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Unity Technologies has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to collaborate on development tools for Windows Phone 8, as well as Windows 8 and Xbox One games console (though the second thing is not the part we necessarily care about). Under the deal, Unity Pro 4 licensed developers will get a free license for the…
Apple is apparently talking to SK Telecom to launch an LTE-Advanced-enabled iPhone in South Korea. That, obviously, would be the upcoming iPhone 5S which is slated to be released later in the year. By relying on the carrier aggregation technology, LTE-Advanced enables downloads over multiple radio channels at the same time, providing users with “faster…
Apple has been hard at work striking deals with record companies over the last week, with Sony Music Entertainment being the latest to jump on board yesterday afternoon. The record company deals allude to the release of Apple’s rumored iRadio service, which will be a streaming music service similar to that of Pandora and Google…
Kaspersky Lab has teamed-up with Qualcomm to pre-install its anti-virus software on Snapdragon-powered Android devices. Under the deal, vendors using Qualcomm’s chips will get special terms to offer Kaspersky’s software preloaded on their devices. In that sense, we expect to see both Kaspersky Mobile Security and Kaspersky Tablet Security solutions installed on many of the…
Wi-Fi roaming provider Boingo Wireless is teaming-up with AT&T to allow the carrier’s customers using the AT&T Wi-Fi International app to access Wi-Fi hotspots all around the world. A total of 1GB of free Wi-Fi per month is included in the deal at no additional charge for AT&T subscribers (with an appropriate plan); in return,…
Qualcomm’s wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies has been working with Facebook to optimize Facebook Home and Facebook for Android across all Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. According to Qualcomm’s press release, these optimizations are designed to enable better overall performance, lower power consumption and improved data efficiency for consumers using Facebook Home and Facebook for Android. In that…
Samsung is teaming-up with Mozilla to help it make Servo, its next-gen browser engine that supports multi-core processors. The problem today’s mobile web browsers have is that they don’t use all the processing power modern smartphones and tablets have. WebGL, which uses the graphics processor; and HTML5 Web Workers, which bring a multi-threading approach to…
Verizon is teaming-up with Delphi to provide its customers who care a lot about their cars with the Vehicle Diagnostic System. If you’re a car nut or a small business which could benefit from something like this, you may want to try this out to always know what’s happening with your vehicle. In order to…
ZTE is teaming-up with NCC Group’s Intrepidus — which is a leading provider of mobile application and device security services — to (obviously) make its smartphones (and tablets) more secure. Under the deal, Intrepidus will evaluate the security mechanisms of ZTE-made smartphones, including identifying potential vulnerabilities; conducting penetration testing of ZTE device management interfaces and…
Dreamworks Animations is teaming-up with experts from Rovio to promote its upcoming animated film “The Croods,” the famous Angry Birds maker has announced. The film’s story follows Grug, a prehistoric era cavemen as he’s trying to save his family from the fast-changing world. Everything starts with an earthquake ravaging the poor man’s home, and now…