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28 Jun 2010 09:26

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Tech, U.S.: Obama’s giving Americans what they really want: More wireless

  • He’s report­edly looking into expand­ing the wireless spectrum even further. With an ever-increasing need for wireless spectrum, the admin­is­tra­tion is looking to open up around 500 megahertz worth over the next ten years. And just in time, too – some studies suggest the demand in five years will be 20 to 45 times the demand in 2009, when it was already really high. source
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21 May 2010 14:13

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Tech: FTC to Google: OK, you jerks can acquire AdMob

Google went through months of back-and-forth about the acquisition, which kinda seemed silly after Apple made it clear they’d have competition. source
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17 Jan 2010 12:29

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Biz, World: Protip: If you want your donations to help people NOW, don’t text it

  • two seconds the amount of time it takes to send a text message donation to the Red Cross (or other sources)
  • three months the amount of time it could take for that donation to reach its destination; WTF? source
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16 Jan 2010 17:09

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Tech: Nokia and Apple still having a massive contest of egos

  • nokia Has lost massive market share after the iPhone’s release. Sued Apple for patent infringe­ment. Apple rebuffed. Sued Apple again, claim­ing that nearly all products Apple makes infringe their patents.
  • apple Has completely changed the market that Nokia owned for about a decade. Claims Nokia essen­tially copied their phones. Is now asking the ITC to block all imports of Nokia phones into the U.S. source
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15 Jan 2010 08:01

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World: The Red Cross mobilizing donations for Haiti better than ever

  • $35
    million     has been donated to the Red Cross since the earthquake struck Tuesday; that's better than Katrina and the 2004 tsunami
  • $5
    million     in donations have come from text messages from mobile phones – which is easily a record and a genius way to donate source
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08 Jan 2010 10:50

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Tech: Palm upgrades its WebOS phones to cheers from nearly everyone

  • good The Palm Pre Plus can now shoot video, and current Pre users can get that action in an upgrade.
  • better The platform (which also includes the Pixi) will support Flash and using the phone as a wi-fi hotspot (awesome).
  • best If you’re not super-interested in going the Sprint route, Verizon (and maybe AT&T) will also have it. Yay! source
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17 Dec 2009 21:34

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Tech: Palm has the phones, but it doesn’t have the sales to match it

  • 29% decrease in Palm's sales from last quarter source
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11 Dec 2009 11:53

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Tech: Old mobile tech vs. new mobile tech: Apple, Nokia sue each other

  • 10 number of patents Nokia accused Apple of infringing upon – mostly industry-standard-type things
  • 13 number of patents Apple accused Nokia of infringing upon – mostly iPhone-type things source
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02 Dec 2009 21:19

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Biz: Verizon and AT&T quit their idiotic legal battles over ads

  • Verizon The tech giant sued AT&T for its “More Bars in More Places” claim – and because AT&T’s service completely sucks. Lawsuit settled.
  • AT&T The iPhone provider sued Verizon for map ads, which noted how anemic AT&T’s 3G cover­age is. Lawsuit settled. source
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20 Oct 2009 10:12

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Tech: Be prepared for a market saturated with Google Android

  • 51 Google Android-based phones will be on the market soon source
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