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Mobile World Congress is an annual event that occurs every February, featuring the combination of the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference spotlighting prominent executives from top mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners across …
Google+ For Business Hopes to Differentiate with Data
Businesses are leveraging the fact that people are greatly influenced by social media. Right now, more and more businesses are making their mark in social networking by creating their own pages or accounts, announcing product launches, price drops, etc. There’s a few …
YouPorn Chat Hack Tells All, Best Buy Apologizes for Flash Porn
YouPorn was caught in a compromising position, as 6,255 e-mail addresses of their subscribers were posted in Pastebin accompanied by their passwords because of a coding error in the sex-chat associated with them. “Looking at the data, it seems like a careless …
Motorola Responds to Microsoft, Apple Corrects ABC’s Foxconn Expose
In today’s mobile roundup, we have Motorola’s response to Microsoft’s latest legal complaint, their participation at the Oscars, Apple’s troubles in China and Samsung’s Mobile World Congress offerings. MoMo Willing To Settle as they Walk the Red Carpet Motorola Mobility is willing …
Microsoft Sues Motorola, T-Mobile Blocks Verizon’s Monopoly Play
Though the Google-Motorola deal is still awaiting the approval of regulators from China, Taiwan and Israel, the pending merger is already faced with a lawsuit. Microsoft filed a complaint against Google to the European Commission accusing the search giant and Motorola of …
The Rise of the Hactivist [Infographic]
Hacktivism is the result of mashing up the words hack and activism and was coined in 1998 by Omega, a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker crew. By definition, hacktivism is the use of computers and computer networks as …
Will Android@Home Launch with Android 5.0?
Last year, even before Android 4.0 a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich was officially launched for public use, talk of the next Android version had already surfaced, though there was little information, except that it was unofficially dubbed Jelly Bean. Though ICS hasn’t rolled out …
Lawrence Man Sues Google for Browser Tracking
Google is facing some scrutiny over its latest tracking browser activities. The first situation was exposed by the Wall Street Journal, claiming Google used a computer code to track the browsing activities of Safari users. The second one is from Microsoft, claiming that …
Dotcom Granted Bail, Grooveshark Blocked By Danish ISP
Earlier this week it was reported that new charges were filed against Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, and his associates. The new charges stated that “Megaupload reproduced content from third-party websites, including YouTube, with the intent of making it available for reproduction.” …
Apple Defends iPad In Chinese Court, RIM Finally Launches Native Email App
In today’s morning mobile round-up we have long-awaited updates for RIM’s PlayBook, a heated court battle for Apple’s trademark iPad in China and the latest rumored gadget from Google. e-Mail on the PlayBook, at long last! Research in Motion has finally brought …