Can I get a witness? The Guardian and 4G network EE have teamed up to create GuardianWitness, a new outlet for citizen journalists to send in their on-the-spot pictures and videos. GuardianWitness is a user-generated content platform, which allows you to submit your eyewitness pictures, videos and text to The Guardian from anywhere in the …
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16 April
Google acquires Android mobile
Google has snapped up Behavio, the fledgling company behind Funf, the Android “open sensing” framework that aimed to provide better access to, and use of information from, smartphones using Google’s mobile OS. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Behavio‘s most notable achievement is the Funf framework, which gathers vast amounts of data about people and their location by …
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16 April
HTC One landing on T
T-Mobile apparently just confirmed an April 24 availability date for the HTC One smartphone. Rather than through a formal press release, the carrier confirmed when HTC’s hot flagship handset will grace its shelves via a short and sweet Twitter update. According to T-Mobile watcher TmoNews, the wireless company tweeted the info tidbit through its T-Mobile USA account. The announcement specifically …
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16 April
Facebook Home out now, iPhone and iPad get Chat Heads
Welcome Home. The first Facebook Home features hit your iPhone or iPad today, as Facebook Home comes home to British Android phones. If you want Facebook to take over your Android phone, tying your Facebook friends, messages and other app features tightly together with your mobile, you can get Facebook Home from Google Play today. And the iOS app putting …
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16 April
Microsoft exec: We don’t need to build a Microsoft phone
NEW YORK — Microsoft sees no need to build its own smartphone to help kick-start sales of devices running its Windows Phone operating system, a company executive said today. Terry Myerson, a vice president at Microsoft working on the Windows Phone team, told All Things D reporter Ina Fried at the Dive into Mobile conference here this morning, that the …
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16 April
Google still wants Apple to use its maps, Eric Schmidt says
The Apple Maps fiasco may have died down, but Google still wants its mapping program to be default on iOS, said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt, speaking today during an AllThingsD mobile conference, declined to say why Apple decided to go with its own mapping system rather than working with Google as it had in the past. But he said …
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16 April
LG Revere 2 and Cosmos 3 available on Verizon
Sneaking under the radar this week are two new feature handsets available on Verizon Wireless. Known as the LG Revere 2 and Cosmos 3, the devices are available for free under a two-year contract. Without one, however, they cost $199.99 and $189.99, respectively. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Best Laptop for 2022: …
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16 April
Android rival Firefox OS goes public in June, not in UK
Android rival Firefox Mobile OS hits phones in two months — but we won’t see it here for a while. Firefox-maker Mozilla has revealed plans to launch the mobile software in five countries in June, but we’re not one of them. Firefox OS will be available on phones in Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Venezuela in June. 11 more countries …
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15 April
O2 Refresh splits phone and network tariffs for fast upgrades
Oxygenated operator O2 has a new offering that splits your contract into two tariffs, making it possible to get a mid-plan upgrade for a little less cash than usual. The network’s wizard wheeze, which is dubbed O2 Refresh, sees you picking a set monthly fee for your minutes, texts and data, and then adding a separate monthly amount to pay …
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15 April
MetroPCS urges investors to vote for latest T
MetroPCS is asking its stockholders to give the thumbs-up to the latest buyout bid from T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom. Following months of talks with MetroPCS, Deutsche Telekom finally sweetened its buyout offer Thursday, prompting the board of MetroPCS to amend its terms for the proposed merger. Amid some concerns over the deal, Deutsche Telekom reduced the amount of debt …
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