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- 09 February 2012
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News: Microsoft mobile CRM clients may mean more productivity
The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says.
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News: Androids Don't Age Well Compared To iPhones
Apple's iPhone is a better investment than any other smartphone because it has a higher resale value than an Android device, and it's also less expensive to own. That's according to a study from Priceonomics.
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News: How to Run Android Apps on Your PC
As the popularity of smartphones and tablets increases, so will our dependence on the myriad apps available for them. Whether the end result is a hot game, a handy price checker, or a useful contact manager, the constraints of smartphone and tablet designs and interfaces have forced app developers to find creative ways to present and access data.
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Toshiba AT200 tablet gets UK launch
Toshiba is taking pre-orders for its AT200 tablet. The 7.7mm-thick Android Honeycomb 3.2 slate is billed as the world's thinnest 10-in tablet. Carphone Warehouse preorders are now being taken, with the official onsale date of 15 February - a late Valentine's present?
- 08 February 2012
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News: Chrome for Android Beta: 3 Drawbacks
Google recently launched Chrome for Android Beta, a version of the search giant's popular desktop browser for Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The new mobile browser includes many features that make Chrome so popular on the PC including speed, simple design, bookmark and open tabs sync, and autocomplete suggestions. But Google's mobile Chrome isn't all good news, there are also a few letdowns for people who love Adobe Flash, Chrome extensions or are part of the 99 percent.
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News: Microsoft OneNote Now Available for Android
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint may get all the attention, but OneNote has quickly become the gem of the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft is now extending the reach of OneNote with an app for Android smartphones and tablets.
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News: Pantech Burst Review: Fast and Affordable Android Phone
At CES this year, the arrival of inexpensive LTE phones and tablets was one of the overarching themes. In particular, AT&T was pushing this idea, releasing a slew of Android and Windows Phone 7 handsets on its 4G network. The Pantech Burst ($50 with a two-year AT&T contract, price as of February 5, 2012), with its low price tag, high-end specs, and silky-smooth performance, was a breakout star at CES. But if you like to take a lot of photos with your phone, you won’t appreciate the Burst’s below-average camera and slow shutter speed.
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News: Mobile Social Network Caught Uploading Users' Address Books
Users and critics are upset with Path, the smartphone-based social network, after a developer discovered that Path was uploading users’ entire address books to its servers without explicit consent.
- 07 February 2012
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Opinion: Google Chrome for Android: What You Need to Know
With the arrival of Chrome Beta for Android, the convergence of Google's desktop and mobile browsers has begun.
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News: Motorola Droid 4 Lands at Verizon on February 10
Motorola's Droid 4, with its physical QWERTY keyboard, arrives Friday for $200 to round out Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE smartphone roster.
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News: Upcoming Microsoft CRM clients may mean more productivity
The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says.
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Feature: Best Android apps: Five free apps to have fun with photos
The camera included on smartphones have improved over the past few years, and now many of the Google Android devices available have 5Mp or above cameras, meaning its become the norm to capture pictures on your handset.
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Opinion: Prepare Your Business for Facebook Mobile Ads
Facebook's IPO has revealed one of its greatest weaknesses: the need to monetize its increasingly mobile user base through advertising. Speculation has been rife about how Facebook plans to solve this problem, which future stockholders will want addressed.
- 06 February 2012
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Opinion: Super Bowl XLVI Ads Pander to Geeks
For most Super Bowl XLVI was all about the game. For others it's about the overhyped ads, beer, and the chicken wings. For me, it's all about the ads.
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News: Mobile device management: Apple's extra little tricky requirement
Anyone wanting to buy mobile-device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices will find they need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn't apply to the same MDM software that would be used to manage Google Android devices, for instance.
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News: HTC aims to improve on its past smartphones with better 4G products this year
After facing a disappointing financial fourth quarter, HTC has reviewed its under-performing products from last year, making changes in design and components for its future smartphones, according to its CFO Winston Yung.
- 05 February 2012
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News: Apple Pulls Ripoff Apps From its Walled Garden
Apple perhaps knows better than any company that app ripoffs are everywhere.
- 04 February 2012
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Opinion: Dropcam HD Launch Delayed to Fix Video Quality Issues
I was thrilled to get the latest Dropcam Wi-Fi mobile connected camera in house, the Dropcam HD, shortly after it debuted at CES. I reviewed the previous model last spring and was impressed with its easy setup and cool companion apps for Android and iOS. With a more sleek design and 720p HD video capture and streaming, the Dropcam HD was one of the more exciting connected home gadgets I saw at CES. The Dropcam HD was supposed to ship at the end of January to customers, but now its launch has been delayed.
- 03 February 2012
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Opinion: Google's New 'Bouncer' Targets Android Market Malware
Hard on the heels of the controversy that arose recently around Symantec and its claims that numerous apps on the Android Market were actually malware in disguise, Google on Thursday unveiled a new tool to help it identify malicious apps.
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News: The Humble Indie Bundle: Now on Android!
The celebrated Humble Indie Bundle has returned with a mobile twist: For the first time, the included games are available on not only Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms, but also Android devices. Anomaly: Warzone Earth, EDGE, and Osmos are available for whatever price you choose to pay, but you’ll have to beat the average ($5.99 at the time of writing) to also receive World of Goo, as well as whatever bonus games, if any, are added later during the sale. As always, you determine how much of your payment goes directly to the game developers, the Humble Bundle website fund, and charity.
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