Orange Fancies Itself As GetGlue, Miso Social TV Rival
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Orange is having a run at the nascent second-screen social-TV space already occupied by the likes of GetGlue, Miso, Zeebox and Intonow. Read more »
Verizon’s Mobile TV Plans Don’t Make Sense (Like Its Proposed Spectrum Buy)
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Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is pitching a form of integrated wireless and wireline cable TV package if the government approves its plans to bu… Read more »
Hey Devs, Amazon Apps Can Make Almost As Much As iOS Apps
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It’s fairly obvious by now that iOS and Android are the top dogs in mobile, so the battle is on for the third platform player. I wrote off B… Read more »
Amazon Frustrates With 'Suspension' Of Kindle Newspaper Additions
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is denying a frustrated publisher’s claim that it has indefinitely stopped adding any more newspapers and magazines to i… Read more »
Does Agency Pricing Mean Higher E-Book Prices? That Depends
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The term “agency pricing” may not be familiar to those outside the book industry, but it has become a serious issue with the Justice Departm… Read more »
Ge The Most Byte For Your Buck: Who Has The Best 3G/4G Plan?
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In the last year, there have been a lot of changes in the way that mobile operators charge for 3G/4G data: more operators have dropped unlim… Read more »
Chinese Android Apps Are Bypassing Google’s Play Store
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A mobile platform is only as strong as its app line-up, which in turn relies on the co-operation and keenness of app developers.
But lookin… Read more »
Welcome To paidContent Circa 2012
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Back in February, we told you paidContent found the perfect home as we announced that ContentNext Media had been acquired by our friends at… Read more »
RIM Finally Comes Clean, But Time Not On Its Side
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The year of denial is over at Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM). In a frank and overdue conversation with investors Thursday, new CEO Thorsten… Read more »
Why You’ll Likely See Sprint LTE Phones Sooner Than Later
Any remaining Sprint (NYSE: S) customers holding out hope for new WiMAX smartphones can officially consider such hopes dashed. On Thursday,… Read more »
Good Day For Mobile Ads: Millennial IPO Soars
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Updated: Millennial closed at an even $25 on the day, up 92 percent from the opening price and earning the company a one-day stock mar… Read more »
Kindle Fire App Gains Location Services (Without A GPS)
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Kindle Fire owners wanting to include locations in their tweets can do so with the updated version of TweetCaster. The software, found in th… Read more »
Harry Potter E-Books, Digital Audiobooks In Libraries Today
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Two days after the Pottermore shop launched, Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks will be available in libraries as of noon ET today. Read more »
iPad Users Don't Mind Paying For News
According to new research, iPad users are forking over plenty of money to read their favorite digital publications on Apple’s tablet. In the… Read more »
If Stylus = Fail, Samsung's Galaxy Note Has 5M Failures
photo: Tom Krazit
Apparently a 5.3-inch smartphone isn’t too big, and having stylus to go with it doesn’t mean it’s a failure: Samsung announced 5 million sal… Read more »
Smartphones Make Big Gains In Prepaid
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Smartphones long ago lost their hoity-toity status as the toys of the technological elite, but in the last few years they have been moving d… Read more »
Nokia: Pick Apple's SIM Standard, No Patents For You
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is escalating its objections to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) leading the way on how future SIM cards for our mobile devices are desi… Read more »
Why Does Apple Care So Much About SIM Cards Anyway?
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has reportedly offered its design for itsy bitsy SIM cards – known officially as nano-SIM – to other mobile device makers… Read more »
Kindle Touch Heads To Europe
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Amazon’s Kindle Touch e-reader is available for preorder in Europe now. Read more »
Forget QR codes: Your Touchscreen Can ‘Read’ This Ink
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Ever since the smartphone era began, companies have looked for ways to quickly get information from the offline product world onto the phone… Read more »
WiFi-Only iPad Could Hit Mainland China Stores Soon
Just because the new iPad is assembled in China doesn’t mean the Chinese can buy one in their own country – yet. That’s because Apple’s late… Read more »
You Can Buy The Harry Potter E-Books Now — Here’s What You Need To Know
The Pottermore e-bookstore is open earlier than expected, with all the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks available (DRM-free) for… Read more »
Why Mike Daisey Isn't Done Apologizing For His Lies
Nine days after monologist Mike Daisey was exposed as a fabulist, a man who manufactured personal stories about Apple’s supply chain in Chin… Read more »
The First Mobile Operator To Go VoIP? Try MetroPCS
There’s a lot of recent talk of mobile operators launching their own voice-over-IP services, but what may surprise you is which carrier is o… Read more »
Another Record For ‘The Hunger Games’: Mobile Ticket Sales
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Over this past weekend, The Hunger Games set the highest opening weekend for a non-sequel, raking in an estimated $155 million at the box of… Read more »
RIM Giving Away BB10 Phones That Consumers Will Never See
The first folks who will get a chance to see if Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) will be able to arrest its steep decline in the smartphone m… Read more »
How OMGPOP Scaled To 36 million Users In Three Weeks
OMGPOP can thank the cloud for its acquisition by Zynga on Wednesday. The gaming startup, whose Draw Something iPhone app used cloud computi… Read more »
First Week With The New iPad: It’s Hard To Put Down
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Like a few million others, I took delivery of a new iPad from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) over the weekend. Mine arrived late on Friday afternoon and… Read more »
How’s This For Tactless? AT&T Gloats Over T-Mo’s Layoffs
AT&T (NYSE: T) has proven many times in the last few months that it just can’t let its failed acquisition of T-Mobile go, but on Friday the… Read more »
Lack of ‘Angry Birds Space’ Highlights Windows Phone’s Challenge
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Angry Birds Space is another huge hit for Rovio but it won’t be bringing any help to Windows Phone, according to Peter Vesterbacka, the chie… Read more »
Music Wars: Spotify Heading For Ireland And Oz As Rdio Gears Up In Europe
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Two of the subscription-music space’s main players are set to launch in several new markets, as the segment’s many budding exponents race to… Read more »
T-Mobile Cutting Workforce By 1900, Shuttering Call Centers
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T-Mobile USA is consolidating its customer service call centers, shutting down seven facilities in six states by the end of June but hiring… Read more »
Is Apple Planning Its Own Mobile Voice Service?
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LightReading has dug up some very interesting job postings on the Apple’s Website. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is looking for telephony software engi… Read more »
U.S. Cellular Takes LTE Live With Galaxy Tab 10.1
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The country’s fifth LTE network just went live. On Thursday, U.S. Cellular began selling its first 4G device, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, a… Read more »
Woe Canada: RIM Falls Behind iPhone On Home Turf
Given the wider trends, this day was probably inevitable, but it probably doesn’t make it any easier to swallow at Research in Motion (NSDQ:… Read more »
Where Is Mobile Gaming Happening? At Home, In Bed
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Mobile gaming conjures up images of people playing on subways, waiting in line and walking down the street. But you’re much more likely to f… Read more »
Could Sharing Lead To Caring About Google Wallet?
In yet another sign of the slow progress of mobile payments despite strong interest, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is rethinking its approach to Googl… Read more »
What Zynga Really Wants From OMGPOP’s ‘Draw Something’
Zynga made a huge acquisition Wednesday, snapping up Draw Something producer OMGPOP for a reported $200 million-plus price tag. But let… Read more »
Official Samsung Galaxy S III Images, Specs Unofficially Leak
After being a no-show at this month’s Mobile World Congress event, the Samsung Galaxy S III is appearing on the web, courtesy of a leaked im… Read more »
UBS: Half Of New iPads Sold Will Tap Into 4G
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UBS believes the new iPad will be the catalyst that drives consumers to connect their tablets to mobile broadband networks. In a new report,… Read more »
