China's ZTE not worried about Apple patent litigation

China's ZTE not worried about Apple, patent litigation | Reuters: "Pointing to a ZTE phone, Luo said they could place the camera, headset jack and charging port at different places on the phone to differentiate themselves from Apple's iPhone. "If we can state at least five differences between our phones and the iPhone, then we're not violating any patents," he said."

Op-ed: Taxing broadband—an idea whose time has not come
Ars Technica
S. Derek Turner is the research director of Free Press, a nonpartisan organization advocating for universal and affordable Internet access, diverse media ownership, vibrant public media, and quality journalism. The opinions expressed here do not ...

Ars Technica

Samsung Unveils Windows Devices
Wall Street Journal
Android has given Samsung's smartphone business a shot in the arm. The Korean company became the world's biggest smartphone maker by shipments this year when it overtook Apple and Nokia. Samsung had a 32.6% share of the second-quarter global...
 
Wall Street Journal

Samsung Galaxy Note II promises bigger screen
USA TODAY
At IFA 2012 on Wednesday, Samsung unveiled a set of interesting new products, including an Android-based camera and a Windows RT tablet, but its Galaxy Note II hybrid smartphone was the highlight. The new Samsung Galaxy Note II. Markus Schreiber ...

USA TODAY

HTC Unveils Desire X ICS Smartphone
PC Magazine
The original HTC Desire made its debut back in 2010. In recent months, HTC has focused on its One lineup, like the HTC One S and One X, both of which recently got the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean treatment. A patent battle that delayed the One X, plus ...

Google Selling a Division of Recently-Acquired Motorola: Report
eWeek
After buying Motorola Mobility in May, Google has wasted no time making changes there, instituting layoffs in August and now looking at selling off Motorola's set-top box division. On the heels of its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility this ...

Samsung Intros Smartphone, Slate-Style Tablets, Galaxy Note II
eWeek
Samsung, weeks ahead of what could be a new iPhone, iPad and iTV, introduced a Windows 8smartphone, two tablet-like Slates and a 5.5-inch Note II. These follow news of two video-friendly AiO PCs.

Motorola Mobility Canada and Bell unveil Motorola ATRIX HD LTE
Equities.com
"Motorola ATRIX HD LTE offers a smarter smartphone experience," says David Petrou, sales director, Motorola Mobility Canada. "It delivers shortcuts and convenience with SMARTACTIONS even extending your battery life so you're never out of power when it ...

Motorola Mobility unveils new Android powered smartphone in UK
Equities.com
Aug 30, 2012 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Motorola Mobility, a provider of technologies, products and services that enable mobile and wireline digital communication, has unveiled MOTOSMART, the new Android powered smartphone, in the UK.

Samsung bets on Android-powered, networked camera
CNET (blog)
Samsung's Galaxy Camera, with a 16MP sensor, a 21x zoom lens, Android 4.1, and smartphone-class mobile networking. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET). BERLIN -- Smartphones are taking over the point-and-shoot camera market, but Samsung today ...

New devices from Samsung, Sony, LG, and more announced at IFA 2012
Pocket Gamer
HTC Desire X The inevitable sequel to one of HTC's early flagship Android devices, the Desire X is a middle-of-the-road smartphone with a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon S4 chip, a 4-inch screen, and Ice Cream Sandwich pootling away in the background.

Pocket Gamer

Apple, Motorola, Victoria's Secret: Intellectual Property
Businessweek
Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s request for a permanent ban on U.S. sales of some Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) mobile devices will be considered at a Dec. 6 court hearing. Apple is seeking a U.S. sales ban on eight models of Samsung smartphones and a tablet ...

HTC Desire X announced: Android 4.0 on a 4-inch Super LCD ...
By Mat Smith
HTC Desire X announced: Android 4.0 on a 4-inch Super LCD screen. By Mat Smith posted Aug 30th 2012 2:30AM. HTC is keeping a low profile at IFA 2012 this week but it does have at least one phone to reveal to the throng of tech ...
Engadget

FinFisher Targets Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows ...
By Emil Protalinski
Multiple mobile Trojans for the Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile platforms have been discovered as have many Command and Control (C&C) servers around the world that they communicate with. Security researchers ...
The Next Web

Another Android Smartphamera! This Time, From Samsung ...
By Lauren Goode
Let the battle of the Android-powered digital cameras begin. ... and launch date are still unclear, but I'll update when I have more information. Tagged with: Android, camera, digital, images, lens, Nikon,Samsung, smartphamera, smartphone ...
AllThingsD

Samsung Unveils First Windows Phone 8 Smartphone
By Peter Pachal
Meet the ATIV S, a new Windows Phone that's part of Samsung's new line of Windows products. It's the first smartphone to be unveiled that will run Windows Phone 8, the latest smartphone OS from Microsoft that will launch with Windows 8.
Mashable!

android-powered samsung galaxy digital camera
samsung galaxy android digital camera samsung has announced the release of their galaxy digital smart-camera. the device combines the function and performance of a compact digital photography with the interactive capabilities of google's ...
Designboom - Weblog

The 2012 political tug of war for the Internet
Fox News
On Tuesday the GOP took up the cause at the Republican National Convention, adding support forInternet freedom to the party's official platform. David Segal, executive director of Demand Progress, an activist group responsible for the new Vote for the ...

AP Exclusive: Nigeria Secret Police Details Leaked
ABC News
Personnel records of former and current members of Nigeria's top domestic spy agency, including home addresses and names of immediate family members, leaked onto the Internet in a threatening message that claimed to come from a radical Islamist sect ...

Internet Cat Video Film Festival kicks off in Minn.
ABC7Chicago.com
August 30, 2012 (MINNEAPOLIS) -- Warning: This is a story about online cat videos. If you're among the seemingly tiny minority of the general population not interested in watching a 1-minute clip of a cat in a T-shirt pounding on a keyboard, then move ...

ABC7Chicago.com

President Obama Takes Questions From the Internet on Reddit
New York Times (blog)
The president answered several questions about his administration's position onInternet rights and the importance of space exploration. In response to a question about the most difficult decision he had had to make in office, he wrote a thoughtful and...

New York Times (blog)

GOP Platform Calls For 'Internet Freedom,' Opposes Net Neutrality
Huffington Post
Tech advocates still object to the GOP platform's continued opposition to net neutrality standards and argue that the platform's support for some aggressive trade policies is inconsistent with its language on Internet freedom. The Internet freedom ...

GOP adopts Internet freedom plank #thecircuit
Washington Post (blog)
GOP adopts Internet freedom plank: Part of the platform the Republican party adopted Tuesday night included language to protect Internet freedom, something that lawmakers and interest groups on both sides of the aisle have been calling for in recent ...

LG U+ launches Voice over LTE services with Ericsson
Reuters
The 4G/LTE technology has now evolved to embrace Rich Communication Services as well, making it a full telecommunication grade technology. VoLTE is a technology that allows voice calls to be made over an LTE network at the same time as users can access ...

German scientists find 'internet-addiction gene'
The Local.de
They compared the genetic makeup of 132 healthy internet users with those of the same number of likely Internet addicts - defined as someone who obsessively thought about the Internet and whose sense of wellbeing was shaken if they couldn't go online.

The Local.de

Whatever happened to Obama's goal of universal broadband access?
Washington Post (blog)
Back in 2008, the FCC adopted stricter standards for what actually counts as acceptablebroadband access—this now requires a connection speed of at least 768 kilobits per second. ... It's just that the bar for high-quality Internet access has also ...

Can a Reddit Fundraising Platform Magnify the Internet's Generosity?
By Joann Pan
The amazing altruism of Redditors is clear through the laundry list of good deeds that have stemmed from the network. From raising $600,000 for a bullied bus monitor to powering the TV dreams of disabled comedian Zach Anner, a lot of good ...
Mashable!

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL with LTE hands-on: 25 ...
By Sarah Silbert
We knew (as of a few days ago) that ASUS' Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL was coming to Germany with LTE on Vodafone's network, but now we have an idea.
Engadget

Barack Obama Visits Reddit, Melts Down Internet - Peter Kafka ...
By Peter Kafka
Hi, I'm Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I'll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET. -- The current occupant of the White House, doing some savvy counter-programming on the Internet, ...
AllThingsD

The Worst Internet Trolls Might Be Mentally Ill
By Kirk Hamilton
The Worst Internet Trolls Might Be Mentally Ill So, this billy goat goes trip-trapping across a bridge. As he clops along, he hears a voice from down below: "Roar! I am a troll! If you cross this bridge, I'll gobble you up!" The goat is kinda freaked ...
Kotaku

Sprint 4G LTE network available now in four additional markets
By Dan Graziano
Sprint (S) on Wednesday announced the expansion of both its 3G and 4G LTE networks. The company's high-speed LTE network is now available in Baltimore, M.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Don't Let Them Trade Away Our Internet Freedoms | Electronic ...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) endangers the Internet and digital freedoms on par with ACTA, SOPA, and PIPA, and it does so in two significant ways: First, ...
https://www.eff.org/.../dont-let-them-trade-away-our-internet-f...

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Apple ruling opens door for Motorola

Apple ruling opens door for Motorola
Chicago Sun-Times
Apple's resounding $1 billion jury verdict against Samsung over patent infringement last week could push Motorola Mobility and its owner, Google, to speed up their alliance and develop innovative products that steer clear of Apple's patents, experts ...

Motorola Mobility and Intel Schedule Press Event for September 18th
AnandTech
Today Motorola Mobility is announcing yet another event, one to take place on the 18th in London. The invitation features an Intel logo, which shouldn't surprise anyone since Motorola Mobility announced that they'd make an Intel smartphone back in ...

AnandTech

Samsung Galaxy S3 Smartphone Debuts in Four New Colors: Brown, Red, Black ...
Latinos Post
Samsung has announced that it is making its wildly popular Galaxy SIII phone model available in four new colors, which the company says are inspired by some of "the Earth's richest materials" found in nature. The Galaxy phones will soon be ... The ...

Latinos Post

Google's Motorola Mobility Sued Over Cloud Data Patents
Businessweek
The Motorola Mobility unit of Google Inc. (GOOG), the world's most popular Internet search engine, was sued by a patent holder claiming infringement of two U.S. patents for applications that allow remote-data access from handheld devices. Clouding IP ...

Samsung launches car dashboard app for Galaxy S III
CNET
Longtime Android users who are familiar with the old-school Motorola Droid will remember its Car Home app that presented users with a simplified interface for interacting with apps designed for use in the car. Samsung continues that tradition today ...

Rumor of another HTC tablet appears, will it get announced at IFA?
ZDNet
HTC makes high end products and with Android tablets like the Nexus 7 coming in at $200 I don't think HTC can really compete unless it seriously cuts costs. As has been said ... They may have some special feature and if the pen input is as good as it ...

How Apple v. Samsung ruling could impact smartphone technology
Washington Post
28, 2012 - Gene Munster, an analyst for Piper Jaffray Cos., talks about a U.S. jury's finding thatSamsung Electronics Co. infringed on Apple Inc.'s patents, the possible impact on smartphonetechnology and the outlook for Apple. (/Bloomberg ...

Recently Leaked HTC 'Proto' Smartphone Will Become HTC Desire X
Gadget Helpline (blog)
The release name and a spec list have appeared on Chinese site ePrice and suggest (as expected) that the HTC Desire X will come with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich running on a 1GHz dual-core processor, 4-inch Super LCD touch display with screen ...

Gadget Helpline (blog)

iPhone 5 release date: (AAPL) Apple iPhone needs cheaper price to compete ...
WPTV
The (AAPL) Apple iPhone 5 will need a TD-SCDMA chipset if it wants a larger share of the China smartphone market, where it currently ranks seventh and Samsung is first,eweek.com reports. Photographer: ChinaFotoPress, Getty Images Copyright Getty ...

WPTV

A shift in Samsung smartphone sales after Apple patent verdict ...
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Android users seem to be dumping their Galaxy S IIs and snapping up Galaxy S IIIs Apple iPhone,Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy S III. FORTUNE -- Two reports this week suggest that Apple's.
Fortune Tech: Technology blogs,...

Motorola Mobility And Apple Agree on FRAND Licenses In Germany
By James Johnson
Motorola Mobility and Apple have agreed on FRAND licensing for several pieces of Motorolatechnology. The agreement came about after Apple filed suit against Motorola, claiming that the company would not provide reasonable patent ...
The Inquisitr

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 joins the ICS party with Android 4.0.4 update
By James Trew
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 joins the ICS party with Android 4.0.4 update. By James Trew posted Aug 29th 2012 9:31AM. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 joins the ICS party with Android 4.0.4 update. If 8.9 was the number of inches you required from ...
Engadget

Android Overload: Apple/Samsung Injunction Hearing Set For Dec ...
By Chris Chavez
Samsung Canada Surprises Samsung Fan With Custom Made G... ISIS Mobile ... Leaked: MotorolaDROID M Press Shots and Specs – . ... HTC's Newly Leaked 10-inch Tablet Is One Of The S.. ...Microsoft releases SkyDrive app for Android ...
Android Phone Fans

Will Samsung Smartphone Sales Be Banned in the U.S.? We Won't ...
By Samantha Murphy
A hearing that will give Apple the stage to argue if Samsung should be banned from selling some of its Android smartphones in the U.S. has been pushed.
Mashable » Mobile

BT broadband and phone call prices to rise
ZDNet
BT broadband and phone call prices to rise. Summary: From January, BT customers will pay up to 5.9 percent more for broadband and phone services, while access to certain TV channels is set to rise by up to 39 percent. Ben Woods. By Ben Woods | August ...

Qualcomm confirms S4 Snapdragon Pro SoC in LG Optimus G
ZDNet
On top of that, the S4 Pro will allow seamless toggling between 3G, 4G and LTEnetworks, reducing dropped calls when on the move, a feature that is exclusive to the S4 Pro. Qualcomm has confirmed that it has supplied the Snapdragon S4 Pro platform to ...

ZDNet

GOP Platform Touches on Protecting Internet Freedom
WebProNews
GOP Platform Touches on Protecting Internet Freedom. submit to reddit. The 2012 Republican platform may have continued to demonstrate that party's slide to the far right, but the GOP seems to be taking a mostly hands-off policy when it comes to the ...

Internet Users Encouraged To Shop Around For Better Deals with Launch of ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Switch2Cheaper takes the hard work out of shopping around for a better broadband deal with an easy to use price comparison engine, a clear overview of what is and isn't included and the ability to filter deals by postcode. We survey every internet ...

Internet poker: Federal standards would benefit Nevada
Las Vegas Review - Journal
The best outcome for Nevada operators - more licensees are on the way - would be federal legislation enabling Internet gaming nationwide. With its long and successful regulatory history, Nevada would be best-positioned to lead that industry. Review ...

How to Extend Your Wi-Fi Network
PCWorld
If the router was given to you by your Internet service provider or the Wi-Fi is integrated into the ISP's modem/gateway, you may have to call your service provider and ask what Wi-Fi standard your device uses. If your ISP won't help you upgrade, then ...

Faster, more dynamic internet edging closer?
ZDNet
The internet is a swan. It sails smoothly across our screens, delivering apps and pages, with seamless connectivity. But under the surface it's full of ISPs paddling away, frantically negotiating peering deals, hosting servers and content-delivery ...

Sprint continues nationwide 4G LTE expansion, adding four more cities to ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Customers across the country will begin to experience better 3G service on their devices and will be able to take advantage of 4G LTE on cutting-edge devices as we continue to launch more cities.” ...including the first wireless 4G service from a ...

SmarTone joins LTE market, also goes after budget 3G segment
TeleGeography
SmarTone yesterday became the latest Hong Kong cellco to launch commercial 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services for smartphone, tablet and computer users, claiming 'territory wide' coverage from the outset following a rollout in ...

Canadian air travellers may soon have WI-FI access in the skies
Vancouver Sun
Canadian air travellers may soon be able to access wireless Internet after federal regulators signed off on a plan by Illinois-based Gogo Inc. to begin offering the service north of the 49th parallel. Until now, a series of regulatory and ...

ZTE launching Grand X LTE on China Mobile in Hong Kong ...
By Daniel Cooper
ZTE is a frontrunner in the LTE space. It offers a full series of 4G/LTE terminals products, including tablet PC, pocket WiFi hotspot, modem and broadband customer premises equipment (CPE). The company now holds 7 per cent of all global ...
Engadget

RAWR: Samsung Canada Wins The Internet With This Custom ...
By Matt Burns
It all started with a simple Facebook message from a loyal Samsung fan to the company's Canadian Facebook page.
TechCrunch

Economic, internet freedom, strong defense mark GOP platform ...
By John Gizzi
TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican platform, released Tuesday afternoon, is a solidly conservative platform on social, economic and national security issues and one that many we spoke with at the convention said virtually all Republicans would ...

Accor will drop fees for WiFi at 500 hotel properties - Boing Boing
By Xeni Jardin
Accor will drop fees for WiFi at 500 hotel properties. By Xeni Jardin at 8:56 am Tuesday, Aug 28. Let's hope the rest of the hotel industry will follow Accor's lead: they're making wireless internet free at 500 hotels. (via @johnnyjet) ...
Boing Boing

Sprint LTE goes live in Baltimore, WiMAX's birthplace — Mobile ...
By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint has come full circle on 4G. Four years ago, the country's first 4G service, Xohm, went live in Baltimore using the technology Sprint championed at the time WiAMX. On Wednesday, Sprint turned up a new 4G network, using WiMAX's competitor LTE, in the same city. ... Kevin covers mobilebroadband, carriers and wireless infrastructure for GigaOM. He has been writing about wireless networks and technology for 11 years, working first at Telephony Magazine and its online ...
GigaOM

The Internet a Decade Later « Infographic Directory
Here is an infographic by Best Education Sites that shows how much the internet has changed over the last 10 years with sections on the growth of the internet, ...
infographicdirectory.wordpress.com/.../the-internet-a-decade-l...

Broadband Nation? Not Quite - Forbes
So it goes in Broadband Nation--a tongue-in-cheek reference to the United States, ... 4G LTE–which uses a different protocol than 4G–is the fastest available ... of digital literacy, and a perception that the Internet is not relevant or useful to them.
www.forbes.com/sites/.../broadband-nation-not-quite/?...

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Motorola Droid RAZR M 4G LTE leaks ahead of September 5

Motorola Droid RAZR M 4G LTE leaks ahead of September 5
CNET (blog)
Rounding out the specs, the Droid RAZR M 4G LTE comes with NFC, GSM / UMTS / HSPA+ global roaming, microSD expansion, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Turning to the display, we learn why this model isn't called the Droid Razr HD. As the leaked specs ...

FCC Ponders Taxing Internet Providers
The New American
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to tax broadband Internet service. The money from this tax would be used to fund the Connect America Fund, which is a part of the FCC tasked with expanding Internet access. Americans who ...

Telstra's 4G plan to reach 14 million
The Australian
A WHOPPING 14.5 million Australians will be able to use super-fast 4G mobile broadband services within a year. Delivering a devastating blow to its rivals, Telstra yesterday announced an aggressive $500 million plan to expand its 4G mobile network ...

LG Launches Optimus G, an LTE Smartphone With a Quad-core Processor
PCWorld
LG Electronics has launched an LTE smartphone with a quad-core processor, the Optimus G, which it hopes will set it apart from the competition as the smartphone market starts to ramp up for the holiday season. The next month will see plenty of ...

Google's Motorola gambit clouded by Apple
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc.'s victory over Samsung has turned the spotlight on Google Inc.'s decision to buy Motorola Mobility, which was widely seen as a major gamble by the Internet giant to boost its intellectual property defenses to ...

Samsung to unveil new Android-based 21x megazoom?
CNET (blog)
Running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the rumored camera's design is said to be based on the popular Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone and would come fitted with a whopping 21x zoom optics. Besides a 4.8-inch AMOLED display, the Samsung...

CNET (blog)

Motorola RAZR M Details Leak
InformationWeek
Motorola RAZR M Details Leak. Motorola's next high-end smartphone for Verizon Wireless boasts a solid set of specs. By Eric Zeman · InformationWeek. August 28, 2012 10:41 AM. Apple iPhone 5 Vs. Samsung Galaxy S III: What We Know. (click image for ...

After Samsung, Apple May be Coming After Google
CNBC.com
... a Sweeping Revision in Patent Law. Unlike Apple, which makes both iPhone software and hardware, Google makes Android software but leaves the manufacturing of phones and the customization of specific Android features to other companies, like Samsung ...

Samsung Verdict Could Benefit Nokia, Shares Climb
Wireless Week
... the iPhone and Android-based smartphones. As part of its turnaround effort, it has based its newsmartphone line on Microsoft Corp. ... The Windows Phone is substantially different from Apple's iPhone operating system and hasn't landed in its legal ...

Samsung verdict: Do Google's Motorola patents shield Android from Apple?
Los Angeles Times
“The verdict does remind us that the value of Google's Motorola Mobility remains very much an open question. Thus far, and it is clearly still early, we have yet to see any meaningful evidence that Google's acquisition of Motorola's [intellectual ...

Analysis: Apple's win dents Android's standard-essential patent hopes
Reuters
(Reuters) - Standard-essential patents aren't providing as much leverage in the smart-device wars as Google may have hoped when it paid $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility. Apple scored big on Friday in its offensive against Samsung, with a $1 ...

HTC Proto smartphone to be unveiled at IFA?
ITProPortal
Could the HTC Proto be the new mainstream smartphone from HTC? Well, at least one report thinks so. A picture of the phone - whose final commercial name has yet to be announced - has been published by The Verge and shows a fairly unexciting handset ...

Apple win whacks Android resale prices
MarketWatch
Since the $1.05 billion verdict Friday — which found that Samsung infringed on six Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) patents — customers of Samsung have been dumping their Android products on at least one major resale site. Gazelle.com reports a 50% increase in ...

Apple-Samsung verdict analysis: Android well-positioned despite loss
By Brad Reed
Yes, the jury also found that the Google-designed Nexus S infringed on two of the remaining patents that dealt with software, but only one of those patents — the '915 patent that deals with pinch-to-zoom and one-fingered scrolling on iOS ... Android manufacturers such as HTC (2498) and LG (066570), which don't have deep pockets like Samsung does, will undoubtedly be nervous and will need reassurance that their best devices won't get similarly clobbered in the near future.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Samsung Galaxy S Android-powered camera could debut at IFA ...
By Edwin Kee
We saw the Nikon Coolpix S800c embrace the Android operating system despite being a camera first and foremost, so it is not surprising to hear of other hardware manufacturers making the attempt to jump aboard the Android-powered ...
Ubergizmo

Samsung Set To Reveal Android Camera Later This Week [Rumor ...
By Zach Walton
It was really only a matter of time before camera manufacturers began to implement Android into their devices. Nikon was the first to announce such a camera last week with the Coolpix S800c. Now it looks like Samsung might be jumping in.
Top News - WebProNews

Samsung Galaxy S2 Crystal Edition brings stylish smartphone to ...
By Quentyn Kennemer
Apple files to have 8 Samsung phones banned in the US, ... Verizon LG ... Original Motorola DROID gets new life with functional J.. ... HTC Proto Is Now The Desire X – Pictured In The W.. ... Rumor:Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 update c.
Android Phone Fans

Motorola Mobility Licenses Comcast Software to Expedite Next-Gen ...
To achieve this, Motorola Mobility is licensing the Reference Design Kit (RDK) from Comcast, which significantly improves the set-top box development cycle, ...
mediacenter.motorola.com/.../Motorola-Mobility-Licenses-Co...

Internet data tracking proposal seen as 'a police state'
Sydney Morning Herald
The internet provider iiNet said the government had failed to demonstrate how current laws were failing or how criminals and terrorists posed a threat to networks, and said asking carriers to intercept and store customers' data for two years could make ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Apple: Samsung's 4G Galaxy Tab shouldn't be safe from ban
CNET
Apple cites the jury verdict from last week, which found the Wi-Fi version of that tablet to infringe on three of Apple's feature patents. The 4G version of the tablet was also on the verdict form, but only to be unsuccessfully accused of infringing ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 4G LTE
CNET
The 4G LTE version has a black textured back instead of the smooth silver-gray of the Wi-Fi version, and a SIM card slot now resides above the microSD slot. Other than those minor ... The tablet's hot-spot feature can provide Internet access to all ...

Ant-inspired Internet - the 'Anternet' - may be coming soon
NBCNews.com
A recent study shows that harvester ants, for example, regulate how many ants are out searching for food in a way that resembles how Internet protocols regulate the amount of data being transferred according to the amount of available bandwidth.

Internet responds to death of Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon
Examiner.com
View slideshow: Internet responds to death of Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon. Perhaps fitting to the engineer's humble nature, television coverage of his death has been limited. "I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy ...

Motorola RAZR M 4G LTE pics and specs revealed: 4.3-inch qHD ...
By Brad Molen
We've been hearing about the Motorola XT907 -- an LTE device bound for Verizon -- for quite some time now, but we just got our hands on a full set of specs and even a few pics to go along with it. Let's get started: the Droid RAZR M 4G LTE, ...
Engadget

Motorola's Droid RAZR M 4G LTE Gets Detailed Ahead Of Official ...
By Chris Velazco
Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and in between posts, he worked in wireless sales at Best Buy.
TechCrunch

Facebook's Updated iPhone App Aids Internet of Things
By Brian Proffitt
Buried in the details of last week's update to Facebook's now-native iOS app was a small bit of technology that could have potentially big impact on the future of the Internet of Things.
ReadWriteWeb

United States of Connectedness: What works for Internet of things ...
By Stacey Higginbotham
I was debating the purchase of a $130 broadband-connected scale versus to help me track my fitness and nutrition goals. As I weighed (HA!) the choice, I came up with three metrics ... As I pondered the purchase of a $130-Wi-Fi enabled scale that would talk to my Fitbit, I realized that there are three things any connected device should offer in order for its connectivity to justify the (generally) higher price I'm paying for that item. Ecosystem: Is the connected device a platform or part of a ...
Mobile

4.3-inch Droid RAZR M 4G LTE revealed ahead of Motorola's ...
By Louis Goddard
Just over a week before Motorola and Verizon's big September 5th event in New York, detailed pictures and specs for what appears to be a new mid-range smartphone, the Droid RAZR M 4G LTE, have been...
The Verge - All Posts

The innovations of Internet Explorer | NCZOnline
Long before Internet Explorer became the browser everyone loves to hate, it was the driving force of innovation on the Internet. Sometimes it's hard to remember ...
www.nczonline.net/blog/.../the-innovations-of-internet-explor...

This Week In Internet Censorship: Spotlight on South Korea, Burma ...
South Korea's renewed crackdown on free speech on the Internet has been in the news lately. In a recent article, the New York Times highlighted the democratic ...
https://www.eff.org/.../week-internet-censorship-spotlight-sout...

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Most Apple claims in Samsung case not tied to Android

Google: Most Apple claims in Samsung case not tied to Android
Newsday
... Apple says the next version of its software Apple to ditch YouTube app in iOS 6 ...Google also acquired Motorola Mobility Holdings, another Android partner, in May for about $12.5 billion. The deal bolstered Google's ... Samsung is easily the ...

Newsday

The FCC Scores a Hat Trick of Errors on Internet Regulation
Forbes
The timing was no coincidence. In its last major overhaul of the agency in 1996, Congress left the FCC with almost no authority over the Internet, whether content, transmission or the devices and software that consumers use to enjoy it. 

Android, iOS adoption 10 times faster than PCs in the 1980s
CNET
Research firm Flurry Analytics today announced that iOS and Android adoption is ten-times greater than PC adoption at that technology's rapid-growth phase in the 1980s. Adoption of those mobile platforms is twice as fast as the Web when it hit its ...

China's smartphone shipments overtake feature phones earlier than expected
Macworld (blog)
Android, Apple own 80 percent of global smartphone market ... Apple was China's fourth largestsmartphone vendor, with its market share nearly halved down to 10 percent from the first quarter, when the company launched the iPhone 4S in the country.

LG's next smartphone to use Qualcomm's quad-core chip
CNET (blog)
In a press release, LG Electronics announced that its upcoming smartphone will make use of Qualcomm's latest quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor as well as component technology from various sister companies. These include ...Codenamed ...

CNET (blog)

Android v. iOS Part 1: Market Share
Tech.pinions
However, Google's Android and Apple's iOS operating systems are the two prevailing operating systems in the world of mobile devices, and since mobile appears to the future of computing, one or both of these two operating systems may well be the future...

Tech.pinions

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Player 5.8
PCWorld (blog)
But the main difference is the screen, which measures one inch above the smartphone, at 5.8 inches in diagonal with a 960-by-540-pixel resolution. In comparison, at 3.5 inches, the Retina display on the iPod Touch has a ... The Galaxy Player 5.8 comes ...

Motorola Mobility workers wary of Google
Computerworld
Computerworld - Google's plan to cut 20% of the workforce at its Motorola Mobility unit has reignited internal fears that the Internet giant primarily had its eye on 17,000 Motorola patents when it acquired the mobile device maker in May. Google ...

Is the FCC serious about broadband deployment?
The Hill (blog)
Rarely has an agency exhibited a greater degree of schizophrenia than the FCC did last week, when it issued its Eighth Broadband Progress Report (Broadband Report) and its Special Access Report and Order. One decries the lack of broadband access for ...

LG talks-up its new Optimus G smartphone. Says “G” is for “great”, will “eat ...
Unwired View
Unfortunately, LG didn't say anything about the most important battery metric of them all – how long your typical smartphone will last on a typical charge doing your typical chores. So we'll have wait until Optimus G ships, to see if all the claims ...

iPad Mini could be Apple's 'thermonuclear device' that destroys Android
ZDNet
Steve Jobs never hid his hatred for Google's Android platform. Shortly before his death, Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson of his wish to see the mobile platform annihilated. "I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend ...

ZDNet

Flurry: China Is Fastest Growing Market For iOS & Android Devices ...
By Chris Velazco
China became the largest smartphone market with regard to devices shipped late last year, and now Flurry pegs China as (what a surprise!) the fastest growing market for iOS and Android devices. China's smart device market grew just over ...
TechCrunch

WiFi alliance begins Tunneled Direct Link Setup certification, hopes ...
By James Trew
If this sounds familiar, that's understandable, but TDLS has its own tricks, like working in the background of a network to optimize performance, and it can even work over a WiFi Direct connection. ... TDLS (Tunneled Direct Link Setup) devices are able to automatically create a secure, direct link between them after accessing the Wi-Fi® network, removing the need to transmit data through the access point. In today's Wi-Fi .... RIM files patent for flipping, rotating smartphonekeyboard ...
Engadget

Apple's Patent Win Leaves Android Camp to Slog Through the FUD ...
By John Paczkowski
We do not believe further settlements are likely to hamstring Android in any serious way. We continue to be confident in our 4 year outlook on mobile device share, which assumes that iOS andAndroid further dominate the smartphone market ...
AllThingsD

Google Looks to Distance Android from Apple vs. Samsung Ruling ...
By Eric Slivka
In its statement, Google attempts to distance itself from the controversy somewhat, indicating that most of the issues addressed in the trial do not relate to Android itself. The issues ... Some of the key pieces of evidence weighing in Apple's favor in the jury's mind were in fact 2010 memos and conversations between Google and Samsung that included Google "demanding" Samsung make changes in its implementation of Android over concerns that it was too similar to Apple's iOS.
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New NASA Satellites Have Android Smartphones for Brains
By Lauren Indvik
To achieve this, engineers are using unmodified Android smartphones — in one prototype, HTC's Nexus One, and in another, Samsung's Nexus S — to perform many of a satellite's key functions. As NASA explains on its website, these off-the- shelf smartphones “offer a wealth of ... Sure, it would be better for them to use iOS, pay to develop and buy everyone involved in the project Macs just so they can design software for the SO. August 26, 2012 21:57:42 Reply 0 Flag this comment ...
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Fake Flash Player Apps Is The New Android Plague

Fake Flash Player Apps Is The New Android Plague
Forbes
Adobe may have decided that the time has come to stop distributing the Flash Player for Android to new users via the Google Play download site, but now hackers stepped up to fill a gap in the market, offering their own fake, malware-ridden offerings.

Apple patent victory boosts Microsoft as Asian vendors scramble
Chicago Tribune
It remains to be seen if the new touchscreen-friendly and cloud computing-ready Windows 8 can prove a serious rival to Android, the world's most-used mobile software, or Apple's iOS. But mobile industry executives who had been cautiously considering ...

Amazon, Motorola, Nokia Rush to Make News Ahead of iPhone 5
eWeek
Apple is expected to introduce the iPhone 5 Sept. 12—after which it's going to be no easy feat for its competitors to grab a headline or pull attention away from the smartphone that Apple fans have been waiting for since essentially last October ...

Photo Sharing Feature Now in Skype
The Droid Guy
Although, there are plenty of photo sharing options for mobile apps, but people who mostly use Skype for chatting and want to share photos via the same service, can now rejoice as Skype announced a new iOS update for its Skype users. The new update ...

The Droid Guy

Does High Speed Broadband Increase Economic Growth?
Forbes
A new report, conducted jointly by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Arthur D. Little and Chalmers University of Technology in 33 OECD countries, quantifies the isolated impact of broadband speed, showing that doubling the broadband speed for an economy ...

Droid Razr MAXX 4G Features and Performance Explored
Mobile bloom News
Recently receiving a retail price reduction to a sub one hundred dollar level, the Droid Razr MAXX 4Garrived on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE system in the US on January 26 of this year. With a splash resistant, Kevlar and aluminum coating and unique ...

BlackBerry 10 to Feature More Than 'Android Mojo'
eWeek
While during the second quarter of 2010 RIM had an 18.2 percent share of the global smartphonemarket to Android's 17.2 percent and Apple's 14.2, during the most recent quarter, Apple's share had risen to 18.8 percent and Android's to 64.1 percent ...

Motorola Xyboard Wi Fi gets Android 4.0.4 update in the US
The Droid Guy
Well, we are seeing the days get shorter and summer is nearing its end, but finally it seems that Motorola has kept its word and we are now hearing news of the promisedAndroid operating system update available for both the 10.1 and 8.2 Wi-Fi tablets.

The Droid Guy

I Downloaded Pirated Android Apps - Will The Feds Come Kick My Door Down?
Forbes
OK, I admit it. I've downloaded a few pirated apps from one of the websites that was seized by the FBI the other day. The apps I downloaded were probably only worth a few hundred dollars but I'm now worried that the police or FBI are going to come ...

Forbes

Samsung GALAXY Note 800: Android 4.0 3G Tablet With 10.1" Screen ...
Techtree.com
The 10.1" slate comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and is powered by a quad-core 1.4 GHz CPU with 2 GB of RAM. ... The 16 GB Wi-Fi + 3G version of the GALAXY Note 800 is available at the manufacturer's official online store for Rs 38,500.

ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity with LTE coming to Germany
By Edgar Cervantes
ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity with LTE coming to Germany. posted on Aug 25th 2012 at 6:34pm by Edgar Cervantes. Share This Story. The Nexus 7 may be the hottest Android tablet right now, but those looking for an extra punch are looking ...
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Vodafone Germany announces LTE-enabled Asus Transformer Pad ...
By Amar Toor
Vodafone has announced that an LTE variant of the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 will be unveiled at IFA 2012 in Berlin next week. Branded as the Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL, theAndroid...
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Nexus 7 quad-core overclocked to 2.0 GHz ... - Android Community
By Cory Gunther
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 4G LTE hands-on · Archos 101 XS Tablet Review · AndroidCommunity's gigantic Tegra Hub Nexus 7 Giveaway! Samsung Galaxy Beam Review · T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note Review · AT&T Garnet Red ...
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China smartphone sales Q2 2012: Samsung leads, Lenovo - BGR
By Dan Graziano
The smartphone newcomer managed to jump from seventh place in the first quarter to second place in China's mobile market. For the first time ever, shipments of smartphones in China, which reached 87 million units, surpassed shipments of ...
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Adorable Firefox For Android Video ~ Great Illustrations In This ...
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For even more random NOTCOTness, follow on Twitter!!! Adorable Firefox for Android video ~ great illustrations in this animation! *NOTCOT. Adorable Firefox for Android video ~ great illustrations in this animation! #49835 · notcouture Post: ...
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Apple-Samsung Case Shows Smartphone as Legal Magnet
New York Times
Samsung is the leader among companies using Google's Android mobile operating system. So while Apple may be suing Samsung in courtrooms from ... The roster of litigants includes Microsoft, Nokia, HTC, Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary and others ...

New York Times

Will forcing employees to use Android actually improve the miserable app?
ZDNet
More often than not, I use the mobile version of Facebook on my phone and Nexus 7 instead of theAndroid app. Although Facebook updated its iOS app this week and finally brought together the separate camera, messenger, and platform apps, the Android ...

iOS 6 Release Date: The Wait is Almost Over! What You Need to Know Ahead of ...
BostInno (blog)
In addition to the release of the new iPhone, the iOS 6 release date, Apple's latest and greatest mobile operating system, is expected to be the 12th as well. We have known about iOS 6 since since it was announced at WWDC but have had to sit and wait ...

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Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G Spec Breakdown
Mobile bloom News
But rather than leave well enough alone, consumer electronics and smartphone manufacturerMotorola tasked their Motorola Mobility smartphone designers and engineers to make a good thing even better. They were trying to follow-up on the incredible sales ...

ITC ruling leaves one patent on table in Apple-Motorola dispute
CNET (blog)
The country's top trade agency handed Apple a mixed ruling today in its dispute with Google-ownedMotorola Mobility over patents covering 3G wireless technology. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Apple did not violate three Motorola ...

App of the Week: Pinterest for iOS and Android
ABC News (blog)
The iPad, iPhone, and Android apps launched a week ago and gives you the flexibility to pin from anywhere you are whenever you wish. The layout is simple, displaying tiled images that cascade in columns down the screen. You can swipe from left to right ...

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Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OTA Update For Samsung Galaxy S3 T-Mobile Variant ...
International Business Times
At a time when Samsung is expected to release the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update - the newest version of Google's mobile operating system - for its Galaxy S3smartphone Aug. 29, it appears that owners of the T-Mobile version of the device can already ...

International Business Times

Quad-core LG Optimus G E973 shows up in live photos
Unwired View
Just yesterday, LG unveiled that it's getting ready to release a new Android smartphone that would feature a second-generation quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. And today it looks like photos of the handset – expected to be called Optimus G ...

Will FaceTime on coming iPhone 5 crash LTE networks?
Tehran Times
Imposing data sharing plans with set fees for specific numbers of gigabytes a month -- and penalties for exceeding the set amounts -- could help top carriers AT&T and Verizon avoid data capacity overload problems on their 4G LTE, and even 3G, networks ...

ITC decides Apple didn't violate Motorola WiFi patent after all, tosses ...
By Jon Fingas
Trouble looked to be brewing for Apple last April: an International Trade Commission judge made an initial ruling that Apple infringed on a standards-essential Motorola WiFi patent, raising the possibility of a trade ban if the verdict held true. The fellows in Cupertino ... Prices. Type Smartphone; Operating system iOS (5); Screen size 3.5 inches; Internal memory 16 GB; Carriers (US) AT&T, Other; Dimensions 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 in; Weight 4.8 oz; Discontinued 2010-06-24. see all specs → ...
Engadget

Android this week: Apple v. Samsung; Nikon Android camera; $15 ...
By Kevin C. Tofel
I'll be looking into the potential implications on this, but my early take is that Samsung won't be the only handset maker found to infringe upon Apple's patents as all Android devices use these features. I'm also concerned that current Samsung phones will be modified via a ... Here you can run a full version of Android. Why would you want to? This opens up the opportunity to run third-party imaging or social networking applications to edit or share photos with the integrated Wi-Fi.
GigaOM

Engineers Detail Extensive Efforts to Rewrite Facebook iOS App ...
By Jordan Golson
Facebook employee Jonathan Dann has written a blog post detailing how the company's iOSengineering team designed earlier Facebook for iPhone apps and the extensive coding that was required to rewrite the new Facebook 5.0 app.
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

'Wall Street Journal' Offers Free Wi-Fi in NYC, San Francisco
By Lauren Indvik
From now until the end of September, 'The Wall Street Journal' is offering free Wi-Fi to residents of New York City and San Francisco. ... The Wi-Fi network is available through more than 1,300 hotspots labeled “The Wall Street Journal Wi-Fi.
Mashable » US & World

Facebook reportedly “forcing” employees to use Android phones in ...
By Tyler Lee
As we had reported a couple of days ago, Facebook for iOS was given a pretty big update which hopefully will sit well with iOS users. Unfortunately the Android version of the Facebook app has yet to receive the same [...]
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