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Motorola Mobility has confirmed that it has begun the process of acquiring 4Home, a software development firm that specializes in connected home services. The company develops ControlPoint, a software platform used for home energy management, home security, home monitoring, media management and home health services. Motorola is presumably purchasing the company so it can integrate…
Apple is reportedly demoing an iPod-based point-of-sale system in select Old Navy stores during the holiday season. The system uses an iPod touch as a mobile terminal and is similar to the EasyPay POS system now used in Apple’s retail stores. It is reportedly being bundled and re-branded as “ZipCheck” by the Cupertino company. Rather than make…
Android users with a Google Reader account can say goodbye to the web interface and hello to a dedicated application. In a short but sweet blog post, Google confirmed that the official Reader app is now available for free from the Android Market. The app interface is a great improvement over the web-based experience that mobile…
The ChevronWP7 team announced today that it has discontinued its Windows Phone unlocking tool. The announcement followed a meeting with Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone 7. The team behind ChevronWP7 reportedly had a frank discussion with Microsoft over state of homebrew app development and the controversy surrounding the ability to unlock…
Verizon confirmed that it will launch its LTE network on December 5th. The wireless carrier will kick off its 4G campaign by rolling out the high-speed mobile broadband service in 38 cities and 60 airports this Sunday. The service will blanket 110 million people at launch. Southern California will be its largest launch market with coverage…
Rovio confirmed this morning that its highly anticipated Christmas version of Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, is now available for Android and iOS. The Android version is available now from the Android Market or GetJar for free. This version is still ad-supported but Rovio confirms that it is working on a paid version of Angry…
Spotted earlier in the wild, the LG Star is expected to be one of the first dual-core Android handsets from the Korean manufacturer. Though we have seen some pretty polaroids of the handset, the full specifications are still unknown. In addition to its Tegra 2 processor, the Star is thought to include a 4-inch display, an 8-megapixel camera…
A recent ChangeWave survey suggests the Apple iPad is gaining ground on the Amazon Kindle. Long the leader in the eReader market, the Amazon Kindle is slowly beginning to drop from its top spot as a mobile reading device. In a survey of 2,800 respondents, the number of Kindle owners dwindled from 68% in February…
Held in high esteem due to its BlackBerry-like portrait QWERTY keyboard, the Dell Venue Pro has had a rather inglorious launch when it went on sale with Microsoft on November 8th. The handset hit the wild in early November and was quickly plagued with reports of poor WiFi connectivity, units shipping with engineering sample batteries,…
Verizon must have been in a rush to bring its holiday marketing materials to the masses and skipped the oh-so-important step of proofing each graphic for accuracy. In two recent holiday marketing campaigns, the wireless carrier has made some glaringly obvious and roaring hilarious mistakes with its cell phone mock-ups. In a recent online holiday…