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TwitterGoogle Inc will allow developers to sell applications for its Android cell phone operating system beginning next week in the United States, as the search giant strives to expand in a smartphone arena dominated by Apple Inc. Google’s announcement marked an important step in the search giant’s quest to catch up with Apple in the [...]
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Qualcomm and Nvidia support for Netbook
Posted by scamboy on February 13th, 2009
Chip vendors Qualcomm and Nvidia have thrown their support behind the Windows 7 OS for netbooks, announcing efforts to bring better graphics and continuous 3G connectivity to the devices. Qualcomm on Wednesday announced it was sampling chips that enable Windows 7 netbook connectivity to multiple 3G networks. Separately, Nvidia announced beta drivers for its netbook [...]
Google now has your mobile contact with Sync
Posted by scamboy on February 10th, 2009
Google introduced a calendar and contacts sync offering for Windows Mobile, iPhone and Symbian users. The announcement follows a leak that emerged on Friday describing a somewhat similar service to come from Microsoft. The new Google Sync offering, launched in beta, will let phone users sync the calendar and contacts lists on their phones with [...]
Mexico to fingerprint mobile phone users
Posted by scamboy on February 10th, 2009
Mexico will start a national register of mobile phone users that will include fingerprinting all customers in an effort to catch criminals who use the devices to extort money and negotiate kidnapping ransoms. Under a new law published on Monday and due to be in force in April, mobile phone companies will have a year [...]
Windows Mobile Online Storage Beta Coming Soon
Posted by scamboy on February 7th, 2009
Microsoft has revealed some details of a forthcoming service that will allow Windows Mobile users to synchronize information between their phone and the Web. The service, called My Phone, will provide a place to store data such as photos, videos, text messages and calendar items. Users will then be able to share that data with [...]
Amazon.com to Offer Kindle E-Books on Mobile Phones
Posted by scamboy on February 7th, 2009
Amazon.com is seizing on the popularity of its electronic book reader Kindle to reach a new market. On Friday the online retailer said it will make Kindle e-books available on a variety of mobile phones, but the company is not saying which books would be available or on which phones, according to the Associated Press. [...]
Second Bollywood hero goes virtual in new mobile game
Posted by scamboy on February 4th, 2009
“Devdas,” Bollywood’s ultimate unrequited love movie, is set to give India’s rapidly growing animation and gaming industry a boost with a new mobile phone game that’s based on the silver screen classic. A few weeks after Indian film distributor Eros International PLC launched the country’s first 3D videogame inspired by hit thriller “Ghajini,” the mobile [...]
