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US Mobile Carriers To Enable Texting To 9-1-1

Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile have agreed to make nationwide SMS (texting) to 9-1-1 possible by 2014. This is a move to improve E9-1-1...

Yerdle: Share Online Rather Than Shop

Startup Yerdle lets you trade stuff with Facebook friends. By extending the lives of things by giving them a place to be found on the Internet,...

Citrix Acquires MDM Vendor Zenprise

Citrix will acquire mobile security company Zenprise, the two companies announced Wednesday. Zenprise is one of the largest mobile device...

Android "Clear Leader" In Smartphone Race Says Report

Android leads the smart phone market with a 68.3% share, followed by the iPhone at only 18.8%, according to IDC's quarterly worldwide mobile phone...

US Twitter Users Not Vulnerable To SMS Spoof

A vulnerability in Twitter would allow spoofed posts to a user's account if the account were enabled for SMS updates. Twitter said Tuesday that...

Unlocked iPhone 5 For Sale At Apple

You can now buy an iPhone 5 from Apple with no carrier contract committment. There is no CDMA support and what LTE support they have is unclear....

911 Centers Not Ready For Mobile App Era

Some of the latest public safety apps offer to let you send texts, photos and even videos to 911 centers. There's just one problem: They don't...

Microsoft Reveals Details of Intel-Based Surface

The Surface tablet with Windows 8 Pro from Microsoft will look like the ARM-based Surface RT, only slightly thicker and heavier. On the other...

Windows 8 Enterprise Antivirus Market Starts Off Slow

Test lab AV-Test finds only 6 corporate antimalware / endpoint protection solutions for enterprises. By contrast, they count 60 consumer...

Is Apple Maps Salvageable?

Apple is dealing with the crappy mapping launch by firing the manager in charge of the software. But can this repair the damage that is already...

Microsoft To Support Surface RT Into 2017

Microsoft's official support lifecycle for Surface with Windows RT hardware ends 4/11/2017. They have not yet announced the end of support for the...

Fake Apple Apps In Google Android Play Store

Garage Band, Keynote, Numbers, iPhoto and others for Android were all apparently for sale in the Google Play store, but it was not to be. The...

Antitrust Feds Scrutinize Patent-Holding Firms

The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are investigating the use of patent-holding firms by tech companies to sue competitors....

MDM Wars: Good Technology Sues AirWatch and MobileIron

Good Technology has filed patent infringement lawsuits against competitors MobileIron and Airwatch citing four of the company's 75 patents. Good's...

RIM Adds Free Voice Service To BlackBerry Messenger

RIM has added a free voice chat service to the next version of their popular BlackBerry Messenger service. BBM Voice users will be able to make...

Skype Vulnerability, Now Blocked, Allowed Account Hijack

A security vulnerability in Skype, in use for 2 months, allowed an attacker to hijack a Skype account if they knew the email address of the user....

HTC Droid DNA Boast: 'Most Advanced Smart Phone'

Citing its high-end hardware, HTC says its new Droid DNA is the most advanced smart phone to hit the market yet, and the "ultimate" Droid.

CEA: Tablets And Smartphones Still King In 2013

As the markets for smart phones and tablets have grown, the markets for other consumer electronics products, such as dedicated GPS and...

Surface Hands-On At The Microsoft Store

They look a lot like Apple Stores, but Microsoft Stores sell Windows PCs and Surfaces and Xboxes. One is coming, if not to a mall near you, then...

BlackBerry 10 Launch Set For January, 2013

The next version of the BlackBerry OS, perhaps the RIM's last chance at retaining significance, will be released at a January 30 event. The...



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