of employed adults use some kind of personal device (smartphones, tablets, or PCs) for work-related functions. While a large proportion of this 80% is likely attributed to personal computers, the ushering in of the…
Though I’ve only been to Austin once, in just a short time it has propelled itself to my short list of favorite American cities. On my bucket list this year was a trip down to Austin for the illustrious South by Southwest, the music, film, and recently startup and application launch/promotion conference which takes place March 9th…
Just two short weeks ago, a big hullabaloo was made when Apple’s stock hit the illustrious $500 per share mark. As of 1:00 PM CST today, Apple is sitting right around $544 per share, sending the Cupertino company’s net worth north of $500 Billion dollars for the first time in its history. This from a…
Windows Phone 8 is going dual-core, according to a report from The Verge. Qualcomm indicated that the Windows Phone development team is currently testing its Snapdragon S4 system on a chip in a device to be released later this year. As you may recall, Windows Phone 8 “Apollo” is rumored to add support for multi-core…
Marin’s live at the Windows 8 Consumer Preview event in Barcelona, and is bringing you all the goods from the event to the IntoMobile twitter account. Microsoft has made the Consumer Preview available for download to the general public, and those brave enough to test the new operating systems on their PCs can do so…
Apple is all set to official unveil the iPad 3 next week. The Verge and other publications just received an invitation to the announcement event, which will take place on March 7th at 10am PST in San Francisco. The iPad 3 is widely expected to be a huge leap forward for Apple, with significant hardware improvements over…
The legal battles continue between Apple and handset makers which manufacture devices that run Google’s Android operating system, with a multitude of court cases popping up around the world. Soon, however, Google and Apple could find themselves unlikely partners, jointly fighting a mapping technology patent owned by Florida-based Panomap Technologies. Apple is the only company…
Rumors surrounding Apple’s hotly-anticipated iPad 3 have surfaced around the internet today. Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo (via Macrumors) unearthed a potential pricing sheet for Apple’s upcoming tablet, which brought with it a bit of a surprise when it comes to price. According to the post, the iPad 2 will retain the price points it currently…
According to a Wall Street Journal report, AT&T may soon test a new service that would provide app makers the opportunity to pay AT&T for subscriber’s data usage. Yes, you read that right. AT&T wants app makers to give it money for the data AT&T customers use while using the developer’s applications. Before you start to…
Microsoft has taken to its blog to detail the upcoming Tango update, which is largely believed to be a minor update to the Windows 7.5 Mango platform currently available on Windows Phone devices. Tango is the platform that will be preloaded on Nokia’s recently announced entry-level Lumia 610 and ZTE Orbit devices, which are due…