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On the heels of the recently updated Android app, Skype launched a new version of its iOS app. Since it’s version 4.0, we would expect a number of changes; however, that’s not the case here, with this release rather including many under-the-hood bug fixes. Here’s what’s new: The only new feature is the ability to…
After Panasonic and Fujitsu, one other Japanese handset maker is going for the rest of the world – NEC, which along with Casio and Hitachi mobile divisions formed NEC Casio Mobile Communications in 2010 and is now the second largest phone maker in Japan. Their new device, NEC Medias 101T, has been caught at the…
GREE launched Dino Life for Android, which is the first game coming from their recently opened San Francisco studio. Similarly to many other social games, Dino Life too is free to download, bringing players into a prehistoric world where dinosaurs and cavemen live in peaceful co-existence. The official game pitch goes like this (from the…
Twilio, cloud communications provider we covered for few times in the past, is bringing its voice and messaging APIs to Windows Azure customers. As a result, developers whose apps require features such as interactive voice response, mobile app distribution via SMS, call automation or two-factor authentication, will be able to use Twilio’s REST API to…
Building a 4G LTE network is expensive, but it’s also relatively cheap compared to building out a wired network, especially when that network consists of people who live in rural communities. Copper isn’t exactly a budget material, and fiber optic cables are simply out of the question, so what do people who want to live…
Jorma Ollila (pictured above, right) has been with Nokia for 27 years and many Finnish people say he’s the guy that put the country on the map. His decision to transition the company from making cables to making mobile phones made Nokia into the world’s largest handset company. They lost that title in Q1 2012…
Next month is going be brutal for technology reporters. Apple is holding their annual Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11th, Google is holding their annual I/O event on June 27th, and now Microsoft has just announced the Windows Phone Developer Summit, due to kick off on June 20th. It’ll take place in San Francisco, and…
Samsung has just announced that they’ve sold 2 million Galaxy Notes just 5 months after bringing the product to their home market. To give you an idea of how impressive that is, South Korea is a country that’s home to roughly 49 million people. In other words, 4% of the country decided to spend their…
The BlackBerry form factor, better known as portrait QWERTY, doesn’t get a lot of love these days from handset vendors. Nearly every major device that’s been announced during the past half decade has just a giant slab of glass. What are people who want to use their thumbs going to do? Enter the Huawei M660.…
I know … I know sites always talk about how much mobile technology is growing, but if you consider the reach it has with kids you’ll understand. According to eMarketer, 15 percent of kids under the age of 11 have their own mobile phone, while 16 percent of kids 12 to 17 who are online used Twitter,…