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Vodafone bringing LTE speeds to Germany, with the HTC Velocity
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HTC has confirmed plans to bring its very first LTE handset to Germany, with the launch of the Velocity. The phone, known Stateside as the Vivid and in South Korea as the Raider, features a 4.5-inch qHD touchscreen and is fueled by a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU. The Gingerbread-laced device...
Motorola wins Xbox ban in Germany
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Motorola Mobility is granted a sales ban against the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 in Germany....
German Court Upholds Previous Ruling, Says The Reworked Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N Can Be Sold
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Mark one up for Samsung. After months of legal and PR battles, the South Korean company is finally able to sell and market their iPad clone in Germany. Just don’t call it an iPad clone anymore. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N (pictured left) is slightly different from the iPad —...
Samsung redesigns its way out of one Galaxy Tab ban in Germany
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Samsung has emerged victorious for the second time against Apple in Germany, after the Dusseldorf Regional Court rejected Apple’s request for a sales injunction on the Korean tablet maker’s modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N model. Bloomberg reports that the rejection centred on Apple’s use of a European design right, which it lost...
TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [Audio]
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Google’s cloud file storage called Drive appears to be launching soon. Samsung avoided a German shutdown of sales on its reformed Galaxy 10.1N tablet. It looks like the the iPad 3 will launch early next month. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 banned in EU in fresh Apple patent twist
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Mixed news for Samsung: while its redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1N can go on sale, its smaller Galaxy Tab 7.7 will see a sales ban in Germany extend to the entire EU [Read more]...
Navegas is a classy, super-simple music player in your browser
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There’s no shortage of ways to listen to music online these days, and Navegas is throwing its hat into the ring as a browser-based portal for accessing tunes from a variety of sources. As it’s made in Berlin, there’s little surprise that this is a good-looking site, oozing the Berlin...
Lumia 900 won't be sold by T-Mobile in Germany due to lack of WP8 upgrade path
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Putting another obstacle in Nokia's path to selling its Lumia range as widely as possible, T-Mobile's German arm has decided that it won't stock the Lumia 900 Windows Phone handset. This comes on the heels of multiple European carriers expressing discontent with the quality of the Windows Phone user...
Revised Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 cleared for sale in Germany
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A Dusseldorf state court says the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N can be sold in Germany, despite Apple's claims that it violates patents it holds....
Judge delays decision on Xbox ban
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Motorola Mobility must wait longer to find out if it will be allowed to enforce a ban on Microsoft's Xbox and other products in Germany....
Genome of extinct human relative placed on Amazon web services
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It has been nearly 200 years since we became aware of the Neanderthals, an extinct form of humans that once shared Europe and Asia with the modern humans. But it has been less than two years since we discovered that the Neanderthals were not the only archaic modern human...
Lovefilm introduces HD streaming in the UK and Germany, adds another nail in mail rental coffin
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Lovefilm certainly seems to be on the charm offensive to secure those movie viewing eyes. Yesterday it was the announcement of an exclusive deal with NBCUniversal, and today it's HD streaming for its "Instant" service. Subscribers in the UK and Germany can suck up full 1080p content when viewing...
Samsung's Music Hub launches in UK, France and Germany, offers 100GB storage, unlimited streaming
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We already knew Samsung was dipping a toe in the music market, and now it's officially landed. Music Hub will launch with the GSIII in the UK, France and Germany. It's fair to say the electronics giant will be trampling on a fair number of toes, with Music Hub...
Google Logo For Mies van der Rohe 126th Birthday
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Google has a special logo today for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 126th birthday. He was born in Germany and lived there until 1944. He then moved to American and lived there until he died at the age of 83 on August 17, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. He was most...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Banned In EU As Apple Wins Case
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News updates all day from Fast Company.In what may prove to be the most significant part of the IP fight between Apple and Samsung yet, an appeals court in Dusseldorf has decided that Apple's claims that Samsung copied its designs for the iPad have enough validity to result in a...
Apple wins European ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, loses 10.1N appeal
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A ruling from the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany turns a new page in the ongoing legal saga between Apple and Samsung, clearing the way for the Korean maker’s redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1N, but upholding a ban on the smaller Galaxy Tab 7.7. Apple had been seeking an...
Nokia's cottoned on: launches patent lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic
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Nokia has just announced that it's commencing patent litigation in Germany against HTC, Research in Motion and Viewsonic in the US and Germany. Developing...Nokia's cottoned on: launches patent lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 May 2012 09:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms...
Barnes & Noble establishes German base: Will the Nook visit Europe?
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While Americans have more than one way to consume those e-ink verses, those in the old country are largely stuck with Amazon's still-expanding Kindle family or e-reader hardware lacking the clout of a publisher. But Europeans may get the chance to pick up a Nook in the future, following...
Nielsen: Europeans Are More Responsive To Mobile Ads Than U.S. Counterparts
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We’ve seen different studies done about the state of mobile advertising, highlighting issues like privacy and how people think of mobile ads compared to ads on TV. Today, some numbers that give us an idea of geographical breakdown: people in the U.S., it seems, like mobile ads less than those...
Google’s Motorola buy set to gain approval next week
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Google’s bid to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion is set to gain regulatory approval as soon as next week, multiple reports claim. Google announced last summer that it intended to purchase the struggling smartphone and set-top box maker for $40 per share, and CEO Larry Page explained that...
Apple scores temporary ruling in Motorola battle, can keep selling iPads, iPhones in Germany
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Apple today won a victory in Germany in its on-going legal dispute with Motorola Mobility. An appeals court in that country ruled that Cupertino can continue to offer its wares in its online store while it appeals a ruling that temporarily barred their sale. According to the court, the...
Facebook loses friends in Germany over privacy breaches
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Before you've even sipped your morning brew, a regional German court has delivered yet another stern judgement affecting a multinational organization. This time it's Facebook back in the dock over the Friend Finder feature, which uploads a user's contact list to Zuckerberg's bunker without proper warning. Another offense involves the...
A different shade of Galaxy S III spotted in Germany (video)
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While Europeans earnestly wait for their pre-ordered pebble blue superphones to appear, a hands-on video from Germany is purportedly showing us a darker, grayer version of Samsung's Galaxy S III. While the skeptic in us would say it's just a lighting issue, the back cover looks perceptibly different to...
Samsung starts Android 4.0 rollout for Galaxy Note, reports say
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According to reports, the Galaxy Note update is being downloaded in the Netherlands and Germany, though Samsung hasn't said where it'll be available just yet. [Read more]...
Motorola wins injunction against Windows 7, Xbox 360 in Germany
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The company also was awarded an injunction against Internet Explorer and Windows Media player, but the judgement does not give Motorola power to enforce the bans. [Read more]...
Boingo, Deutsche Telekom team up for international in-flight WiFi
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Boingo is best known for providing WiFi on the ground, but it's now working with Germany's Deutsche Telekom to spread its paid internet access to international flights, not just flights in the US. Lufthansa trips both inside Germany as well as to Canada and the US will soon let...
Quad-core LG Optimus 4X HD makes European debut
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LG's quad-core superphone, the Optimus 4X HD officially on sale in Germany. [Read more]...
Telefónica’s startup accelerator Wayra lands on rival Deutsche Telekom’s home turf
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Wayra, the hot new startup incubator founded by telecom giant Telefónica, recently opened a call for projects in Germany, where chief competitor Deutsche Telekom has just opened its own startup accelerator hub:raum in Berlin. Interested German startups can sign up now, until 8 July 2012, and the best 10 startups...
LG lines up Optimus 4X HD for launch in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland
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While there's already plenty of excitement around other quad-core Android phones, LG will join the party soon when its Optimus 4X HD launches in a few European countries next month. Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland are all on deck in June, where this latest Optimus variant will...
Apple throws MobileMe users a free version of Snow Leopard to update to iCloud
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MacGasm reports that Apple is giving away free copies of Snow Leopard to MobileMe users, to ease their move to iCloud. iCloud only works on Lion, so Apple is offering MobileMe users who haven’t yet purchased Snow Leopard a copy for free, so they’ll pay $30 to upgrade to Lion. Once...
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