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It’s All Microsoft’s Fault!
Image source: www.wpcentral.com The media is overrun today with news stories about the significant decline (11-14%) in PC sales. Most of the headlines and stories would have you believing that this is all due to the recent release and lack of excitement over the Windows 8 platform. Well media, as much as I would [...]
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Public Outcry over AT&T blocking Facetime over Cellular Feature has Impact
AT&T seems to be slowly opening up Facetime over Cellular for users of iOS devices. With the release of iOS6, Apple integrated the feature into iPhone products allowing users to utilize Facetime on cellular networks and taking off the Wi-Fi only restriction. AT&T chose to initially only allow users of its then new “shared data” [...]
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Android and Samsung lead Smartphone Market Nokia Sliding Fast
Gartner has released its latest findings for mobile and smartphone sales see (press release) below. The report shows that Android leads the pack in operating systems; Samsung leads in smartphone sales, and shows Apple and Samsung dominating the market with a combined 46.5% of the entire smartphone market share. The findings, though not too surprising [...]
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Blackberry adds Voice over W-Fi to its Smartphones
RIM today announced a new feature that has been added to its BBM (Blackberry Messenger) service. The new feature, which adds voice calling over Wi-Fi provides users the ability to make voice calls for free to other messenger users see (press release) below. With the success of iMessage in Apple iOS devices, it would seem [...]
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AT&T Jumps into Cloud Business
AT&T has just released news of its new AT&T Locker cloud service see (press release) below. The new service, which will compete with Apple iCloud, Google+, Amazon, and others, provides photo and video storage and sharing to its customer base. The cloud service is enabled through an iOS or droid app, providing instant upload to [...]
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Microsoft Creates Clear Line Between Business and Personal with Windows 8 and Surface
The line between business and personal is becoming more and more blurred. Companies like Apple have figured this out and built products that seamlessly intertwine the two. It seems surprising that Microsoft, a company looking to redefine itself with Windows 8 continues to define a clear line between business and personal. A good example of [...]
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If things weren’t bad enough for Nokia
Nokia had a rather impressive showing with their new Windows Phone 8 debut. The Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 were prominently featured and the Nokia hardware emphasized its camera features, especially its Pureview Image Stabilization technology. This new feature provides compensation for shaky hands and video demos were very impressive making many rethink their opinions [...]
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Facebook’s new iPhone App makes it Fast, Fun and Usable again
Facebook has released its latest revision to the iPhone App. The new app completely redesigned and rebuilt from the ground up, has ditched the HTML5 framework and is a true app written in native code. This has significantly speeded up the interaction, access, and usability of the application compared to its previous versions. Upon download [...]
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No Bungee Cord in Sight as RIM Blackberry Stock Continues to fall
The once giant RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) known for its once popular Blackberry platform continues to lose value as the stock now in the sub $8 range descends towards an inevitable bottom. The difference a year can make; at the same time last year the stock had a respectable value in the $28 range, but has been [...]
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5 Easy Steps to Become a Multi-Platform Mobility Expert
Mobility is becoming one of the most important aspects of day to day life and connectivity for business users. The need for expertise and help on mobile platforms is increasing at an exponential rate, and the demand for software assistance and repair facilitation is at an all-time high. There is opportunity in this growing trend [...]
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Google Brings Some Shine to iPhone and iPad, Announces Chrome for iOS
The Google I/O (Input/Output) 2012 Developer event is currently underway in San Francisco, CA. The event has been the showcase for some high profile announcements from the Internet giant. Mobility and cross platform compatibility seems to be a big theme coming out of the event. Google announced that the Google Chrome Browser would be available [...]
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Microsoft Leaves Nokia Users Kicking Themselves over Windows Phone 8
Microsoft yesterday announced its new Windows Phone 8 platform to much praise and excitement over the new Windows 8 inspired OS. The platform itself takes the Windows 8 RT kernel and slims it down to a version suitable for a mobile device. The big buzz coming out of the announcement though is not the feature [...]
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Amazon Launches Much Anticipated Cloud Music Player App for Iphone
Amazon announced today the availability of its new Cloud Music Player App on the Itunes App Store see (Press Release) below. It has been over a year since Amazon launched its cloud music service, and since then a number of high profile cloud solutions, and services hit the market, a few examples are Apple icloud, [...]
