Maria Pila

Maria Pila is a Staff Writer For SiliconANGLE.

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VoIP Wins Big as Carriers Chomp Data Plans, Skype Extends Android Device Support

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Big things have been happening for Skype lately and the world’s best known VOiP app is only getting bigger and better, even more so since being acquired by Microsoft. An updated version of Skype just appeared on the Android Market sporting a …

Cloud Demand Shifts Mobile Strategies, from Manufacturers to SaaS

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

There’s been rapid growth in global sales from Huawei’s devices division, which sells consumer products such as smartphones, mobile phones, tablets and wireless cards. China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, one of the world’s top network equipment makers, launched its cloud computing smartphones today, …

New Layar Technology Recognize Real World Objects

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Shortly after Qualcomm releases its AR SDK kit for iOS, Layar, the open platform for mobile augmented reality (AR), unleashes Layar Vision. Layar Vision enables the mobile phone to recognize real world objects, and shows digital content on top of them. When holding …

Mobile Payments and Offers Get Another Kick from AmEx, MasterCard, Verizon

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

American Express and Verizon Mobile announced today that they will integrate Serve, a next-generation digital payment and commerce platform, on many Verizon mobile phones and tablets. The two companies will collaborate to source, distribute and simplify the redemption of online and mobile …

Who Looks Worse in Oracle vs. Google Case for Java?

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

The battle between Oracle and Google is a sordid saga, with each side making its own appeal to the court system. This last week has been especially thrilling, with emerging emails that make Google look horrible, written support of Android’s Java use …

Google Petitions Patent Lawmakers, Bulks Up Portfolio

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Google announced on Thursday that it had acquired a group of patents from IBM, even as growing interest in intellectual property suggests a coming legal face-off between Oracle, Apple, Microsoft and Google. The 1,030 patents acquired cover a broad range of technologies, …

Sprint’s Team Up with LightSquared Sends Shares Drooping as 4G Battle Ignites

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a wider loss in the second quarter, but saw its lowest turnover rate ever in terms contract customers as the wireless carrier also confirmed a 15-year agreement with privately held LightSquared Inc. to build and operate a high-speed wireless …

HTC Not Backing Down, Appeals Latest Ruling in Apple Patent Case

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

HTC is going to appeal the ruling by a U.S. trade body which found the mobile phone manufacturer guilty for the infringement of two patents held by Apple Inc. Last year, Apple filed a complaint against HTC with the US International Trade …

HTC Seeks Deal with Apple, Still Paying Microsoft Royalties for Android Devices

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Taiwan-based HTC is willing to do negotiations with the Apple over its patent infringement case, after both sides scored victories at the U.S. International Trade Commission. “We have to sit down and figure it out,” Winston Yung, chief financial officer of the Taoyuan, …

Maria Pila

Latest from Maria Pila

VoIP Wins Big as Carriers Chomp Data Plans, Skype Extends Android Device Support

New Layar Technology Recognize Real World Objects

Who Looks Worse in Oracle vs. Google Case for Java?

Google Petitions Patent Lawmakers, Bulks Up Portfolio

Sprint’s Team Up with LightSquared Sends Shares Drooping as 4G Battle Ignites

HTC Not Backing Down, Appeals Latest Ruling in Apple Patent Case

HTC Seeks Deal with Apple, Still Paying Microsoft Royalties for Android Devices

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