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Apple Acquires App Search Engine Chomp
Apple buys Chomp for a reported £31.5 million - leading to rumours of an app store redesign
Android Apps Cost 2.5 Times More Than iPhone Apps
Canalys survey reveals disparities in the price of paid-for content between the two markets
MWC 2012: Leaked Image Sparks Sony Windows Phone Rumours
Rumour has it sony will show a Windows Phone device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
MWC 2012: Nokia Said To Be Preparing Low-Price Windows Phones
Nokia is reportedly unveiling a line of low-price, entry-level Windows Phones at Mobile World Congress next week
Mozilla Reportedly Planning Smartphone And App Store Move
Mozilla is reportedly planning a web-based mobile operating system, as well as a Mozilla app store
MWC 2012: Canonical Puts Ubuntu Desktop On A Smartphone
Canonical announces an Ubuntu version that helps kill off PCs by taking smartphones to the next level
Social Messaging Apps Cost Mobile Operators £8.8bn in SMS Revenues
Services such as BlackBerry Messenger, WhatsApp and Facebook are costing networks dear says Ovum
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Released ‘Too Late’
RIM's tablet finally gets integrated email client and Android apps, but that may not be enough
Apple Unveils Details Of Massive Solar Project
Planned solar array in North Carolina will help power a massive data centre that has been criticised for relying on power generated by coal and nuclear sources
ITC Dismisses HTC Patent Claim Against Apple
Taiwanese phone maker HTC has lost the latest leg of its increasingly bitter legal dispute against HTC
Android Malware Increased By 3,000 Percent in 2011
Google's Android was targeted with malware more than any other mobile operating system in 2011
Kindle Fire Hits Four Million Sales Estimate For Q4, Says IHS
Amazon's Kindle Fire chomped away at Apple and Samsung's tablet market shares in the fourth quarter of 2011
Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Mountain Lion’ Borrows Heavily From iOS
Mountain Lion emphasises Apple's "mobility first" strategy and incorporates even more features from iOS – again
Foxconn Raises Employee Wages As Inspection Continues
Working conditions at the Chinese plant are met by early praise from the President of the Fair Labor Association
Two In Three Brits Can’t Leave Their Mobiles At Home
Research finds that 66 percent of the UK population suffers from "nomaphobia", the fear of leaving your mobile at home
Apple Promises To Improve iPhone Address Book Security
Company bows to the concerns of the US Congress over iPhone apps covertly downloading address book data
Matthew Baxter-Reynolds’ jQuery Mobile, 2-day Course
Matthew-Baxter Reynolds -- author of ?Multimobile Development: Building Applications for iPhone and Android? and ?Multimobile Development: Building Applications for Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry -- presents this jQuery Mobile cours ...
Apple Must Do More Than Inspect To Protect Foxconn Workers
While inspections of Foxconn may be good PR, Apple will need to take more effective to action to prevent workers from being exploited, says Wayne Rash
RIM Suffers Fresh Blow As US Government Moves Away From BlackBerry
Government agency begins issuing iPhones and Android devices to some of its 17,000 employees
App Developers Apologise For Sharing Users’ Address Books
iPhone apps Hipster and Path move to fix security flaw, with a summit planned to discuss a 'privacy pledge'
Xamarin Delivers MonoTouch 5.2 for iOS App Development
Xamarin’s updated MonoTouch 5.2 accelerates and simplifies iPhone and iPad application development
RIM Continues Developer Push For BlackBerry 10
RIM's developer conference continues the company's chase of third-party developers for BlackBerry 10
Nokia Cuts Jobs And Moves Manufacturing To Asia
Nokia is to axe 4,000 jobs as it transfers its smartphone manufacturing operations to the Far East
BT Reaches 3.5m Wi-Fi Hotspot Milestone
BT also releases BT FON app for BlackBerry users to locate nearest hotspot
Smartphone Shipments Overtake PC Sales
In a significant milestone, smartphone sales have overtaken sales of PCs, despite the inclusion of tablets
RIM May Drop BlackBerry OS Licensing Plans
RIM is likely to drop plans to license the BlackBerry OS in order to focus on its upcoming BlackBerry 10 device, according to an analyst
The Fear Of Integrating Apple In A Microsoft-centric World
As the BYOD trend continues, IT departments face a number of challenges integrating Apple devices into a Wintel work environment, says Mark Williams
Possible Windows Phone 8 Features Leaked In Video
A video apparently intended for the eyes of Nokia, reveals a number of features in the next version of Windows Phone
Nokia Clings To Global Phone Market Lead
Nokia is clinging to its lead in the global mobile phone market, despite slipping in the smartphone race last year