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Swype, the unique software keyboard for Android, released a beta today with support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Galaxy Nexus owners and anyone else lucky enough to be running ICS at this point now have another alternative to typing on Android’s stock keyboard. In addition to Ice Cream Sandwich support, the beta version of…
Once Path issued an apology for violating users’ privacy by sending their address book information to its servers, people turned to and blamed Apple for even allowing this to happen. Apple has finally publicly responded by saying apps will soon require users’ permission to access contact data. “Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact…
Verizon Wireless and AT&T today announced that they are expanding their 4G LTE coverage to new areas of the United States. Verizon’s 4G LTE is moving into Rapid City, South Dakota starting tomorrow, February 16th and AT&T is moving into Durham, North Carolina, effective immediately. Each carrier obviously promises faster data connectivity and download speeds…
Facebook is updating its Windows Phone app to version 2.3 today with new features, bug fixes, and some redesigned features. It brings Facebook Pages, Groups, the ability to view likes, news feed filters, banner images, and privacy settings for individual posts to your WP7 device. Aside from new stuff, Facebook redesigned profile pages and panoramas…
European antitrust regulators granted Google its blessing to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google is now one step closer to getting complete access to Motorola Mobility’s expansive portfolio of 17,000 patents with the hope to better defend Android from frequent infringement lawsuits. This marks a major milestone in the acquisition process. Since Google would…
Ask anyone in the technology industry about where they think the future of mobile payments is headed and they’ll all probably give the same answer: near-field communication. PayPal has been a successful pioneer in online payments but it disagrees that the future of mobile payment will rest with NFC. That’s somewhat of a contrary view,…
Ever wonder why when you walk into a carrier store, they always subtly (or in some cases, not so subtly) try to push you toward buying an Android device? The reason is because even though Apple requires a grandiose display of the iPhone, carriers make much more money off of Android phones. Carriers pay Apple…
Flash back to 2009: You just bought a brand new Motorola Droid, the first phone to run Android 2.0 and one of the very first Android handsets to successfully compete with the iPhone. Your friend, however, decided to buy a recently released iPhone 3GS. Now jump ahead to the present: You and your friend still…
The Urbanspoon iPhone app has evolved from a simple tool for finding a restaurant nearby to a full-fledged service that caters to your entire dining experience. Users can explore nearby restaurants, use the classic shaker to help narrow it down, connect with friends and more. It should come as no surprise then that Urbanspoon has…
Symantec detailed a new case of mobile malware called Android.Bmaster and this is one nasty piece of work. Its target is mainly Android users on Chinese networks, though the malicious software has been found on other networks as well. It lurks on a third-party marketplace, which is good news for people who strictly use the…