Friday, August 10, 2012

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Google adding Google Now-style design to mobile search results

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 05:02 AM PDT

Google Now is more than just a new voice search application for Android; it's also an indication of how Google will overhaul the user interface for its search products. New changes to the mobile search page illustrate how Now's UI will influence search.
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Downloading custom Android ROM's might be much easier with OTA Update Center

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Developers typically store their custom versions of Android on free hosting sites or mirrors that often fail because of bandwidth issues. OTA Update Center hopes to fix that problem by forming a central repository to distribute ROM's through over the air updates.
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Google, PayPal, and U.S. carriers join committee to increase mobile payment adoption

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT

The Electronic Transactions Association announced that it has formed The Mobile Payments Committee, an alliance of companies involved in the mobile payments sector working to achieve their common goals. Though members have competing platforms, some in testing and others already used by consumers, the committee was formed to bolster mobile payments.
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WatchESPN Android app lets Comcast customers stream live ESPN broadcasts

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT

ESPN now permits Comcast customers to access its WatchESPN Android app. Though iOS users have been able to stream ESPN content since May, the Android app wasn't updated to authenticate Comcast customers until today.
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Vringo and Nokia complete patent purchase agreement

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT

Vringo, a company known mostly for video ringtone apps and its recent patent litigation with AOL, has completed a Patent Purchase Agreement with Nokia. Vringo announced today that it will purchase 500 patents and patent applications from Nokia in exchange for an undisclosed cash payment and future revenues associated with the intellectual property. The patents relate to various wireless network technologies, and 31 of 124 patent families are standard essential patents that Vringo will have to license to other companies.
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Digia buys Qt development framework from Nokia, plans to port it to other platforms

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 06:54 AM PDT

Software company Digia announced today that it is purchasing the Qt development platform from Nokia. Digia will acquire the Qt software technology and all related businesses from Nokia, and plans to continue development efforts and port it to other mobile platforms.
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Google Translate for Android adds instant translations, image recognition, and dialects

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 06:32 AM PDT

Google Translate can take a picture to translate text or instantly translate words as a user types. The latest version of the Android app also offers new methods for translating text and options for selecting specific dialects of some languages.
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Acer Iconia Tab A700 review

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT

The Iconia Tab A700 is Acer's latest Android-powered tablet and a follow up to its earlier A500 and A510 models. It comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a new, high-res display, but is that enough to make it worthwhile option when shopping for a new tablet?
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RIM escapes $147 million dollar penalty in BlackBerry patent case

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 05:37 AM PDT

A California judge has vacated a jury verdict against RIM that would have required the company to pay $147 million for patent infringement. A jury last month found that RIM infringed on patents held by Mformation Technologies, which valued royalties at a rate of $8 per device sold from 2008 to 2012. However, District Chief Judge James Ware ruled that RIM did not violate the patents, which relate to remote management of mobile devices. Judge Ware's ruling vacates the jury verdict and frees RIM from having to pay the penalty.
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T-Mobile loses 205k customers in Q2 2012, pins hopes on LTE for rebound

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 05:08 AM PDT

T-Mobile's customer totals continued to slide in the second quarter of 2012. According to financial reports released today, T-Mobile reported net customer losses of 205,000, up from 50,000 during the same period in 2011.
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