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MMA star Simon Marcus whacks at Sonim’s rugged Bolt

How do you get your ultrarugged phone some buzz? If you’re Sonim and the phone in question is the Sonim XP5520 Bolt for Bell, the answer is as easy as hiring Muay Thai mixed martial arts champion (and fellow Canadian) Simon Marcus to throw some punches and kicks on video (below). In it, Marcus and pals tape the heavy-duty Bolt …

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Former Sun CEO says Google’s Android didn’t need license for Java APIs

Jonathan Schwartz (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Last Updated: 4:29 PM PT  SAN FRANCISCO — Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand here today as a witness for the defense, and disputed Oracle’s claim that Java APIs were proprietary code from Sun.  Google’s lawyer, Robert van Nest, asked Schwartz whether, during his tenure at Sun, Java APIs were considered proprietary or …

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