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Anton Wahlman is reporting on The Street that Research In Motion, the Canadian developer of the Blackberry smartphone, continually gets prodded in the pundit media as failing at market. However, as this doesn’t actually appear to be the case worldwide, he accuses …
We Need an Online Privacy Bill of Rights, Says Obama Administration
The Internet works as an extremely powerful social tool to connect multitudes of people together, provide services, collect data, and open up our world—but it also mimics a sort of public space in which our activities can be stored forever. With this …
Bing Reveals Numerous Visual Innovations at San Francisco Event
Microsoft has been struggling to get their search engine’s popularity up in a market dominated by Google. Since its launch in 2009, Bing showed 11.8% of the search market by November, up slightly from 11.5% in October. During an event in San …
HTC CEO Peter Chou Tells Us LTE Phones On Their Way in 2011
Looks like we’ll be seeing some HTC Long-Term Evolution phones available for all those networks rolling out (Verizon and MetroPCS), but perhaps not this year. CEO of HTC, Peter Chou, also added that the phones will incorporate Near-Field Communications technology, which Google …
Court Rules that Government Requires Warrant to Peer Into Private E-mails
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, [and electronic mail?] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” It sometimes takes legislation a long time to catch up with technology. Since its inception, …
WikiLeaks Debacle Raises Questions about Amazon and the Need for an Open Cloud
GigaOM is running a politically topical story right now about how Amazon’s actions in the WikiLeaks case have darkened the lining of the cloud-storage industry. In the wake of the release of a stack of highly charged secret diplomatic cables, WikiLeaks gained …
Nokia Cuts Jobs, Delays Roll Out of E7 Smartphone
Nokia has cut 800 jobs in its home market of Finland, possibly paring down for a leaner economy and has also refocused their future attentions on developing Symbian OS for their upcoming phones. The job cuts come along with 1,800 global layoffs …
Analyst at Caris & Co. Believes Kinect Isn’t Done Yet
We’ve seen the Kinect become part of a colossal ascendance for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft as it managed to move 2.5 million units over the period of its first 15 days (and the Christmas holiday isn’t even upon us yet.) Analyst …
Bing Updates Travel Booking Search
Microsoft has updated its Google-competitor search engine, Bing, to make it easier for users to access travel data. Users will be able to type in the cities they’re looking for and what they want to book and go from there. Tired of …
Fortumo In-App Payments Now Available Offline, Android Developers Get it Free
Mobile payments provider, Fortumo, better known for powering in-app payments for Rovio’s Angry Birds “Bad Piggy Bank”, now provides offline in-app payments on Android phones. They have developed a protocol that allows them to use SMS messaging and the billing system of …