Mobile Internet Related News Stories

Google Revamps Goggles To Solve Sudoku And Read Barcodes

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Google Goggles has been relaunched on Tuesday as an iOS and Android application. Version 1.3 of Google Goggles can read print ads in media such as magazines. It can also solve difficult problems such as sudoku puzzles. It can also view and process QR codes and barcodes with its camera. The new version is quicker [...]

Verizon iPhone Will Steal Market Share From At&T

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The introduction of the iPhone for Verizon will notably increase US sales for Apple. However, the impact on the carrier AT&T will be significant. An analyst from Piper Jaffray, Gene Munster, commented to investors in a Monday press conference that he believes that the total handset sales in 2011 for Apple will increase by 2.5 [...]

AT&T Rebrands Its Network As 4G

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AT&T took advantage of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to announce some upgrades. Their HSPA+ network has gone 4G, plus their 4G LTE is due out sooner than previously expects, and they hope to launch a tablet with the Android Honeycomb OS in 2011. AT&T also announced that they would be working [...]

Be Aware Of Your Cell phone – No Warrants Needed For Police Search

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The information on your mobile telephone will tell much more about you than a simple physical will; who you associate with, what you say to them, what Internet sites you have been browsing, etc. Debate has been raging for quite a while about the right to cell-phone-data privacy, but California’s high court says law enforcement [...]

At CES Everything Will Be About Tablets

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The Consumer Electronics Show started in Las Vegas yesterday and the trend is already clear:  tablets. Many analysts watch the CES carefully as a preview for the trend that can be expected in the coming year. The general vibe indicates that 2011 is looking better than last year. The CES has already seen some luxurious [...]

Vizio Is Planning To Enter Smartphone Market

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In 2010 more than 18 million tablet devices were sold, and that figure is set to triple in the coming year. Now Vizio is getting in on the act. The Irvin, California-based Vizio is expected to launch their new tablet on 4 January, 2011 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Vizio is [...]

Google Launches Digital Newsstand

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Apple and Google are already competitors on several fronts – such as the e-reader front – and now the war has moved to media distribution as the two computer-age giants battle to gain dominance on the table magazine and newspaper distribution industry. Google is currently publicizing their newest initiative, Google Newsstand. The store offers e-media [...]

Galaxy S Huge Success For Samsung

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In America Android is synonymous with the Droid, a version of an Android smartphone produced by Verizon. However, other Android phone manufacturers are proving to be competitors both in America and on the international market. The Korean-based company, Samsung, has been in the portable phone business for a long time and bring their international experience [...]

Toshiba Announces Toshiba Tablet

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With the Consumer Electronics Show coming up fast, a lot of companies have taken to announcing their products early to get the hype up. It seems that tablets are huge point of interest this season, with at least half a dozen companies being rumored to announce tablets. Toshiba has decided to announce it will be [...]

Europe Approves Cellphone Charger Standard

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A universal European smartphone charger standard was announced on Thursday 30 The decision was made by the regulatory authorities at the EU’s European Commission. The standard charger was designed and developed alongside 14 of the EUs handset manufacturers, including Nokia, Apple, Samsung and Research in Motion. The standard is intended to reduce e-waste within the [...]