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Facebook smartphone could come by next year: report

Facebook hopes to release its own smartphone by next year, as the newly public social networking giant looks to boost its revenue in the mobile Internet market, the New York Times reported Monday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 17 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Android Market checks out, Google Play moves in

Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.

Technology / Software

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TV executives crave viewers who watch 2 screens

Forget the small screen and the big screen. The hottest new thing in television is the "second screen" - the one on the tablet computer or cell phone that an increasing number of viewers keep an eye on while they're watching ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New study is first to test the actual impact of branded apps on consumers

A new research study co-authored by an Indiana University professor suggests that interactive applications for mobile phones such as Apple's iPhone and Google's Android may be some of the most powerful forms of advertising ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Apple accepts payment in China's yuan currency

Apple has started accepting payment in China's yuan currency through its online store, opening it up to the biggest Internet market in the world, company officials said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New record voltage for organic solar cells opens the tech to consumer electronics

Molecular Solar Ltd, a spinout company from the University of Warwick, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. They have achieved and demonstrated a record ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Google purges tainted apps from Android phones

Google has remotely purged Android smartphones of applications tainted with a malicious code that could take control of the handsets and steal information.

Technology / Software

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

How to use your phone to maximize holiday shopping

If you want to be a smart shopper during the holidays, don't leave home without your smart phone.

Technology / Software

created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google deletes two Android applications remotely

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google removed two free applications from Android phones this week, using a feature that allows them to delete the applications from phones remotely.

Technology / Software

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner

Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mass production micro-hybrid technology set to cut emissions and fuel use in cars

The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0