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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…
In March, Spaceport.io released part one of its study of HTML5 performance on iOS and Android and concluded that iOS smokes the competition in this regard. Today, it released part two, which compares HTML5 performance on mobile devices to the desktop web. Spaceport.io found that on average, the very best smartphones run HTML5 content 8x…
Target announced that it will be bringing the mobile-shopping enhancement system shopkick to its stores nationwide. We’ve covered shopkick multiple times before and think it’s a very interesting way to augment the in-store experience. Basically, it rewards users with virtual currency for actually visiting stores and these can be redeemed for discounts on products or…
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,…
Facebook is hoping to drive mobile app installs via its recently launched App Center. In a dedicated post, software engineer Brent Goldman explained how this scheme will work. Before that he mentioned that Facebook is already integrated in a number of mobile apps, with 7 of the top 10 grossing iOS apps and 5 of…
Sanjay Jha won’t be the only executive leaving Motorola after it has been acquired by Google, with several other folks leaving as well. Among the folks following Jha’s footsteps are strategy chief John Bucher, Senior VP Alain Mutricy, supply chain head Mike Fleming, chief marketer Bill Ogle, HR head Scott Crum, operating chief Juergen Stark,…
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…