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At Nokia, a Stroll Down Cellular Memory Lane
While most of my time in Espoo, Finland, was focused on learning about what’s coming next from Nokia, I took a little bit of time to revisit a bit of cellular history. In the center of its grand Nokia...
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Eye-Fi Gets $20 Million in Funding, Looks to Mobile Phones for Growth
Eye-Fi, maker of SD cards that enable wireless connectivity in digital cameras, has nabbed $20 million in a Series D round of funding from Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and existing investors, including Shasta...
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Tablets That Have a Certain Feel to Them
Given that most Android tablets look the same, a couple of companies are showing technologies in Barcelona that make sure they don’t feel the same. One of those companies is a Finnish start-up called...
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Videos, Consultants, Fake Steve Jobs. How Beyond Oblivion Burned $32 Million...
It’s easy to build a failed music service. Building a failed music service that blows through $32 million without ever opening its doors? That takes some work. And that’s what Beyond Oblivion pulled...
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AllThingsD Takes SXSW by Storm (in Pictures)
SXSW Interactive is, thankfully, almost over. We came, we saw, we ate from food trucks. We stood in lines in the rain (grudgingly wearing branded ponchos), we strained our eyes and ears for any slivers...
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Mobile Data Use Surging, but Tablets Largely a Wi-Fi-Only Affair
Even when tablet buyers opt for a device with the ability to use a cellular network, most are opting to use the device only on Wi-Fi. In a report released on Monday, analyst Chetan Sharma said that 90...
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An Inside Look at the FCC's Gadget Library (Video)
The library of the Federal Communications Commission houses plenty of books and newspapers, but it is also home to a growing collection of TVs, smartphones and tablets. About a year ago, the agency...
View ArticleWe're Not in San Francisco Anymore
I’m sitting across from 4 diff people talking on Razr flip phones at LAX airport. Have I traveled back in time & someone forgot to tell me? –Nick Bilton, via Twitter
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HP's Greenblatt Leaves webOS Post for New Role
Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that Sam Greenblatt, the CTO of the company’s webOS business unit, has left that role. I just received an email statement on the subject from an HP spokesman: “Sam...
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Fake Angry Birds Slingshot Malware Onto Android Phones
Some folks are getting more villains than they bargained for when downloading software claiming to be Angry Birds Space. Gamemaker Rovio and antivirus firms are cautioning of malware-laden software...
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Bill Clinton Highlights Global Cellular Success Stories as CTIA 2012 Wraps Up
Former President Bill Clinton spoke Thursday on how the growing ubiquity of cellphones is dramatically changing lives throughout the world. In the final speech of the CTIA trade show in New Orleans,...
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IDC Sees Windows Phone Grabbing Share From iOS, Android
Despite its slow start, Windows Phone should still be able to grab a significant share of the smartphone market in the coming years, at least according to the crystal ball over at IDC. The market...
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Amazon's Appstore to Open Internationally This Summer; Will the Fire Follow?
Amazon is getting close to launching its Appstore in Europe later this summer, marking the first time the store will be available outside the U.S., according to sources familiar with the company’s...
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Google I/O, Day One: A Tablet, a Streaming Media Player and Google Glasses...
It’s that time of the year again. Search giant Google takes to the stage to show off the latest in its long line of Android desserts, talk about the future of its platforms, and hand out some hardware...
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Big Fish Launches Streaming Game Service, Partners With Roku
Big Fish Games officially announced its streaming game service this morning at Casual Connect, an annual games conference in Seattle. While some of the details about the service had been announced...
View ArticleIntroducing the BasmatiPhone
“Whether it’s instant rice, country-style rice, boil-in-a-bag rice, or smartphones, Uncle Ben’s has always been committed to innovation.” – The Onion, in an article parodying the crowded smartphone...
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It's Official: The Era of the Personal Computer Is Over
As a signpost on the road to the so-called Post-PC Era we’ve been hearing about for so many years, this one is pretty hard to argue with: As of this year, personal computers no longer consume the...
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Nokia CEO Elop: We Would Have Liked to Have Done Better With First Windows...
Things haven’t gone exactly as planned for Nokia CEO Stephen Elop since he made his big bet on Windows Phone a year and a half ago. The company’s Symbian business tailed off far faster than expected,...
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Fab Says Mobile Makes Up Half of All Sales During Peak Hours
Some analysts are skeptical that retailers are seeing much of an impact from shopping on mobile devices. But here’s one counterpoint: Fab.com, the quirky online retailer, said today that over the past...
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Microsoft Woos Windows 8, Windows Phone Developers at Build 2012
While Microsoft was quick to celebrate the release of Windows 8 last week, in many ways the hard work still lies ahead. The new operating system sports a geometric layout, emphasizing third-party...
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