| Apple iPhone Coming to Wal-Mart Later This Month
13/12/2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will soon become the second mass-market retail chain to carry the Apple iPhone device, according to several of the company`s employees.The popular media-equipped smartphone is expected to be available at Wal-Mart in time for Christmas, and workers are already being trained on how to sell the device, reports indicate.A rumour that Wal-Mart may offer a discounted $99 version of... |
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| Google Voices Opposition to Canadian Internet Regulation
13/12/2008
Internet search and media giant, Google Inc., has expressed strong opposition to the CRTC`s recent proposal to regulate web content in Canada, saying that such an action would take away from the experience that users have come to expect from new media.The Commission should resist the temptation to try to fix what is not broken, Google said in a submission to the regulatory body, responding to a... |
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| Apple Faces Patent Lawsuit over iPhone Web Browsing Technology
04/12/2008
Apple Inc. is facing a lawsuit alleging that the technology the iPhone uses to navigate and display websites infringes on a recently obtained patent.The suit was filed by EMG Technology LLC, a small company owned by Los Angeles real estate developer, Elliot Gottfurcht, and two co-investors. Apparently, the company has just one employee, and the patent in question didn`t come into existence until... |
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| Verizon Wireless Apologizes After Employees Access Obama Cell Phone Records
04/12/2008
American cell phone carrier, Verizon Wireless, apologized today upon disclosing news that some of its employees had viewed the private cell phone records of U.S. President-elect, Barack Obama, without authorization.A number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama`s personal cell phone account, revealed Verizon Wireless president... |
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| Senator Proposes Law Against Selling Mobile Phone Records
04/12/2008
A senator in Colorado by the name of Ron Tupa has proposed a new law that would make it illegal for so called data brokers to possess or sell a mobile phone subscriber`s call records.Surprisingly, it is currently legal for these companies to operate in the US, so long as no one can prove that they obtained the information illegally. The proposed law would effectively shut down companies such as... |
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| Introducing the 2nd Android Phone - the Agora
04/12/2008
This is quite an interesting news indeed. It looks like the second android phone will not be coming from China but in the land down under instead. That`s right folks, straight from Australia we have the second Android-powered phone dubbed the Kogan Agora Pro. Although, we might think that Australia is a most unlikely place for a highly-regarded mobile phone series to come from, fortunately, the... |
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| Telecom Italia to cut 4000 more jobs sell 3 bn euro assets
04/12/2008
Telecom Italia will slash more 4,000 jobs and sell assets worth 3 billion euro following its restructuring and growth plan, which aims to reduce companys debt significantly in the next three years. The Italian telecom firm would reduce the domestic employee numbers by 4,000 in addition to the earlier planned 5,000 job cuts by 2010, it said in a statement. Telecom Italia is targeting to reduce... |
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| T-Mobile USA Makes Yahoo its Default Mobile Search Partner
25/11/2008
Internet giant, Yahoo, has reached a deal to become the default search engine on new mobile devices from T-Mobile USA.Yahoo said that it will share ad revenue with T-Mobile, but did not give financial specifics of the deal, which is aimed primarily at users of lower-end mobile phones. Yahoo has already replaced Google as T-Mobile International`s mobile search partner in a number of European... |
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| Apple Improves Email and Google Maps Functionality with iPhone Software Update
25/11/2008
Apple has released a new software update for its popular iPhone 3G device, opening the door for a wide array of additional applications and features.The iPhone 2.2 Software Update promises improved email access, including better formatting of HTML emails, as well as an enhanced version of the Safari mobile web browser. Users will now be able to access internet podcasts via the iTunes Store, and... |
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| Verizon Wireless Apologizes After Employees Access Obama Cell Phone Records
25/11/2008
American cell phone carrier, Verizon Wireless, apologized today upon disclosing news that some of its employees had viewed the private cell phone records of U.S. President-elect, Barack Obama, without authorization.A number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama`s personal cell phone account, revealed Verizon Wireless president... |
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