Google recently decided to remove the Transdroid app from the Android market. One of the benefits the android market has over Apple’s app store is Android’s open platform which enables its users to browse a wider array of apps. However, Google decided to take down Transdroid because of its very high potential to infringe on [...]
Instant messaging has become ubiquitous in society today. People rely on instant messaging to have full conversations rather than simply pick up a phone and call that person. Add into the mix the explosive popularity of smart phones and the ease of access and use of free instant messaging programs it is easy to see why it’s [...]
By: Clint Boulton Yahoo June 16 unveiled the App Search desktop Website and AppSpot mobile applications to help users find apps in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market. Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) June 16 launched two free search applications to help mobile users find Apple iOS and Google Android apps. Yahoo App Search helps users find apps [...]
By: Nicholas Kolakowski Microsoft’s Windows Phone will overcome both Apple’s iOS and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry by 2015, according to an IDC report. If its Nokia deal works out, that is. Microsoft’s Windows Phone is going to trample Apple’s iOS by 2015, according to a new estimate by research firm IDC. However, Google Android will continue to [...]
By: Jeffrey Burt CISCO IS ROLLING OUT TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE ASR 9000 ROUTER PORTFOLIO ARMED WITH ITS NEW NV NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY. Cisco Systems officials earlier this month released a report that found that by 2015, global Internet traffic will approach the zettabyte level, driven in large part by the rapid spread of mobile devices [...]
By: Nicholas Kolakowski Microsoft’s week was dominated by the first official glimpse of Windows 8, along with rumors surrounding Nokia and tablet manufacturers. Microsoft’s major news this week was the unveiling of its next-generation Windows. Code-named “Windows 8” for the time being, this version of Windows has a completely different look and feel than previous [...]
By: Nicholas Kolakowski Nokia is reportedly claiming that rumors of a Microsoft takeover are baseless. Nokia is moving ahead with plans to adopt Windows Phone as its smartphone OS. The rumor mill has been churning steadily over reports that Microsoft will purchase Nokia’s mobile phone business for around $19 billion. That comes despite a Nokia spokespersontelling Reuters [...]