BARCELONA, Spain–A host of hot new Android phones from Samsung, LG Electronics, HTC, Sony Ericsson made their debut at Mobile World Congress 2011 here this week, but it was the relatively venerable iPhone 4 from Apple that was named the show’s best mobile device. The iPhone 4 is months old and early on suffered notable …
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Based on the number of new apps since August, the Android market is growing at a faster rate than the Apple App Store, according to Lookout. Lookout BARCELONA — The Android Market is growing at three times the rate of Apple’s App Store, according to a report released today by mobile security firm Lookout. The number of Android Market apps …
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BARCELONA, Spain–In a mobile world, size shouldn’t matter, but context should. That was the message from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz as she demoed the company’s new Livestand service at the Mobile World Congress 2011 here today. Livestand, announced last week, aggregates and personalizes all types of content for users and optimizes it for every type of device. Dubbed a “digital …
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Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo Stephen Shankland/CNET BARCELONA, Spain–To make Twitter easier to use for everyone and similar across platforms the company is aiming for tighter integration with phone services and launching translation tools, Chief Executive Dick Costolo said during his keynote at the Mobile World Congress 2011 here. The company is launching a “crowd sourced” translation center for Russian, …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Motorola Mobility announced today that it has acquired Three Laws Mobility (3LM), which provides security software for Android smartphones targeting the business and government market. Terms of the deal, which was completed late last year, were not disclosed. The news comes on the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2011 conference here. The acquisition will enable Motorola Mobility …
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SAN FRANCISCO–It’s the wee hours on an unseasonably balmy November morning. Inside the DNA Lounge in the hip South of Market neighborhood, the festively attired crowd attending the annual Scorpio Ball is bouncing and gyrating to thick bass beats. In front of the sweaty bodies and bathed in the bright stage lights is Bassnectar–otherwise known as Lorin Ashton or, perhaps …
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