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Mobile World Congress’s Illusory Highlights
There were plenty of interesting stories from Mobile World Congress 2012, says Peter Judge. But not the ones you expected
Apple’s iOS App Store Hits 25 Billion Downloads
Apple has handed out a £6,300 iTunes Gift Card to the customer who put its App Store downloads over the 25 billion mark
MediaTel Group: Mobile – 2012, The Year of Reckoning?
Surely this is mobile's year of reckoning. Advances in smartphones take-up; new technologies such as SIRI; m-commerce tools; HTML5 and Google's growing presence all represent marvellous marketing opportunities around the device we a ...
Analysts Claim BlackBerry Sales Are Dropping Significantly In Europe
RIM's BlackBerry sales "decreased significantly" in Europe putting pressure on the launch of BlackBerry 10 in autumn
MWC 2012: Huawei Claims Ascend D Is The Fastest Smartphone Ever
The new quad-core smartphone will trample over iPhone and Galaxy Nexus, says Huawei
MWC 2012: Intel Unveils Smartphone Initiatives
Intel announces partnerships with Orange, ZTE, Visa and Lava International
MWC 2012: Facebook Pushes Mobile Web Standards Effort
Facebook and more than 30 other companies are to back the Core Mobile Web Platform Community Group
Analyst: Apple Deals A Blow To Motorola, Google In Germany
Apple's success in a German appeals court allows it to keep selling the iPhone and iPad, while putting additional pressure on Motorola Mobility and Google
MWC 2012: GSMA To Counter Smartphone App Sprawl With Joyn
The GSMA is countering the duplication of smartphone apps by offering standardised, consolidated 'rich communications' instead
Choose Your Own Device Promises A More Secure Future
Bring-your-own-device means all manner of hardware is starting to appear on the network. Eric Doyle argues that there is safer path
MWC 2012: Skype Beta Launches On Windows Phone
Microsoft and Skype announce the long-awaited VoIP app for Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system
MWC 2012: Sony Debuts Xperia P And Xperia U Smartphones
Sony has announced two Android-powered smartphones for release later this year
Apple Acquires App Search Engine Chomp
Apple buys Chomp for a reported £31.5 million - leading to rumours of an app store redesign
Android Apps Cost 2.5 Times More Than iPhone Apps
Canalys survey reveals disparities in the price of paid-for content between the two markets
MWC 2012: Leaked Image Sparks Sony Windows Phone Rumours
Rumour has it sony will show a Windows Phone device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
MWC 2012: Nokia Said To Be Preparing Low-Price Windows Phones
Nokia is reportedly unveiling a line of low-price, entry-level Windows Phones at Mobile World Congress next week
Mozilla Reportedly Planning Smartphone And App Store Move
Mozilla is reportedly planning a web-based mobile operating system, as well as a Mozilla app store
MWC 2012: Canonical Puts Ubuntu Desktop On A Smartphone
Canonical announces an Ubuntu version that helps kill off PCs by taking smartphones to the next level
Social Messaging Apps Cost Mobile Operators £8.8bn in SMS Revenues
Services such as BlackBerry Messenger, WhatsApp and Facebook are costing networks dear says Ovum
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Released ‘Too Late’
RIM's tablet finally gets integrated email client and Android apps, but that may not be enough
Apple Unveils Details Of Massive Solar Project
Planned solar array in North Carolina will help power a massive data centre that has been criticised for relying on power generated by coal and nuclear sources
ITC Dismisses HTC Patent Claim Against Apple
Taiwanese phone maker HTC has lost the latest leg of its increasingly bitter legal dispute against HTC
Android Malware Increased By 3,000 Percent in 2011
Google's Android was targeted with malware more than any other mobile operating system in 2011
Kindle Fire Hits Four Million Sales Estimate For Q4, Says IHS
Amazon's Kindle Fire chomped away at Apple and Samsung's tablet market shares in the fourth quarter of 2011
Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Mountain Lion’ Borrows Heavily From iOS
Mountain Lion emphasises Apple's "mobility first" strategy and incorporates even more features from iOS – again
Foxconn Raises Employee Wages As Inspection Continues
Working conditions at the Chinese plant are met by early praise from the President of the Fair Labor Association
Two In Three Brits Can’t Leave Their Mobiles At Home
Research finds that 66 percent of the UK population suffers from "nomaphobia", the fear of leaving your mobile at home
Apple Promises To Improve iPhone Address Book Security
Company bows to the concerns of the US Congress over iPhone apps covertly downloading address book data
Matthew Baxter-Reynolds’ jQuery Mobile, 2-day Course
Matthew-Baxter Reynolds -- author of ?Multimobile Development: Building Applications for iPhone and Android? and ?Multimobile Development: Building Applications for Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry -- presents this jQuery Mobile cours ...