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With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits
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Among the major vendors, Samsung captured 26%, HTC took 1%, and the rest lost money Source: Asymco.com FORTUNE — Asymco‘s Horace Dediu on Thursday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everyone but Apple (AAPL) and Samsung is not good. Apple is in roughly the...
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review: a look at what's changed in Google's mobile OS
www.engadget.com
Google's next iteration of Android wasn't quite the full-point release jump that many of you were perhaps anticipating. Rather than using Google I/O 2012 as the launching pad for Android 5.0, we're being formally introduced to v4.1 -- a mere 0.1 ahead of where Ice Cream Sandwich placed us...
Apple Tightens Up on Apps
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Apple is again frustrating legions of application developers by replicating its regime for mobile devices in the world of desktop software...
Spotify overhauls Android app, beta available now
www.theverge.com
After a very long wait, Spotify has finally given its Android app a complete facelift for devices running Android 4.0, which has been around since November 2011. The new app launches in beta today with several new features, most noticeably a sharp new look that puts it neatly in...
Microsoft Won't Support Some Business Features on ARM, But Will Offer "Windows to Go"
allthingsd.com
While Windows for ARM based processors will offer many of the same features as the version for traditional PC chips, the list of differences is growing. Microsoft disclosed on Wednesday that Windows on ARM won’t offer the same manageability features that businesses have come to rely on for overseeing their...
Nokia’s new chairman sees no need for changes, hopes unicorns will save them
thenextweb.com
Troubled Finnish phone maker Nokia is – still – troubled. No need for a strategy change though, incoming Nokia chairman Risto Siilasmaa told reporters this morning. He said Nokia’s current plans will succeed and that he will foster an “entrepreneurial spirit” and that legions of unicorns are currently flying in...
Google Wallet supports prepaid cards once again, afflicted users get $5 in compensation
www.engadget.com
Google Wallet's prepaid experiment hasn't been the smoothest of endeavors, but the company wants to make up for all the headaches -- with cash. A few weeks ago, Google disabled a feature that allowed users to add a Google Prepaid Card to their wallets after either removing it, or...
Still More Of The 10 Best Amazon Reviews. Ever.
www.fastcompany.com
First there was Fast Company's "The 10 Best Amazon Reviews. Ever." Then, due to popular demand, we presented, just in time for Christmas, "10 More of the Best Amazon Reviews. Ever." Now we give you "Still More of the 10 Best Amazon Reviews. Ever"--the third in our series of crowdsourced...
8 Things Instagram Did Right
www.readwriteweb.com
With its billion-dollar sale to Facebook, Instagram instantly became the latest poster child for startup success. In just 551 days, the photo-sharing mobile app zoomed from zero to 30 million-odd users, and 10 million U.S. visits by March 2012, up 1000% since December 2011. Its valuation outstrips that of the...
Design your own HUD ski goggle apps with Android SDK
www.theverge.com
If you’ve been wondering how you can bring your Android app idea to the legions of HUD-goggle-wearing snowboarders around the world, wait no longer. Recon Instruments, the company behind the MOD Live, is launching an SDK at Google I/O this week. Developers will be able to access APIs for...
Encyclopaedia Britannica wiped out by Wikipedia, selling final print edition
venturebeat.com
Encyclopaedia Britannica, mortally wounded by the web and Wikipedia, will be discounting production of its print edition in favor of a strictly digital strategy, the company announced Tuesday. “It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc president Jorge Cauz told the New York Times. First...
WTF is CISPA?
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The United States House of Representatives voted last Thursday to pass a piece of legislation called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. The controversial bill now sits in the hands of the Senate and faces further modifications if it hopes to gain approval from the White House, which...
About.me Releases Public API, SDK At Disrupt, Now Integrates With Reputation, Smarterer, Forkly, Kred And Showyou
techcrunch.com
About.Me is set to get a bit more social. The AOL-owned property just released a public API and SDK into the wild in partnership with Reputation.com, Smarterer, Forkly, Kred and Showyou. While the online profile site already worked with most popular social platforms, today’s announcement is huge for both about.me...
About.me Releases Public API, SDK At Disrupt, Now Integrates With Reputation, Smarterer, Forkly, Kred And Showyou
How Facebook Search Could Be A Gift To Google
gigaom.com
Facebook’s reported move into search may one day prove a mortal threat to Google’s advertising business. But in the short run, the social network’s new project comes at an opportune time for the search giant. For Google (NSDQ: GOOG), the impending arrival of Facebook Search presents a much-needed opportunity to...
Apptopia gives app developers an exit strategy
gigaom.com
The mobile app boom has attracted legions of developers hoping to make it rich like Instagram or OMGPOP. But the reality is that turning an app into a profitable business is still a long-shot proposition. But at least now developers can get something back for the investment by selling their apps...
T-Mobile Launching New Mobile Broadband Plans For Contract Haters On May 20
techcrunch.com
T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm noted during their last earning call that their prepaid users helped make up for the loss of 510,000 postpaid subscribers, and now it seems that they’ve got another bone to throw to the their legions of contract-averse customers. Starting on May 20, T-Mobile will be rolling...
Intel knocks ARM's legacy app dilemma in Windows 8, says it has a 'big uphill fight' ahead
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Intel has typically kept its cool in responding to Windows 8 on ARM, but that war of words (and chips) just got a little more heated at an investor meeting. CEO Paul Otellini saw his more mobile-oriented competition facing a "big uphill fight" without the presence of legacy Windows...
RIM Investing $100 Million To Build Developer Community -- Is It Too Late?
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Research in Motion (RIM) is investing $100 million investment to grow the developer community for the BlackBerry platform, according to e27, a blog covering the Asia tech scene. The immediate question that comes to mind: “Is it too late?” RIM is trying to save $1 billion after losing 95% of...
If the new iPad is "hot," what do you call a MacBook Pro?
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The heat generated by Consumer Reports' thermal test is likely to dissipate quickly Source: Consumer Reports Mike Daisey owes Consumer Reports' Donna Tapellini a thank-you note for diverting attention -- at least briefly -- from his malfeasances with her preliminary report on the new iPad. CR engineers discovered -- and on...
Spotify is hard at work on 'major' update for its Android app
www.theverge.com
Sources close to Spotify have informed us that the company is hard at work on a "major" new version of its Android app. While we couldn't learn any more details, the news should delight the legions of Spotify Premium users flooding the company's support forums (and even in our...
Samsung’s dream comes true
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Samsung’s recent run of television commercials depicted iPhone owners as mindless hipster sheep who line up for days just to get their hands on a boring incremental update. While Samsung and its advertising firm had some fun poking at Apple and its legions of dedicated fans, the truth was...
Letters: Blowing hot and cold on windfarms
www.guardian.co.uk
Adair Turner is right to say that there is a legitimate debate over the visual impact of windfarms (Debate whether windfarms are ugly but not their efficiency, says government adviser, 27 February).The Campaign to Protect Rural England believes that climate change poses a major threat to the character and quality...
How Facebook Search Could Be A Gift To Google
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Facebook’s reported move into search may one day prove a mortal threat to Google’s advertising business. But in the short run, the social network’s new project comes at an opportune time for the search giant. For Google (NSDQ: GOOG), the impending arrival of Facebook Search presents a much-needed opportunity to...
Flash developers on Adobe's premium features and the future of browser-based games
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Adobe recently announced plans to introduce premium features to its Flash platform — developers will gain access to hardware acceleration and better mouse support, but Adobe will take 9 percent of revenue beyond the first $50,000 made. What will this mean for the legions of Flash developers out there...
Twitter shuts down @fame for unspecified ToS violation, service to relaunch elsewhere
www.theverge.com
Twitter has shut down Fame, the raffle that sought to bestow untold legions of new followers onto one lucky winner a day. It aimed to acquire over 21 million followers, meaning that every day one person would overtake Lady Gaga (currently Twitter's most followed person), but at the time...
Do interns need a Bill of Rights? Maybe the New York Times could take the lead
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Another day, another exploited intern. This time, it’s the New York Times raising awareness about the legions of unpaid young people who work their hearts out in media or fashion and get shafted in return. The tales of woe described in the Times echo those described in the book Intern...
Amazon’s Woot takes it in the shorts over change in its shirts
www.geekwire.com
Woot, the daily deal company acquired by Amazon.com two years ago, announced plans overnight to shift away from its longtime t-shirt supplier, American Apparel, and start using short-sleeved shirts made by Anvil in Honduras for the popular original designs sold by its Shirt.Woot site. Suffice it to say that the...
How Facebook Search Could Be A Gift To Google
paidcontent.org
Facebook’s reported move into search may one day prove a mortal threat to Google’s advertising business. But in the short run, the social network’s new project comes at an opportune time for the search giant. For Google (NSDQ: GOOG), the impending arrival of Facebook Search presents a much-needed opportunity...
4G LTE iPhone? Verizon Wireless Suggests As Much
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With Apple’s new 4G LTE capable iPad hitting shelves on Friday, can a 4G LTE iPhone be far behind? The tea leaves in the mug of Verizon Wireless Chief Technical Officer David Small suggest consumers won’t have to wait long. He said in an interview today that the largest U.S....
Game of Phones: Apple's Legions Strike Blow Against Motorola Defenses
allthingsd.com
Another victory for Apple in its endless, sprawling legal battle with Motorola Mobility. On Thursday a German court granted Apple an injunction against Motorola, ruling that a number of the company’s Android phones infringe an Apple patent titled “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.” Among the enforcement options available to...
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