Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 launches March 1st for $500 on contract from Verizon
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will be available in stores and online starting March 1st. The slate was originally …
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Mercedes-Benz to bring Siri integration to all A-Class vehicles
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled plans to integrate Apple’s Siri voice assistant into its A-Class vehicles, according to a report from PSFK. The integration would allow drivers …
Permission loophole gives developers access to iOS photo library and location history
Earlier this month it was revealed that the popular social networking app Path was uploading entire iPhone address books to the company’s servers without first gaining …
Verizon shared family data plans still on track for 2012
Families looking for a shared data option from Verizon Wireless can look forward to a new pooled data option finally launching later this year. In …
LightSquared CEO steps down, will remain chairman of the board
LightSquared on Tuesday announced that Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned from his role as chief executive officer. Chief network officer Doug Smith and and CFO Marc Montagner …
PlayBook OS 2.0 installed on 43% of devices after one week, firm says
Analytics firm Chitika on Tuesday revealed the findings of a recent study that shows the latest Blackberry PlayBook operating system update is already running on …
Apple and Google sued over ‘Street View’ on the iPad
A Florida firm has filed a claim alleging that Google and Apple are both infringing on its mapping technology, PaidContent reported on Monday. PanoMap Technologies filed the …
Visa announces new mobile payment solution
Visa on Monday announced a “one-stop” mobile payment solution that looks to compete directly with Google Wallet and the carrier-backed ISIS payment system. After a …
Intel announces new processors and partnerships
Intel on Monday detailed a number new products and partnerships during the company’s Mobile World Congress press event. “We are very pleased to add new, important customers …
HTC confirms a new Windows Phones with ‘Apollo’ in the pipeline
HTC made no mention of Windows Phone during the company’s Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference on Sunday, instead focusing on its Android-powered “One” smartphones. HTC …
Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coming to devices in April or May
Corning announced on Monday that the first shipments of Gorilla Glass 2 have been sent to the company’s partners. Corning’s second-generation of Gorilla Glass is 20% …
Google Wallet competitor ISIS finally announces launch details
Mobile payment joint venture ISIS, a partnership between Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile, on Monday announced launch partners and availability. The service will become available in …
Sprint seeks an additional $2 billion from investors
Sprint on Monday announced that the carrier is issuing another round of notes due in 2017 and 2020 in an attempt to generate approximately $2 …
AT&T’s HTC One X uses a dual-core CPU instead of a quad-core Tegra 3
On Sunday, HTC announced the One X at the company’s Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference. The handset features a quad-core 1.5GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, …
LG wants to be Google’s next Nexus partner
LG, which was once a leading player in the mobile space, has yet to make a real splash in the Android era of smartphones. The …
New AT&T service will let app makers pay for your smartphone data
AT&T is preparing a service that will let mobile app developers pay for the mobile data used by their applications, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. …
Apple scores a victory over Motorola in German patent case
Apple on Monday won a ruling over Motorola Mobility in a German appeals court over a recent patent infringement suit, reports Bloomberg. The Karlsruhe Higher …
Google: 850,000 Android devices activated each day, 450,000 apps in Market
Andy Rubin on Monday announced that the Google’s Android partners are currently activating an average of 850,000 each each. The activation rate continues to increase …
Huawei unveils Ascend D quad, Ascend D quad XL and Ascend D1 Android phones
Huawei on Sunday announced the new Ascend D quad smartphone at Mobile World Congress. The company bills the handset as “the world’s fastest quad-core smartphone,” with …
Apple’s iOS accounts for 35% of mobile ad impressions in January, passes Android
InMobi, the largest independent mobile advertising network, on Friday announced its “Mobile Insights Report: North American Edition” for the month of January, reports AppleInsider. Thanks …
Acer CloudMobile spotted in the wild prior to MWC debut
Acer was on hand during Milan’s Fashion Week to show off its CloudMobile smartphone. The handset is equipped with a 4.3-inch 1280 x 720-pixel HD …
ViewSonic announces new smartphones and tablets for MWC
ViewSonic on Friday announced a slew of new smartphones and tablets set to debut at Mobile World Congress, SlashGear reports. The company’s Android-powered ViewPhone 4s looks to …
Original ASUS Transformer receives Ice Cream Sandwich update
Last week, ASUS announced that the original Eee Pad Transformer would receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the coming weeks, a …
Google to sell stake in Clearwire at a huge loss
Google on Friday filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell its entire stake in Clearwire. The Mountain View-based company spent $500 …
HP hopes to launch a Windows 8 tablet this year
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman on Thursday said that the company has a bright future ahead, although it will take some time to rebuild after a …
Judge awards iPhone user $850 in AT&T throttling case
A judge in Southern California on Friday awarded $850 to an iPhone user who was throttled on AT&T’s network, according to the Associated Press. Judge …
Samsung to pay millions in class-action settlement over faulty TVs
A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed against Samsung over a number of its television sets. The company is offering free repairs …
Microsoft to dump Zune and Windows Live brands in Windows 8
Microsoft will be killing off two well-known brands with the upcoming Consumer Preview release of Windows 8, according to The Verge. The software giant has …
Apple may ditch 30-pin dock connector on iPhone and other iOS devices
Apple may be abandoning its 30-pin dock connector in future generations of its iPhone and other iOS devices, according to iMore. Apple’s new connector will reportedly …
Netflix: No plan to support BlackBerry OS or PlayBook OS
Netflix on Thursday revealed that it has no plans to bring its streaming service to Research In Motion’s mobile platforms. With the release of the Playbook …
