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• 22 February 2012

• News: Microsoft complains to the EU about Motorola Mobility

  Microsoft has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility for alleged abuse of essential patents.

• News: Apple Store thief can't hold out for iPhone 5

  News reports out of Charlotte, N.C., indicate a "known suspect" swiped 25 iPhones from an Apple Store at Northlake Mall between Dec. 1 and Jan. 11.

• News: Nokia to Unveil 'Pure View' at Mobile World Congress

  Nokia has released its first teaser video leading up to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, hinting at a new camera-centric announcement. "Get ready to capture a pure view," the teaser reads before flashing February 27, the first day of the trade show, on the screen.

• Test Centre: Group test: what's the best mobile OS?

  PC Advisor reviews the best mobile OSes for your smartphone.

• News: Storify launches iPad app

  Storify, a service that lets you curate content from multiple social networks to create a story, has launched an app for the iPad.

• News: Apple's iPhone is practically hand made, report shows

  ABC's Nightline programme last night looked at conditions in Apple's supply chain with host Bill Weir talking to workers and managers in Foxconn factories.

• News: Groups ask FCC to block Verizon spectrum deals with cable providers

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must block Verizon Wireless from buying wireless spectrum from cable providers because two proposed deals would concentrate too much spectrum in the hands of one company, a coalition of advocacy groups said.

• News: Groups ask FCC to block Verizon spectrum deals with cable providers

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must block Verizon Wireless from buying wireless spectrum from cable providers because two proposed deals would concentrate too much spectrum in the hands of one company, a coalition of advocacy groups said.

• News: Microsoft complains to the EU about Motorola Mobility

  Microsoft has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility for alleged abuse of essential patents.

• News: AT&T vs. Verizon: LTE showdown in the Big Apple

  Roughly a year after Verizon Wireless established LTE-based 4G mobile phone and data service in New York City, AT&T's rival LTE network is up and running here and in several other cities. Although its average speeds lagged behind Verizon's in my tests, AT&T's 4G LTE service has a lot going for it.

• News: Symantec: Mobile adoption has reached tipping point

  Survey finds majority of organizations pondering custom apps or running line-of-business apps

• News: Box becomes first third-party app on Good's platform

  Good Technology is opening its developer program to anyone and announcing that Box is the first available third-party application based on Good's platform.

• News: Office for iPad 'to be submitted to Apple soon'

  Microsoft is preparing to submit an iPad version of Office to Apple for inclusion in the App Store, it has been reported.

• News: NEC Casio Mobile to venture outside Japan with smartphones: first stop Thailand

  NEC Casio Mobile Communications will begin selling smartphones outside its home market of Japan, with Thailand as its first target, it said Wednesday.

• News: New Assassin's Creed title to hit mobiles

  Ubisoft has teamed up with Gree for a new Assassin’s Creed titled geared towards mobile social gaming.

• News: Wi-Fi Passpoint standard could end hotspot sign-on hassles

  The Wi-Fi Alliance will launch a program to simplify the use of Wi-Fi hotspots in July, making it easier for both users and mobile operators to get off strained cellular networks.

• 21 February 2012

• Opinion: Bejeweled 2: The Game You Know and Love Comes to Android

  I could start off by saying that Bejeweled 2 is a match-three game--but really, Bejeweled 2 is the match-three game.

• News: iPad and iPhone dominate mobile online shopping the UK

  Sixty-six percent of Brits buying goods online with a smartphone are using the iPhone, a new report has claimed.

• Opinion: Turn That Old Blackberry Into a Bluetooth Remote for Android and the PS3

  RIM just released its updated Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0, which brings native email support and BlackBerry Bridge 2.0 app that allows you to remotely control the tablet with a Blackberry smartphone.

• News: F5 Networks focuses on alliances with mobile-device management vendors

  F5 Networks says it has entered into technology-alliance agreements with several mobile-device management (MDM) vendors in order to optimize use of F5 Technologies remote-access software with MDM software used to manage smartphones and tablets.

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