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It’s been a long and drawn out battle between Oracle and Google, and now we finally have a verdict concerning whether Google really did infringe on Oracle’s patents with its Android operating system. The jury has decided that Google has not infringed on Oracle’s patents, which is a surprising win for the search giant. The…
We knew it was coming, and yesterday Microsoft turned off access to the Windows Phone Marketplace for devices that aren’t running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Microsoft made the move because it wanted only devices with the added security and performance enhancements built into Marketplace Windows Phone 7.5 to access the Market. Further, making Windows Phone…
Thanks in large part to its iPad tablet computer, Apple has been crowned the king in mobile PC sales, according to an NPD report. NPD defines mobile PCs as tablet and laptop computers, the latter of which has been completely dominated by Apple’s iPad line of devices. Apple is estimated to have sold a whopping 17.2…
If you happen to be an IBM’er who owns an iPhone, you will no longer be able to use Siri, at least while in the office. Facing growing privacy concerns pertaining to the “bring your own device (BYOD)” trend, many companies are attempting to figure out ways to ensure private company data is protected. Several…
Nokia’s 41 megapixel monster, the PureView 808, is going to hit the market at the end of this month. How do you launch a product and get the attention of the press? By holding a party with an open bar! The guys at Nokialino, an Italian Nokia fan site, were at such a party, and…
Samsung Galaxy S III won’t be the only device launching this year with the new quad-core Exynos processor. Sammy’s Galaxy Note 10.1 will join the trend and will also get a dedicated S Pen slot, which we haven’t seen at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. of course, that slot will make stylus that much smaller,…
Samsung’s 2012 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, was announced three weeks ago in London. It’s going to go on sale next week, on the 29th to be precise, but someone in Dubai apparently didn’t get the memo. Yousuf Lootah reached out to The Verge to tell them that he’s successfully purchased a Galaxy S…
People give me a lot of shit for saying that Windows Phone, in its current incarnation, is not a smartphone platform I’d recommend to others. In fact, every time I write about a Nokia Lumia device I get pelted with comments from mentally ill fanbois who say things like “you should never write about phones…
British retailer Phones 4U has a special offer for folks who want to pre-order the brand new Samsung Galaxy S III. Aside from listing pretty cool plans from few major carriers (more on that in a second), it’s also bundling 32GB microSD card and Genuine Samsung case with the phone purchase. Pretty sweet, right? Sammy’s…
To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Fruit Ninja launch, Halfbrick will update its flagship game on May 24th. New version, which initially will target iOS users, will bring a number of features, including the time-increasing peach as well as “highly explosive” berries. Moreover, fictional “Starfruit” will be added to the mix to be used…