Why smart consumers make dumb decisions on smartphones

Why smart consumers make dumb decisions on smartphones
Digital Trends
Are you lining up for the iPhone 5 because it's tailored to your needs better than any other phone, or because it's the new iPhone? Given the massive success of the iPhone despite a number of problems (Wi-Fi, maps), tech pundits have been writing ...

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Smartphone Guide: Help Choosing Right Device for Your Needs
HispanicBusiness.com
It starts with some general information you need to know and continues with an overview and comparison between iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry. SMARTPHONE Q&A Why would I even want a smartphone anyway? I don't want to read the ...

Motorola Mobility Loses Appeal in Microsoft Xbox Lawsuit
Businessweek
Motorola Mobility and Microsoft are locked in legal battles over patents for Xbox and smartphonesoftware in the U.S. and Germany. Microsoft contends all devices that run on Google's Androidoperating system use its technology and seeks royalties from ...

Galaxy S III, Android security flaw could make phones useless
Newsday
Opening a link to a website or a mobile application embedded with malicious code can trigger an attack capable of destroying the memory card in Android-equipped handsets made by Samsung, HTC, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, rendering the devices useless...

Newsday

RIM Defies Critics by Finding Sales Overseas: Corporate Canada
San Francisco Chronicle
28 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd.'s sales of the BlackBerry smartphone trounced estimates last quarter as it gained ground in emerging markets, signaling that the company may still have a future in the age of the iPhone. RIM shares rose the ...

Samsung wins reconsideration of Galaxy Tab sales ban
Yahoo! News (blog)
Reuters/Reuters - A visitor looks around behind Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tabletdisplayed for customers at a registration desk at South Korean mobile carrier KT's headquarters in Seoul December …more 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji less ... A ...

Asus Denies $99 Nexus 7 Tablet Rumor
Tom's Hardware Guide
Google wants to command the Android tablet market, and what better way to do that than to undercut Amazon and other 7-inch tablet makers. It's quite ... Sources claim these tablets are to help build Google's 7-inch arsenal to better compete with Apple ...

RIM shares pop as 2Q not as horrible as feared
USA TODAY
The struggling maker of the waning-in-popularity BlackBerry smartphone said sales of the device were better than many had forecasted, resulting in a smaller than expected quarterly loss. RIM'srevenue came in at $2.9 billion, creating a loss of 27 ...

Sony Tablet S Gets Android 4.0.3 Update
MobileTechReview.com
Sony Mobile today released Android 4.0.3 for the U.S. version of the Sony Tablet S that aded new media player and other new apps. Here's more info on this new software update: . Guest Mode - Easily share your tablet with family and friends! You'll ...

0 internal memory in android tablet, no settings or apps are saved ...
By user1709490
While installing Busybox on my Android 4.0.4 Tab, it shut down automatically. Restart removed all apps and settings and subsequently, every shut down / restart does the same... factory reset it seems. No apps / settings are saved in the Tablet.
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Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 Android Tablet Video Review
MobileTechReview.com
Lenovo's IdeaTab tablets haven't been wildly popular here in the US, though they're strong overseas. They've been low to midrange products with feel unique features. That's changed with the Lenovo IdeaTab S2110. Like the Asus Transformer line of ...

Iran Touts Domestic Internet as Gmail Ban Rankles
ABC News
Iranian officials announced that they would soon introduce local alternatives to Google and its Gmail e-mail service, even as the country's media and even some officials stepped up complaints over Tehran's decision to enact a ban on Gmail in response ...

Canadian Internet Provider Rogers Experiencing Major, Prolonged Outage
TechCrunch
Canadian wireless and internet provider Rogers is currently experiencing a widespread, continued outage of services on both its cellular and cable home internetdata networks, according to various user reports. Rogers is the second-largest internet...

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FDA Campaigns Against Fake Internet Pharmacies
CIO Today
Buyer beware: The FDA has launched a national campaign called BeSafeRx to alert the public to the danger of buying medicines via online pharmacies, amid evidence that more people are shopping for their medications online, looking for savings and ...

CIO Today

AT&T Offers More LTE-Enabled Android Samsung Galaxy Devices
Techie Insider
AT&T has announced plans to start selling four additional LTE-enabled, Android-running smartphones from Apple competitor Samsung by the turn of the year. Though, dates and pricing details have not been made known by the company; AT&T and Samsung ...

Internet sales tax bills pending; passage could help sustain General Fund
Gadsden Times
Last Modified: Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 12:46 a.m.. MONTGOMERY — With passage of the constitutional amendment to support the state General Fund, hope turns to Congress where twoInternet sales tax bills that could help Alabama are pending.

Internet ushers in Age of Truth
Sun-Sentinel
The right-wing cabal in this country will soon attempt to take over — and subvert — the Internet, especially social media sites like Twitter, if they haven't done so already. To the shock of Karl Rove, cyberspace has turned out to be more powerful ...

Clifford Young: All systems go for broadband
San Jose Mercury News
But in the past 15 years -- the period after which a Republican-led Congress and the Clinton administration agreed to overhaul the nation's communications laws to usher in the broadband Internet era -- telephone, cable, wireless and satellite companies ...

Motorola Atrix 4G will not be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich ...
By Amar Toor
Motorola has confirmed that the Atrix 4G won't be receiving an upgrade to Android 4.0 after all. The manufacturer broke the news with a recent update to its Android upgrade schedule, noting that the...
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After Maps, Wi-Fi issue hounds Apple's iOS 6 | SciTech | GMA News ...
Still reeling from criticisms over its glitch-ridden Maps app, Apple Inc.'s newest operating system for mobile devices is hounded by a new problem: Wi-Fi connectivity.
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Okay, Let's Call Internet-Connected, App-Equipped Cameras ...
By Michael Zhang
By opening the door to things like Wi-Fi, data plans, and apps, camera makers are going in the same direction that phone makers went some years ago, turning their devices into what can best be described as portable computers with ...
PetaPixel

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Download Avira Internet Security 2013 if you: Stream or download movies and TV; Play computer games, especially with online partners; Connect to wi-fi ...
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Google Is Failing To Market The Android Ecosystem

Google Is Failing To Market The Android Ecosystem
Forbes
Notable new features include an interactive notification screen (where Android has always been ahead of iOS), cool self-arrangement of icons and widgets, NFC beaming of info between nearby devices, and the very advanced “Card” feature which serves up ...

BlackBerry 10: How RIM might reel you in. Really
CNET
Here's what Research In Motion must do to pitch its brand-new operating system to consumers already using iPhones and Android smartphones. ... Over the last few years, RIM has burned away a lot of goodwill, along with BlackBerry's standing as a pre ...

AT&T's Samsung lineup: Note 2, Rugby Pro, Express, Tab 10.1 2
CNET
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 2 marks another attempt by Samsung to establish a foothold in the tabletbusiness. While the business is dominated by Apple and iPad, Samsung has been aggressive in offering different variations of the tablet. The Tab line is seen ...

A quick update on Android upgrades
Computerworld (blog)
Asus originally planned to send Android 4.1 to its Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700)tablet today but ran into a minor glitch that needed to be fixed first. ... Motorola is now officially saying its Droid 2, Droid 2 Global, and Droid Pro will not ...

Computerworld (blog)

Motorola Mobility's “iLost” Ad Uses Phony Address to “Lose” iOS 6 Maps
AMOG
After releasing its “iLost” print ad on its Google+ Page, Motorola Mobility reportedly looking for a fake address in an effort to artificially show Maps for iOS 6's defect. It should be recalled that the mobile company released a print ad, comparing ...

Samsung Galaxy S3 'bug researcher' says other Android handsets affected
ZDNet
Summary: The security researcher who disclosed a Samsung Galaxy S3 vulnerability that could cause a factory reset has said other handsets could be susceptible to the problem, including theHTC One Series and Motorola Droids. Ben Woods ...

RIM: BlackBerry 10 Will Make Others Look Old
ABC News
... slew of new Android phones are coming from Samsung and Motorola, and Nokia and HTC, with the backing of Microsoft, are pushing Windows 8 devices very hard. As of August, Android and Apple's iOS held 85 percent of the smartphone market, while RIM ...

iOS 6 Adoption At Just Over One Week: 60% For iPhone And 41% For iPad
TechCrunch
Based on a sample of 100,000 users coming through Onswipe's partner sites Friday morning, the company is seeing 59.43% of iPhone traffic from iOS 6 devices, and 41.3% of iPad traffic coming from those who've upgraded to the latest version. That means ...

Apple-Samsung case exasperates panel of Dutch judges
Computerworld
IDG News Service - In the face of an Apple demand for a sales ban on its Android products,Samsung told a Dutch court on Friday that in fact it has already changed the products so they no longer infringe. But the South Korean company's failure to ...

Boot up: RIM's numbers, Android remote wipe explained, laser the moon! and ...
The Guardian (blog)
HTC declined to comment on the speculated patent issue. But Fred Liu, president of engineering and operations at HTC, stated that he personally does not see the similarity between the Windows Phone 8X and Lumia 820 as suggested by some industry ...

North Korea-developed Android tablet appears in Pyongyang | The ...
By Andrew Webster
While cell phone use is on the rise in North Korea, a new domestically-developed tablet may be trying to achieve similar success with the larger form factor. A photo from the Associated Press,...
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HP smartphone, tablet: Analyst says it's risky for HP to attack market
By Dan Graziano
... claimed HP was testing a device on the Android operating system. In a research note to investors on Thursday, per ZDNet, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said that he believes HP will “aggressively attack” the smartphone and tablet markets.
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HTC One X+ leaks, will come with Android 4.1 and a 1.7GHz chip ...
By Andy Boxall
A new set of leaks show the HTC One X+ coming soon, equipped with a 1.7GHz processor andAndroid 4.1 Jelly Bean. ... Jelly Bean is still a rarity outside of the Nexus 7 tablet, and the One X+ could be among the very first smartphones to come with the OS pre-installed, joining the likes of theSamsung Galaxy Note 2. An increase to 64GB of internal storage is also listed, ... Samsung issues software fix for Galaxy S3s affected by malicious USSD hard reset exploit · Google Play hits 25 ...

AT&T Continues to Build 4G LTE Android Portfolio with the Addition of
AT&T and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile)1 announced three new 4G LTE Android? smartphones? Galaxy Express?, Galaxy Rugby Pro? and the Galaxy Note® II ? and one new 4G LTE Android tablet, Galaxy ...
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Google's Motorola Mobility's ad used nonexistent address to get iOS 6
By MacDailyNews
Why Android phone screens are so big: Inferior off-the-shelf components with an inferior OS; Sep 2012. Dan Lyons trolls: I can hear Steve Jobs screaming; Apple's iPhone launches no longer excite.... “Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary went looking for an address that didn't actually exist in an effort to artificially portray Apple's new iOS 6 Maps as deficient,” Daniel Eran Dilger reports for AppleInsider. “An ad promoting Motorola's Droid RAZR M is portrayed being able to locate an ...
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TransPhone smartphone / tablet hybrid gets official, doesn't quite ...
It looks like CMIT's TransPhone smartphone-tablet combo has finally made it to stores after its debut in May of last year. A competitor to the ASUS.
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Dish expands Internet offerings: DishNet offers high-speed service geared to ...
Chicago Tribune
It offers 4G-level speeds and is available with next-day installation, Dish said Thursday. Cable operators are seeing a stead rise in broadband subs, with or without TV video as part of a package. Dish has about 14 million subscribers, many rural but ...

FDA warning public of risks of online pharmacies
Businessweek
The Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. consumers that the vast majority of Internetpharmacies are fraudulent and likely are selling counterfeit drugs that could harm them. The agency on Friday launched a national campaign, called BeSafeRx, ...

T-Mobile Sells Towers for $2.4B to Boost 4G LTE Network
PC Magazine
T-Mobile announced today that it will sell the rights to about 7,200 towers for $2.4 billion, which it will use to build out its 4G LTE network. Crown Castle will acquire the towers for $2.4 billion in cash, which will provide Crown with the exclusive ...

What you can expect from 4G LTE coverage
Christian Science Monitor (blog)
As more and more 4G LTE smartphones hit the market (most recently the Apple iPhone 5), we have begun to see marked improvements in coverage for the fourth generation (aka 4G) of mobile technology and data networks. With 4G LTE, users enjoy ...

Christian Science Monitor (blog)

Pressing economic woes, lack of tech savvy making Vietnam's Internet ...
Washington Post
The Internet has become the principal staging ground for dissent in Vietnam, and its Communist rulers are trying to clamp down with new laws, stepped up arrests, intimidation and longer prison sentences. But so far, it's a battle they are losing ...

Comcast Launches XFINITY® WiFi In California
Sacramento Bee
27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast today announced that its Xfinity® WiFi service is now available in California. For no additional charge to Xfinity Internet residential customers or Comcast Business Class Internet customers, Xfinity WiFi now ...

Arrest of Google's top Brazil executive stirs debate on laws governing ...
Washington Post
But they said the arrest of Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, the head of Google Inc.'s Brazil operations, underscores the need to modernize laws that treat offensive material on the Internet like material that is carried by newspapers, television and radio ...

Don't regulate internet use - Campaigners say
Myjoyonline.com
A major global campaign against attempts by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to regulate the usage of the Internet has reached Accra with a call on governments of the continent to reject any proposals to that effect. According to them...

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iOS 6 Users Complain About Wi-Fi, Connectivity Issues
By Stan Schroeder
Some iOS 6 users are complaining about Wi-Fi and connectivity issues with their devices. ... “Just upgraded 4S to iOS6 OTA and upon completion my WiFi is greyed out and disabled. I've rebooted the phone, turned On/Off AirPlane mode. Still unable to turn WiFi on,” says one user. “Same here with ... My 3rd gen iPad connects to routers OK, but sometimes won't connect to the Internetoutside them, even though other devices will. And these are my own, known networks, where the iPad ...
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Netanyahu's Bomb Explodes on the Internet - NYTimes.com
By By HARVEY MORRIS
LONDON — The day after Benjamin Netanyahu's cartoon representation of an Iranian nuclear bomb went viral on the Internet, opinion was divided on whether the Israeli prime minister's headline-grabbing prop was a stroke of presentational ...
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Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G review: T-Mobile's QWERTY slider ...
By Sarah Silbert
Competing handsets like Motorola's Photon Q 4G LTE and Droid 4 sport sharp, diagonally cut corners, and while that design choice may take away from the otherwise boxy dimensions, we prefer the Relay 4G's gently rounded edges, which conform to .... When we made a test Skype video call over WiFi in our New York apartment, our partner's face appeared clear at times and plagued by pink and green pixels at others, though of course results will vary according to your connection .
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Comcast binges on Wi-Fi hotspots in California — Mobile - GigaOM
By Kevin Fitchard
On Thursday the cable company said it has completed a build of a “few thousand” Wi-Fi hotspots throughout its northern and central California cable territory, including the San Francisco Bay Area. Like its cable compatriot Time Warner, Comcast isn't just latching onto the established ... As with its east coast network, Comcast is offering Wi-Fi access to its residential broadband customers for free. For non-Comcast subscribers, the cable operator is selling access by the hour, day and ...
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A new meaning to “WiFi hotspot” – increased CO2 may ruin future ...
By Anthony Watts
From Tom Nelson: Huffington Post: Carbon dioxide could ruin wifi connections for your kids Climate Change Effects: Things Global Warming Just Might Ruin For Your Kids [Scroll down at the link above: The alleged CO2-induced wifi ... A 2011 report from the U.K.'s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found that climate change could affect certain infrastructure, like wirelessinternet. .... If they're expecting that much rain, I'd say wi fi problems aren't their real problems.
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BlackBerry: Fresh, sleek, and misguided

BlackBerry's new look: Fresh, sleek, and misguided
CNET
Think of it this way: a once-mighty tech company, elbowed out of the smartphone revolution by Apple and Android, making a new push to get back into the game. Amid high ... "Always delightful, wonderfully personal, and will help you get in, out, and ...

Google and Asus rumored to be working on $99 Nexus Tablet
CNET
I'm highly skeptical that this rumor will come true, at least in the time frame that Digitimes seems to think it will, but if it did it would break the tablet market wide open. At $99, a quality Android tabletlike the Nexus 7 could become an impulse ...

USSD attack hit SIM cards and Samsung Android devices
Computerworld
IDG News Service - A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, researchers say. Ravishankar ...

Samsung teases Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct 24
CNET (blog)
The Note 2 smartphone has a 5.5-inch screen, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, an 8-megapixel camera, and will be the first U.S. phone to pair a quad-core processor (Samsung's Exynos brand) with 4G LTE. Five carriers will get the Galaxy Note 2 by mid-November, ...

20 Best iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone games this week
The Guardian (blog)
It's been another big week for new smartphone and tablet games, with some big brands and indie surprises doing battle on the app stores. ... EA's latest football game came out on iOS a couple of days before the console version this week, promising ...

The Guardian (blog)

BerryMover helps BlackBerry owners transition to the Android platform
ZDNet
Summary: We are seeing more and more people adopt Android and iOS and departing the BlackBerry ecosystem so this handy utility from PocketMac seems to fill a niche for retaining your data. Matthew Miller. By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell ...

Rumored HTC One X+ found with T-Mobile branding
CNET
Powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and running HTC's Sense 4.5 UI, the One X+ is expected to feature a quad-core Tegra 3+ AP37 processor running at 1.6GHz. As one of the first models on the market to offer both 4G LTE and a quad-core chipset, the One ...

HTC 8X vs One X, Windows Phone 8 Android melee
Phones Review
If you're a fan of HTC devices then you may be particularly interested in today's look at the HTC 8X vs. HTC One X in a Windows Phone 8 and Android melee. The 8X is due for release in November while the One X has already been available for some months ...

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Nextel and Motorola Launch the Motorola MASTER Android QWERTY Phone
MobileTechReview.com
Motorola Mobility and Nextel today announced the new Motorola MASTER now available in Chile. The Android-powered Motorola MASTER comes with the tools you need to stay connected, productive and secure, like a touch screen, a contoured QWERTY ...

A $99 Nexus 7 is rumored, but what might a price ... - Android Central
By Phil Nickinson
Before anyone has a nerdgasm over the prospect of a $99 tablet, remember that you don't see prices like that without compromise. ... Would a $99 Android tablet and the Google Play Store as it stands today revolutionize the tablet industry? ..... of an iPad during the worst of the recession, is the biggest reason that consumers are willing to pay the same amount every time,(most would pay even more)why it holds it resale value+luxury status, and why people are taking Apple+iOS more ...
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GFI Max Preps iOS, Android, RIM Mobile Device Management ...
By Joe Panettieri
GFI Max is preparing mobile device management (MDM) capabilities for Apple IOS (iPad, iPhone),RIM Blackberry and Google Android smartphones and tablets.
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LG sues Samsung over OLED display patents, Galaxy devices once ...
By Kevin Krause
Samsung has once again come under fire for patent infringement, but this time Apple has nothing to do with the claims. Instead, fellow Android smartphone maker and local rival LG is suing Samsung for allegedly infringing on OLED display ...
Android Phone Fans

Google rumored to launch $99 Nexus 7 tablet | Android Community
By Craig Lloyd
A Nexus 7 tablet for under $100 would be an amazing feat, and coming in at a fifth of the cost of aniPad, we're sure that a lot of people would scramble for a Google tablet. However, Apple is also rumored to release a cheaper 7-inch tablet of ...
Android Community

How To Create a Full Android Phone or Tablet Backup Without ...
By Chris Hoffman
Android includes a built-in way to back up and restore the contents of your phone or tablet. All you need is a computer and a device running Android 4.0 ... You can now connect your Android smartphone or tablet to your computer using a USB cable. You'll need drivers for your device installed on your ... If you have a Samsung android, you can backup and restore easy using free Kies software, if not then this method looks like a good approach. September 27, 2012 12:16 pm. N0s7rum ...
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Kuwait Internet firm blasts price cuts, infrastructure
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ageing fixed-line infrastructure is to blame for Kuwait's low broadband penetration, and price cuts ordered by the government this week will do little to boost subscription numbers, an executive at a top Internet provider told Reuters.

Dish Debuts Satellite Broadband Service for Rural Clients
Businessweek
(DISH), the second- largest U.S. satellite-television provider, introduced a nationwidebroadband-Internet service called DishNet that's aimed at rural customers. The service will start at $39.99 a month for download speeds of 5 megabits per second ...

Internet to get porn search engine
Politico
The Internet is about to go through the biggest domain expansion in its history with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers considering more than 1,900 applications for domains such as .cloud, .bank and .blog. When ICANN approved...

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Congress Listens To Complaints Of Out Of Tune Royalty Rates For Internet Radio
Forbes
It turns out that many Internet radio providers are contending with nightmare rates, paying half their annual revenues or more in performance royalties. Cable and satellite providers, by contrast, pay only about 15 percent and 7.5 percent respectively.

Former Internet darling Myspace reboots
Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK -- "Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away." Those are the opening lines of a song that accompanies a "New Myspace" promotional video. The once-mighty social network is trying to stage yet another comeback ...

AT&T Announces 4G LTE MiFi Liberate Mobile Hotspot
MobileTechReview.com
ATT announced it will be the exclusive carrier of the new MiFi Liberate, the first mobile hotspot with a touchscreen display. MiFi Liberate will easily to connect up to 10 Wi-Fi devices, and lets users view data usage, manage connected devices, change ...

Internet tax an opportunity to help Main Street
The Daily News of Newburyport
Massachusetts is among the states hungrily eyeing the potential tax windfall it would get if big Internet retailers like Amazon were forced to apply state sales taxes to its merchandise. We agree with our state's Democratic leaders' contention that it ...

Dressy Jessie Photos: Internet's One-Woman Costume Party Makes Waves on ...
ABC News
Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 26, 2012 by ABCNews. Jessica Mooney has become an Internet celebrity after posting videos of her creative outfits. For more GMA, click here: http://gma.yahoo.com/ ...

Dish Network launches nationwide satellite broadband service with ...
By Daniel Cooper
27, 2012 – DISH (NASDAQ: DISH), a leading national provider of satellite TV, is expanding the availability of its broadband service with the launch of dishNET, a high-speed Internet service via satellite nationwide. Available Oct. 1, dishNET offers ... Ideal for rural residents underserved, or unserved, by wireline broadband, dishNET offers 4G-level speeds that are about 50 percent faster than the typical residential broadband connections in American homes. The affordable, reliable ...
Engadget

Internet Explorer 10 Tops New 'Robohornet' Speed Test - Webmonkey
By Scott Gilbertson
Robohornet is a new set of browser benchmarks that attempts to measure how browsers do with not just JavaScript, but HTML rendering, CSS animations, DOM manipulation and JavaScript. Want to stress-test your browser of choice?
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More Are Watching Internet Video on Actual TVs, Research Shows ...
By By JENNA WORTHAM
More people are now watching Internet video -- everything from cat videos to streaming prime-time shows -- on big-screen televisions than on computers, according to a new report from the NPD Group, a market research company. Read more.
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A Social Internet of Things. How Should Objects 'Talk' to Each Other?
By Jamillah Knowles
In London, the Imagination agency hosted an event entitled 'Socialising the Internet of Things' with Dr Jon Rogers, course director of Product Design at the University of Dundee, Mark Coyle Editor, BBC London 2012, Online and Dave Patten, ...
The Next Web

Intel Confirms LTE 4G Support for Future Atom Mobile Chips
TechCrunch writes that Intel product marketing director Sumeet Syal said that the current Medfield generation does not support LTE at this time, but first LTE-capable chips would be shipping this year and ramping up in2013. Also confirmed is ...
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Wireless technology NFC still has a ways to go

Wireless technology NFC still has a ways to go
USA TODAY
NEW YORK -- In ads comparing its Galaxy S III with the iPhone 5, Samsung is claiming superiority for features its flagship handset has that Apple's smartphone lacks. NFC is on the list. Never mind that very few people even know what NFC means in this ... 

Hands On With RIM's BlackBerry 10
PC Magazine
SAN JOSE—I got my hands on Research in Motion's next-generation BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system here at the company's BlackBerry Jam developers conference, where strugglingRIM is touting the delayed smartphone platform as the engine that ...

New software suggests Samsung set to launch Tizen-based smartphone
Computerworld
The release lends credence to rumors that project member Samsung Electronics is planning to launch a version of its Galaxy S3 smartphone running Tizen instead of Google's Android. The release is aimed at developers who can start working with new ...

Google, Samsung execs reportedly meeting to talk Apple
MarketWatch (blog)
Apple claims that operating system copies its own iOS platform that powers the popular iPhone, and has pressed its case in court against companies that make handsets using the software. Apple won a court victory over Samsung in ... Samsung is likely ...

Texas Instruments Moving Away From Smartphone, Tablet Chips
PC Magazine
TI did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment. As Reuters noted, TI has been trailing behind rival Qualcomm, and hasn't received any help from Apple and Samsung, which are producing their own chips instead of using a supplier like TI.

Update your Samsung Galaxy SIII now or you might lose all of your data
PCWorld (blog)
Do you have a shiny new Samsung Galaxy SIII smartphone? ... Samsung's TouchWiz UI,Motorola's MotoBlur UI, HTC's Sense UI, and similar tools add unique features and functionality not found in the core Android OS, or on rival Android smartphones.

Barnes & Noble's Nook HD 7-inch Android tablet, hands-on (video)
Engadget
It was roughly this time last year that Amazon's Kindle Fire showed us just how successful an aggressively priced 7-inch tablet could be, becoming, arguably the go-to gift of the last holiday season. This summer, Google upped the ante, showing the ...

Lenovo poised to take on Apple, Samsung
Newsday
Lenovo Group Ltd., set to overtake Hewlett Packard Co. as the biggest PC maker this year, now has its sights on the smartphone and tablet markets, as it takes on Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in China. “We want to test the market, see the ...

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Samsung schedules strategy meeting with Google's Schmidt over Apple's ...
SlashGear
Google chairman Eric Schmidt will meet with Samsung execs in South Korea this week, Samsung's mobile chief has revealed, in what's tipped to be an attempt to boost Google's involvement in Android litigation. Shin Jong-kyun declined to specify the ...

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TI to scale back smartphone, tablet chip development, focus on cars
Liliputing
Facing tough competition in the mobile chip space from Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Samsung, Apple, and others, Texas Instruments has announced plans to shift its focus a bit. TI OMAP 4. While the company will continue to support existing tablets including the ...

Android-powered Eken B70 tablet has a $99 price tag
TG Daily
As you may recall, the A8 chip is commonly used in uber-mini Android computers, and like its counterparts, the B70 won't be breaking performance records anytime soon with its hardware. Nevertheless, the B70 does boast a capacitive touchscreen along ...

TransPhone smartphone / tablet hybrid gets official, doesn't quite ...
By Nicole Lee
It looks like CMIT's TransPhone smartphone-tablet combo has finally made it to stores after its debut in May of last year. ... 2 days ago. Windows Phone 8X by HTC: 4.3-inch 720p display, LTE, dual-core S4, available this November. 6 days ago ...
Engadget

Security Bug Can Wipe Out Your Android Phone By Visiting a Web ...
By Jesus Diaz
Beware, Samsung customers! If you have a Samsung Android-based phone running their TouchWiz user interface, your telephone can be wiped out by going to any web page that contains the code "tel:*2767*3855%23" in an HTML frame.
Gizmodo

Wikipad tablet preview: surprisingly comfortable Android gaming for ...
By Sean Hollister
This Halloween, a company you've probably never heard of will begin selling a product that sounds positively mad: a $499 Android 4.1 tablet with a detachable game controller. ... Google Nexus Q review · Sony NSZ-GS7 with Google TV review · Samsung Optical Smart Hub review ... When you can buy the latest Apple iPad for the same price and a competent Android tablet like the Nexus 7 can be had for less than half the cash, it's easy to dismiss a new competitor out of hand. Today ...
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Samsung: Galaxy S3 already updated with USSD ... - Android Central
By Alex Dobie
First Samsung comments on recent USSD vulnerability in some of its smartphones. ... "AC's resident Brit, cooking up steaming bowls of European Android coverage every day." Twitter · Google + · Email · 1366(articles) · 50(forum posts) ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...

Samsung and Google set for high-profile talks over Android ecoystem
By Matt Brian
Samsung and Google set to talk about Android ecoystem and Apple patents while Eric Schmidt is in the country. ... With Eric Schmidt in the country to help promote the launch of his company's Nexus7 tablet today, Samsung mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun has said he will meet with the Google chairman in a top-level meeting while he is in Korea. The Korea Times reports that the ... In recent months, Google has found itself embroiled in patent battles between Samsung, HTC and Apple.
The Next Web

FCC chairman: Agency needs to police broadband competition
PCWorld
Genachowski pointed to these successes in his four years as chairman: The U.S. has gone from lagging in 3G mobile rollout in 2008 to leading the world in 4G deployment in 2012. The U.S. has 69 percent of the world's LTE subscribers, and more than 80 ...

Italy's slow Internet set for reboot
Reuters
Europe's fourth-largest economy has long been an Internet laggard, its creaky networks stunting the development of online commerce and banking. Italians pay among t h e highest prices in Europe forbroadband speeds on a par with Estonia or Cyprus.

Turkey moves to block Internet access to anti-Islam film
Washington Post
ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court issued an order on Wednesday allowing authorities in the country to block Internet access to the anti-Islam movie that has sparked violent protests across the Muslim world, an official said. Binali Yildirim, the ...

Internet freedom is on the decline, but we're fighting back
ExtremeTech
Our internet freedoms are being curtailed, but not without a fight. This is the finding of a new study released on Tuesday by Freedom House, which looked at threats toInternet freedom and efforts to fight back in 47 countries worldwide. In 20 of 47 ...

ExtremeTech

"Internet Radio Fairness Act" to Level Playing Field for Internet Radio Companies
Investor's Business Daily
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Sep 26, 2012) - Royalties have always been a major cost for the Radio Industry. Previously, internet net radio companies have had to pay a higher rate of royalties than their cable and satellite radio counterparts. But a ...

Drive-by Wi-Fi: Staying connected on the road
PCWorld
Once upon a time, it was a real adventure to try to find Wi-Fi as you tooled about the countryside in (or on) your vehicle of choice. Snagging free Wi-Fi was even harder. These days, however, local and national merchants are competing to draw customers...

PCWorld

LTE Subscriber Totals Have Surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12, Finds ABI Research
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
“Japan, South Korea, and the United States used to have strong mobile WiMAX proponents, so while the momentum and future of WiMAX and LTE are clear, it is somewhat surprising to see how long the subscriber crossover has actually taken,” says research ...

Comcast's Internet Essentials Announces Broadband Adoption Partnerships with ...
DailyFinance
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Comcast's Internet Essentials program, an ambitious and comprehensive broadband adoption initiative designed to help close the digital divide for low-income Americans, today announced two new partnerships with the ...

The US government resisted the Internet, instead of supporting it
ZDNet
The question of "Who really invented the Internet?" has been one of the technological issues in the current US presidential election. This is odd, because the Internet's history has been well documented, and most of the people involved are still alive ...

ZDNet

Estonia Gets Highest Marks for Internet Freedom - NYTimes.com
By By SOMINI SENGUPTA
What's up with Estonia? The tiny Baltic nation affords its citizens the greatest measure of digital freedom as measured by Freedom House, a Washington advocacy group. Freedom House's rankings are based on things like access to the ...
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Register to Vote for Internet Freedom
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Internet Freedom advocacy groups launch voter registration drive in support of online rights.
Mashable » US & World

iOS 6 ships with WiFi plus cellular feature missing | TUAW - The ...
By Erica Sadun
... in August, much buzz arose about a new iOS 6 feature. WiFi plus Cellular promised to allow apps having trouble with WiFi to connect using cellular. ... The connection to the router is solid, but the Internet itself is pretty horrid -- case in point, most hotel rooms I've stayed in the past couple of years. Benjamin cites cases where you're making the transition ... iOS 6, Ios6, iPhone, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular, Wi-fiPlusCellular. Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/13/ios-6s-wi-fi-cellular-option-…
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Two Bills Set New Tone on Internet Policy
By Alex Wilhelm
Lofgren announced two new bills, both dealing technology issues, that could spark a more constructive debate on both privacy, and the security of Internet freedom. Of course, the proposed laws are miles away from becoming policy, but they ...
The Next Web

Mediacom Disconnects and Bans Alleged Internet Pirates ...
By Ernesto
Mediacom, one of the larger Internet providers in the United States, has not joined the controversial six-strikes anti-piracy scheme set to start later this year. But that doesn't mean Mediacom customers can pirate without consequences, on the ...
TorrentFreak

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First BlackBerry 10 Smartphone in January?

RIM to Launch First BlackBerry 10 Smartphone on January 21, 2013?
CIO (blog)
RIM could launch its first BlackBerry 10 all-touch smartphone on January 21, 2013, based on some remarks made today and in the past by RIM's developer chief and CEO. Posted September 25, 2012 to BlackBerry | . RIM is currently holding its annual...

CIO (blog)

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to arrive in UK within days
ZDNet
The second version of the popular hybrid tablet-smartphone will go on sale at the Korean hardware maker's own store in the Westfield Stratford shopping centre in London, as well as at "all major networks", Samsung said in its announcement on Tuesday.

ZDNet

10 improvements for the iPad available in Apple iOS 6
ZDNet
Summary: iOS 6 comes on the new iPhone 5, but can also be installed for free on the Apple iPad. Check out 10 featured improvements in this iPad screenshot gallery. Matthew ... Apple iOS 6 Maps is one of the most controversial new features. I have found ...

ZDNet

Google Nexus 7 launches in Android-dominated Japan
BetaNews
... as high as 64 percent, so a large number of Japanese consumers are plugged into the Google Play ecosystem, where the Google sells the Nexus 7. This improved visibility and ease-of-access could do good things for the already popular 7" Android tablet.

Nokia: BMO Cuts to Sell, Doubts Windows Phone Appeal
Barron's (blog)
Windows Phone] is dramatically falling behind Apple's (AAPL) iOs and Google's (GOOG) Android, and has yet to catch up with [Research in Motion's (RIMM)] Blackberry OS. Of his price target, Manning writes, “This is roughly where we value the IPR and ...

Why would anyone buy a Windows Phone? Ever?
Unwired View
Microsoft offers a smartphone. The OS looks kind of cool, actually. Only, no one knows about it. Or at least, no one is buying it. To be fair, the Windows Phone 8 OS, the one ostensibly designed to compete with iPhone and Android, is not yet available ...

Motorola apologizes for lack of ICS
TG Daily
Now that it is under the Google umbrella, Motorola Mobility is apologizing for its lack of Ice Cream Sandwich updates. The updated version of Android, officially known as Android 4.0, has made its way to a number of devices but to those who own a ...

TG Daily

Samsung seeks new trial in legal feud with Apple
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
In asking for a new trial, Samsung maintains that "no reasonable jury" could support Apple's sweeping arguments that Samsung copied the designs of the iPhone and iPad in a host ofsmartphone and tablet products. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has set a ...

Major security vulnerability in Samsung phones ... - Android Central
By Alex Dobie
As far as we can tell, though, the vulnerability does not seem to affect Samsung phones running stock Android, like the Galaxy Nexus. Similarly, Google Chrome on Samsung handsets is not susceptible to the bug, nor are other browsers we ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...

Sony Xperia Tablet S review: Sony's second-gen Android slate has ...
By Joseph Volpe
and a slimmed-down build make up for the blunders of the first-gen Tablet S? Will a $399 starting price help this WiFi-only tab stand out amongst the Android competition? Stick around as we find out whether this S is more than initially meets ...
Engadget

Samsung TouchWiz smartphone security flaw: code triggers factory ...
By Brad Reed
SlashGear reports that the code apparently only works on TouchWiz-enabled Samsung devices such as the Galaxy S III, the Galaxy Beam, the S Advance, the Galaxy Ace, and the Galaxy S II. TheSamsung Galaxy Nexus, which runs on pure ...
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

UK bookseller Gardner to sell a £59 Android tablet - Liliputing
By Brad Linder
Think the $179 B&N NOOK Tablet and $159 Amazon Kindle Fire are cheap? UK bookseller Gardner Books is preparing to launch a £59 Android tablet. That's about $96 US. GoTab. The Gardner GoTab Hive Reader has a 6 inch, 480 x 800 ...
Liliputing

The Last Express rolls onto iPhone and iPad September 27 | Joystiq
By Sinan Kubba
In collaboration with French distributor DotEmu, Mechner re-released his 1997 adventure game on PC last year, but this year it comes to iPad and iPhone with some iOS-friendly tweaks. The Last Express is set on the Orient Express in 1914, ...
Joystiq

Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveils plan for Wi-Fi in parks, gigabit network for ...
Businessweek
That ambitious plan for wireless Internet access for computers never came to fruition. Now, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who speaks often of making Chicago into a high-tech hub, is pushing a newbroadband initiative that includes installing Wi-Fi in many city ...

IPhone 5 journal: LTE performance and photos
CNN
Long Term Evolution mobile broadband -- what people sometimes used to call just "4G" before carriers elected to apply that shorthand to other wireless standards that were faster than 3G but not as quick as LTE -- can provide downloads faster than many ...

Iran Blocks Internet Basics Google, Gmail
Care2.com (blog)
Meanwhile some speculate that the true reason for blocking Google has more to do with promoting the so called Iranian “national Internet” which wassupposed to become operational on 22 September, but has so far not appeared. Global Voices contacted ...

Broadband Penetration On the Rise
AllAfrica.com
Rwanda ranks top in East Africa and 7th in Africa among countries with active mobile-broadbandsubscriptions per 100 inhabitants in 2011, according to the United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development 2012 report. The report titled "The ...

Intel: LTE 4G Support Coming to Atom 'Medfield' Mobile Chips
eWeek
Intel officials later this year will be introducing versions of its current low-power Atom “Medfield” processor that will support 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE), an important step as the company looks to make inroads in the U.S. smartphone market. The ...

More countries restrict Internet to stifle critics: report
NBCNews.com (blog)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government restrictions on the Internet have risen over the past year around the world as regimes use violence against bloggers and turn to censorship and arrest to squelch calls for reform, a new report from a U.S. advocacy ...

In Wake Of 'Internet Radio Fairness Act,' BTIG Analyst Suggests Pandora Should ...
All Access Music Group
As ALL ACCESS reported last week (NET NEWS 9/21), a trio of Congressmen have officially introduced bills in both the House and the Senate that would ostensibly "level the paying field" forInternet radio, which would put the royalties they pay for ...

The Internet Doesn't Need More Regulation
The American
As a result, critics say, the United States is lagging behind the rest of the world, and broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have incentives to discriminate against their competitors. But the facts don't support either argument. ... Competition ...

Newsprint joins the internet of things — paidContent
By Robert Andrews
Print and digital media are so disconnected, they often appear a lifetime apart. But new technology promises to bridge the divide and save newspapers by bringing interactive buttons, Facebook likes and audio playback to newsprint.
paidContent

Inspired by Google, Chicago pursues gigabit broadband — Tech ...
By Kevin Fitchard
Now Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to invest in broadband and Wi-Fi infrastructure to expand this nascent “Digital Alley” to new tech zones and as well as bring cheap internet access to underserved areas throughout the city.
GigaOM

Maybe The Internet Only Wants One of Everything
By Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm
In the early days of the web, the technology space was flush with not only money, but a specific type of optimism: that this new medium would allow anybody to make whatever they wanted, and have the world see it (assuming it was any good).
Gizmodo

The Best Airlines for Wi-Fi : Technology :: American Express OPEN ...
By Courtney Rubin
Among the major carriers, Atlanta-based Delta is tops for Internet, offering it on about 65 percent of its flights. Southwest is a distant second, offering it on 37 percent of its routes. Airlines where you'll have the ... About 8 percent of passengers use Wi-Fi, up from four percent at the end of 2010, according to figures from research and consulting firm In-Stat cited in The Wall Street Journal. In-Stat predicts 10 percent of passengers will be paying for Wi-Fi by the end of 2012. Virgin America ...
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Motorola mocks Apple with #iLost

After Samsung, Motorola mocks Apple with #iLost | Firstpost
By FP Staff
After Apple's fiasco with the Maps applications, Motorola has joined the ranks of Samsung to mock Apple with a cruel #iLost tag. ... With iOS 6, Apple's half-baked maps application has earned the ire and mockery of users all across the world.
Firstpost

Motorola Mobility - Google+
Motorola Mobility - Welcome to the Official Google+ Motorola Mobility page.
https://plus.google.com/+Motorola

India's Aakash 2 Android tablet arriving next month for $35
SlashGear
Over in India there's an extremely cheap Android tablet being deployed by the government to families, schools and more. We've talked about the Aakash tablet more than a few times, but this new and improved Aakash 2 tablet for just $35 dollars is set to ...

Buying a new smartphone today? Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III are ...
ZDNet
There look to be some excellent Windows Phone 8 devices coming from Nokia andHTC in the coming months, but if you are looking for a smartphone right now there are really only two serious options to consider; the Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S ...

ZDNet

Samsung Galaxy S III gets latest Android update -- in Poland first
NBCNews.com (blog)
Samsung's flagship phone and chief iPhone 5 competitor, the Samsung Galaxy S III, should be getting the latest version of Android, 4.1, and also known as Jelly Bean. Oddly, the first country where the update for the phone will be available is Poland.

Motorola ad slams Apple's iOS 6 Maps as 'iLost'
Apple Insider
Google-owned Motorola Mobility is attempting to capitalize on dissatisfaction with Apple's new iOS 6 Maps with an advertisement pushing the phrase "iLost" on Twitter.Motorola. Apple's new iPhone 5 is shown next to a Droid Razr M in the new ...

Apple Insider

Motorola, Samsung smash Apple's touchscreen patent claim
Register
Apple has lost two patent lawsuits against Samsung and Motorola over touchscreen technology, ending the iPhone maker's victorious summer of litigation. A court in Mannheim, Germany, decided that Sammy and Google-owned Moto are in the clear after ...

How Amazon Plans to Tackle a Lack of Tablet-Optimized Android Apps
TIME
In an interview, Aaron Rubenson, director of Amazon's Appstore, explained how the company will try to get over Android's tablet app issue and encourage developers to optimize for larger screens. (MORE: Review: Kindle Fire HD Is a Very Amazon Tablet)...

TIME

Netflix for Android gets tablet-esque update
SlashGear
Netflix has pushed out a new version of its app for Android smartphones, with a new UI, more movie details and content, and easier access to recently watched and part-watched shows. The updated Netflix for Android borrows liberally from the Android ...

SlashGear

Windows Phone to be bigger than iOS, Android - in Nokia's Finnish homeland ...
ZDNet
However, an even more dramatic shift is expected to occur by then: 34 percent of Finnish developers plan to be building for Windows Phone, leaving Android (33.4 percent) and iOS (24.3 percent) as the second and third most popular mobile platforms.

RIM pushes BlackBerry 10 into the spotlight at BlackBerry Jam
CNET
The pressure has never been greater for RIM to show it can still make a product that can stand up to the blockbuster success of the iPhone 5 or the Galaxy S3. With HTC and Nokia's strong Windows Phone 8 showings and many consumers wondering which ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 review
ZDNet (blog)
Asus manages 1,920 by 1,200 (224ppi) on its Transformer Pad Infinity, while Apple delivers 2,048 by 1,536 pixels in a 9.7in. screen (264ppi) on the third-generation iPad. Samsung's flagshipsmartphone, the Galaxy S III, delivers a similar resolution ...

Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update Starts Hitting ...
By Natasha Lomas
Samsung has begun rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) to its Galaxy S III smartphone in Europe -- which could mean it's the first non-Nexus Android phone to get the 4.1 update. ... to expect some carrier foot-dragging. The Google-branded Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus S were due Jelly Bean updates in mid-July, along with the Motorola Xoom and Nexus 7 tablets — although that mid-July timeframe hasn't always been stuck to. For instance Engadget just reported it took until ...
TechCrunch

Samsung rolling Jelly Bean out across most of its smartphone, tablet ...
By Steve Dent
Now that Samsung has commenced beaming Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean OTA toward deserving Galaxy S III customers, it's announced a raft of other devices set.
Engadget

Samsung Begins Galaxy S III Android Jelly Bean Rollout...In Poland
By Matt Brian
Samsung begins rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) to Galaxy S III devices, starting in Poland. ...Apple Confirms 5M iPhone 5 Sales in First Weekend, 100m iOS 6 Upgrades · Cafe-jpg-4-MB-cmyk · Rocket's Square Clone Payleven Debuts API ...
The Next Web

Google Nexus: HTC rumored to launch 5-inch Nexus smartphone ...
By Dan Graziano
HTC's (2498) rumored DROID Incredible X smartphone has allegedly been chosen as one of Google's (GOOG) upcoming Nexus devices, according to a report from.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Motorola Mobility Introduces First “Custom Fit” Wireless Stereo ...
Motorola Mobility Ventures. Press Releases. Motorola Mobility Introduces First “ Custom Fit” Wireless Stereo Headphones Offering Five Points of Adjustability ...
mediacenter.motorola.com/.../Motorola-Mobility-Introduces-F...

City plans free Wi-Fi in all parks, public spaces
Chicago Tribune
Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled an ambitious plan Monday to establish Chicago as a hub for ultra-fastInternet service and provide free Wi-Fi in public spaces. The city kicked off its "Chicago BroadbandChallenge" by turning on free Wi-Fi in Millennium ...

Iran Blocks Google As It Prepares To Launch Its Own Internet
Huffington Post
DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iran plans to switch its citizens onto a domestic Internet network in what officials say is a bid to improve cyber security but which many Iranians fear is the latest way to control their access to the web. The announcement ...

Government against control over Internet: Sibal
New York Daily News
New Delhi, Sep 24 — Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said the government is against controlling the Internet and suggested that stakeholders should help evolve a consensus on a clear-cut roadmap and policy for the sector. "There should be no ...

The LTE iPhone experience: What to expect with iPhone 5
Network World
T-Mobile USA will start building its LTE network in 2013. In the meantime, it offers its expanding HSPA+ network (which some consider to be 4G). T-Mobile recently launched the "Unlocked & Unlimited" campaign, persuading users to buy a full-price ...

Intel Medfield chips with LTE could pave way for phones
PCWorld
Sumeet Syal, Intel's director of product marketing, told TechCrunch that although current Medfield chips don't support 4G LTE, some LTE products are coming late this year, and more products that support the faster network will ramp up in 2013. Syal ...

Sprint brings LTE to parts of Kansas, Illinois and Massachusetts
Engadget
Sprint's wireless customers in these metro areas will benefit from the speed, value and simplicity of the Sprint 4G LTE experience. Through its exceptional selection of smartphones and a Truly UnlimitedSM data plan, Sprint offers an unbeatable package ...

Playing China's Great Internet Wall
Investorplace.com
For investors, there might be no better battleground than the country's Internet and mobile industries. China has the world's largest number of Internet users, at about 513 million — more than double the 245 million in the U.S.! Interestingly enough ...

Comcast expands internet offer for low-income families to get online for $10 ...
Washington Post
The company will announce an expansion of the program Monday with District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray at Kramer Middle School. The program is part of an effort to close the gap between those who have broadband internet service and those who ...

Internet radio, Fuzz style: Where humans upstage the algorithms
CNET
In short, while other Internet radio services -- think Pandora or the lesser known Slacker -- are designed to let software help you discover music, Fuzz is about finding the people who share your musical tastes. At the core of the business is Yasuda's ...

Some users reporting Wi-Fi issues with iPhone 5
CNET (blog)
While the cause of the issue is not clear at this stage, a thread on Apple's Support Communities page makes repeated references to Wi-Fi router security settings. "I deactivate... the WPA2 Personal Wifi Security [on the router] and the iphone started ...

Reports of Slow and Inconsistent Wi-Fi Connections on Some ...
By Arnold Kim
Now that the iPhone 5 has reached the hands of possibly millions of new customers, there are reports that some customers are having a problem with the iPhone 5's Wi-Fi connectivity. A thread titled Painfully Slow WiFi on new iPhone 5 on our own forums details some of the problems that have been seen by some customers. Byran85 writes: I just got done setting up my .... Verizon and AT&T Expand LTE Coverage in Many Regions Ahead of iPhone 5 Launch. 4 days ago on iOS Blog ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

How the Internet Enables Obscure Food Communities
By Joel Falconer
The Internet has enabled a slew of communities obsessed with foods that are hard to get involved with in the physical world.
The Next Web

Iran Blocks Google in Preparation for Domestic Internet
By Amanda Wills
The Iranian government blocked access to Google's search engine and Gmail as the country readies a closed domestic Internet system. On Sunday evening, Iran's government deputy minister said the country is making this switch as part of ...
Mashable » Mobile

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-063 - Critical : Cumulative Security ...
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2744842) ... This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, ...
technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms12-063

Launch of TV News Search & Borrow with 350,000 ... - Internet Archive
Today the Internet Archive launches TV News Search & Borrow. This service is designed to help engaged citizens better understand the issues and candidates ...
blog.archive.org/.../launch-of-tv-news-search-borrow-with-35...

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