Don’t look for anything new this summer from Apple. The new highly anticipated IPhone 5 will not be rolling out with the hot weather, reports MacRumors. The rumor mill is also speculating that indeed the phone might not release until September or even later in the year. A big difference from a company, like Apple,
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T-Mobile announced that in 55 markets, their 4G network will be doubling in speed to 42 megabits per second. With the launch of the fastest new product, the Rocket 3.0, its universal serial data stick for your laptop, T-Mobile claims that over 150 million people will be covered on their 4G network. At a cost
A new study from ABI Research estimates that by 2016 smartphone apps industry will achieve 44 billion downloads. Currently there are about 350,000 apps in Apple’s App Store and more than 330,000 apps in Android Market. On top of this Nokia’s Ovi Store has about 54,000 apps, RIM’s App World 16,000 smartphone applications and Windows
According to a study by TRUSTe, 77% of respondents said that they don’t want to share their location on Smartphones. On top of that 85% of respondents feel uncomfortable with advertiser tracking.
Microsoft announced its opening Office 365 to public beta. Office 365 includes updated versions of SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Lync Online, and Office Web Apps. All will be available as a subscription. In addition, the company has launched Office 365 Marketplace. This will give customers a means of finding third-party apps and services to be
New York City Mayor Bloomberg has proclaimed April 16th Foursquare Day in New York City. Foursquare is a location-based social networking website based on software for mobile devices. Essentially, it enables people to use mobile devices to interact with their environment. Users “check-in” at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application
Larry Page, the new CEO of Google, recently promoted six individuals from executives to vice president status. The new six divisions are an attempt at making Google less of a bureaucracy, and more of an innovator. The newest senior vice president additions include Susan Wojcicki, Alan Eustace, Sundar Pichai, Salar Kamangar, Andy Rubin, and Vic
Although it may take up to one year to complete, Microsoft Windows 8 is already in the works. By invitation only, builds have begun to be distributed. The news, spilled from the WinRumors site, supposedly includes a build number of 7971.0.110324-1900. The long waited Windows 8 has been anticipated even before Windows 7 was introduced.
According to the April 1 blog at blogs.forbes.com, Google is now in command of approximately one third of the smartphone market. According to new data from ComScore, phones based on Google Android accounted for 33% of the U.S. smart phone market, as of the end of February. Other contenders include Apple, with a market share
