Mobile & Wireless
06 November 2012
Smartphone app inquiry launched in Australia BBC News
Children playing games on smartphones the Australian government says it is particularly concerned about apps popular with children.
05 November 2012
New technology could double smartphone battery life Tech Radar
While tremendous advances are being made in smartphone hardware, each new technology is still at the mercy of the phone's battery, a power source that can be maddeningly inefficient.
03 November 2012
Google's Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones Reuters
Three out of every four smartphones sold in the third quarter featured Google Inc's Android mobile operating system, as the gap between Google and Apple Inc-based phones widened further, according to a new research report.
Sandy exposes gaps in wireless system during emergency Washington Post
The leap toward wireless and digital phone service may be setting Americans behind during times of emergency, some experts say.
02 November 2012
Apple ordered to re-write 'inaccurate' Samsung statement BBC News
Apple has 48 hours to re-write a statement on its website relating to its design rights dispute with Samsung, UK judges have ruled.
31 October 2012
Digital revolution lights up Africa with maps, mobiles, money and markets The Guardian
In Africa, necessity is the mother of invention and social media sites are not just for sharing photographs and gossip
29 October 2012
Advertising Relearned for Mobile New York Times
Say you are in a strange city and need a hotel for the night. You pull out your phone, search for hotels on Google and see a nearby one listed at the top of the rankings, with a little phone icon that says, "Call." You tap it, reach the hotel and ask for a room.
Data-Gathering via Apps Presents a Gray Legal Area New York Times
Angry Birds, the top-selling paid mobile app for the iPhone in the United States and Europe, has been downloaded more than a billion times by devoted game players around the world, who often spend hours slinging squawking fowl at groups of egg-stealing pigs.
You Know You Can't Live Without Apple's Latest Glass Rectangle New York Times
Philip W. Schiller, Apple's vice president for marketing, strode across the stage of the California Theater in San Jose last week trumpeting the virtues of new Apple products. As he caressed the side of the latest iMac personal computer, he noted how thin it was -- five millimeters, 80 percent thinner than the last one. Then he said, with an air of surprise, as if he'd just thought of it: "Isn't it amazing how something new makes the previous thing instantly look old?"
Jailbreaking Tablets Deemed Illegal By The U.S. Copyright Office Huffington Post
Go ahead, jailbreak your cellphone. But just know that tablet computer of yours is off limits.
28 October 2012
Windows 8 Success Hinges on $10 Component Wall Street Journal
The success of Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system may hinge...on hinges.
27 October 2012
Apple publishes statement over iPad design row BBC News
Apple has published a statement which admits that Samsung has not infringed its designs.
25 October 2012
Samsung says ITU ruling in favor of Apple would mean less choice, higher prices Computerworld
A finding by the U.S. International Trade Commission that Samsung infringed Apple's patents would lead to less choice and higher prices for consumers, Samsung said Wednesday after an ITU judge issued a preliminary decision against the company.
Dutch court says Samsung does not infringe Apple patent Reuters
A Dutch court has ruled Samsung Electronics does not infringe an Apple Inc patent by using certain multi-touch techniques on some of the Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers.
24 October 2012
A Bandwidth Breakthrough: A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure MIT Technology Review
Academic researchers have improved wireless bandwidth by an order of magnitude -- not by adding base stations, tapping more spectrum, or cranking up transmitter wattage, but by using algebra to eliminate the network-clogging task of resending dropped packets of data.
23 October 2012
In Mobile World, Tech Giants Scramble to Get Up to Speed New York Times
Intel made its fortune on the chips that power personal computers, and Microsoft on the software that goes inside. Google's secret sauce is that it finds what you are looking for on the Internet. But the ground is shifting beneath these tech titans because of a major force: the rise of mobile devices.
Apple, Samsung, Google and the smartphone patent wars - everything you need to know The Guardian
Following Eric Schmidt's remark to Kara Swisher in October that he wouldn't comment on the smartphone patent wars because he "doesn't understand all the details", we'd like to be of service.
Health experts uncover pro-smoking smartphone apps The Guardian
Health experts are warning that pro-smoking smartphone apps could tempt young people to start using cigarettes after new research found that dozens of them have been downloaded millions of times.
20 October 2012
Google and Microsoft under threat from the march of the mobiles The Guardian
We're used to the idea of "peak oil" - that there's only a finite amount of that stuff in the ground. What's the equivalent in the computing field? Two of them seem to be happening at the same time: "peak desktop" and "peak search" - both of which raise serious questions for two titans of the business, Microsoft and Google, which reported their quarterly results on Thursday.
19 October 2012
Mobiles can give you a tumour, Italian court rules The Sun
Mobile phones CAN cause brain tumours, according to a landmark court ruling.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 'does not copy Apple's iPad designs' The Guardian
Samsung did not copy Apple's iPad designs in building its Galaxy Tab product, the court of appeal ruled on Thursday, reinforcing an earlier decision in which a judge said the Korean company's designs were not as "cool".
15 October 2012
Apple's iPhone patent war nothing new at Patent Office Independent on Sunday
No one ever accused Google Chairman Eric Schmidt of threatening to throw the late Steve Jobs down a flight of stairs.
14 October 2012
Phone texts don’t die: they hide Australian Financial Review
The computer forensics expert who recovered the text messages that brought down parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper has warned that any messages or files you think you have deleted from your smartphone are still there if someone really wants to find them.
Smartphone Users Should Be Aware Of Malware Targeting Mobile Devices And Safety Measures To Help Avoid Compromise Internet Crime Complaint Center
The IC3 has been made aware of various malware attacking Android operating systems for mobile devices. Some of the latest known versions of this type of malware are Loozfon and FinFisher.
Microsoft to sue Google with Motorola in German patent row Reuters
Microsoft Corp said on Friday it plans to add Google Inc as a defendant in Germany in one of its patent actions against Google's phone maker, Motorola Mobility, the first time the two tech giants have come into direct legal conflict over Google's Android mobile software.
