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Maria Pila

Maria Pila is a Staff Writer For SiliconANGLE.

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Google’s Mobile History: a Story Primed for Motorola Acquisition

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Google’s acquisition of Motorola has several implications, namely for Android as a business, and Google’s long term goals for its mobile initiatives.  While Motorola Mobility will remain a standalone platform for the mobile industry, Google wouldn’t have made such a buy without …

Medacity: Ushering a New Media Revival

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Medacity is launching this week, its debut spearheaded by web content development company, Nichenet Pty Ltd. It’s latest site launch focuses on the news from the new media sector, spanning video, audio, blogging, hyperlocal, mainstream media, services providers, and even aggregators.  Mediacity is …

Social Media Used to Fan the Flames of London Riot

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Social media has been a potent force in fueling the riots that began Saturday in London’s boroughs, later spreading to other areas such as Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol.  Messages have also been sent via regular SMS, Twitter and Facebook. But the social …

How Soon Until Apple Blocks Walmart’s Vudu Video Magic?

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Walmart’s getting serious about its online video offerings.  The retailer announced today the launch of VUDU for the iPad. VUDU, a leading subscription-free, video-on-demand movie service acquired by Walmart, has optimized the navigation experience of VUDU.com to enable millions of iPad owners to rent or buy …

The Structure of NFC: Paving Ground for Mobile Payments Revolution

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Visa announced its plan to accelerate the migration to EMW contact and contactless chip technology in the United States. The adoption of dual-interface chip technology will help prepare the U.S. payment infrastructure for the arrival of NFC-based mobile payments by building the …

An Education in iMacs: Give Kids the Old Goods

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Apple launched its new, entry-level 21.5 inch iMac today, a device meant specifically for education institutions. This new iMac model is available for $999.  It comes with a 3.1GHz Core i3 processor, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB of hard drive storage and an …

Ex-Microsoft Executive Named To Top US Tech Post

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Former Microsoft executive served as Bill Gates’ assistant in the past, and now Steven VanRoekel has been named as the next chief information officer for the federal government.  In 2009, VanRoekel joined the Obama administration as managing director of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). …

Square Fraud was Inevitable. Encryption, Anyone?

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Researchers at the Black Hat security conference on Thursday revealed ways in which the Square payment system, which turns any iPhone, iPad or Android into a point-of-sale credit card processor, could be used for fraud. Square provides a card-reading dongle that plugs into …

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