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One of the bigger pieces of news hitting the wires today has processor design firm ARM Holdings announcing that Microsoft is the latest company to license ARM architecture. Like Apple and Samsung before it, Microsoft is licensing ARM architecture so that the company can take ARM processing cores and customize them for their own use.…
NFC-enabled mobile payments may be waiting for a miracle to happen for a wider adoption in the western hemisphere, but they are already being used by high-tech folks living in Japan and South Korea. Like that’s not enough, we now have SK Telecom joining forces with Japan’s KDDI and SoftBank Mobile to develop an interoperable…
The Audit Bureau of Circulations’ interactive unit, ABCi, is teaming-up with Handmark to provide audited mobile usage statistics for publishers and advertisers. The move comes after ABCi has reviewed Handmark’s mobile application platform, confirming it meets the necessary prerequisites as part of the ABCi audit process. So what’s the point of this partnership and why…
HID Global and INSIDE Contactless are extending their long standing partnership to bring iCLASS access control and identity credentials to NFC-enabled mobile phones, in a move that will enable potential substitution of numerous plastic cards for a variety of commercial and consumer identity applications. Usually we wouldn’t care about such a news, but when we…
Telmap announced that it will be adding Lonely Planet content to its location-based solution offering. Initially, Lonely Planet information is available in South Africa and will hit additional markets in the future. As you may know, Lonely Planet produces various travel-related guides and articles, covering tens of thousands of destinations, over 800 cities and regions…
BMW and Apple are joining forces to integrate the iPhone’s iOS 4 “iPod Out” feature into the “Ultimate Driving Machine.” The German car maker has announced that it will support the new iOS 4 feature, which allows you to output the iPod music player interface to an external display – like a BMW or Mini…
Provider of the location-based platform and services (they call it “Core Location Platform”), Skyhook Wireless, announced a new client – Samsung, which will use their technology in a range of handsets. First in line is the Bada-powered Wave that will get the “most precise, reliable, and fastest location information available.” As you probably know, location-based…
Opera Software, which is already dominating the Russian mobile web browser market, announced that MegaFon will extend its special package “Unlimited Internet with Opera Mini” to all Russian territories. Initially, the operator launched the package in Moscow region in September 2009, allowing people to browse the web through Opera Mini without any limits for just…
Quiznos is teaming up with Layar to provide users of the popular augmented reality app with an easy way to locate nearby Quiznos restaurants. In addition to just locating a nearby Quiznos place, there will be the special deals available for Layar users, as well as the ability to connect with other Quiznos fans. U.S.-based…
The rumors were true – Toshiba and Fujitsu are merging their mobile phone businesses in a move that will create Japan’s second largest handset maker, after Sharp — the new company will hold 18.7% of the market, whereas Sharp has a 26.2% share. In addition to straightening their position on the domestic market, the two…