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News for May 2013
Notebooks
- Toshiba Kirabook Ultrabook review: Toshiba tries to reinvent itself (Engadget)
- HP Envy Split x2 is a 13-inch Windows 8 tablet and laptop (Laptop Mag)
- Microsoft sets ‘Windows Blue’ release for later this year (Notebook Review)
- Sony introduces new VAIO Fit laptops and updated Ultrabook (Notebook Review)
- Sony VAIO Fit 14 review: 3/5; solid performance but poor battery life (Laptop Mag)
- Sony VAIO Fit 15 review: good performance, short battery life (Engadget)
- HP’s New ProBook 400 Series hands-on (Notebook Review)
- Acer reveals new Aspire R7 and Aspire P3 touch-enabled notebooks (Notebook Review)
- Intel Iris graphics boasts double 3D speed for next Ultrabooks (Laptop Mag)
- Lenovo unveils ThinkPad S431 touchscreen notebook, ships E431 and E531 (Laptop Mag)
- Acer’s 15-inch Aspire R7 notebook stands out with floating screen (MobileVillage)
- Getac announces X500 rugged mobile server notebook (Notebook Review)
- Refreshed MacBook Pro and Air will reportedly debut at WWDC (Laptop Mag)
Tablets
- Acer, Archos go head-to-head in 8-inch tablet tussle: 3G or not 3G? (MobileVillage)
- OLPC XO Tablet final version hands-on video (Engadget)
- Dell slashes the price of its XPS 10 Windows RT tablet to $300 (PC World)
- HP Split x2 Windows hybrid and Android-based SlateBook x2 hands-on (Engadget)
- HP ElitePad 900 review: HP’s first Windows 8 tablet for business (Engadget)
- Acer announces 7.9-inch Iconia A1 tablet (Android Central)
- Amazon Kindle Fire to go 10-inch (Cnet)
- Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab 3: 7-inches of mid-range tablet (Android Central)
Smartphones
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition unveiled at Google I/O: no TouchWiz (MobileVillage)
- ZTE Grand X: Android 4.1, 2GHz Intel Atom inside (MobileVillage)
- White Nexus 4 with Android 4.3 may hit Google Play June 10 (Pocket-lint)
- Samsung to consider freeing up memory in Galaxy S4 (Cnet)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 review: 5/5 (Pocket-lint)
- Smartphone camera super-test: Nokia 808 vs Samsung GS4, Lumia 920 (All About Symbian)
- Sony Xperia SP review: lights, camera, performance (Engadget)
- BlackBerry Q5 entry level BlackBerry 10 handset hands-on (The Verge)
- BlackBerry Q5 mid-range QWERTY pictures and hands-on (CrackBerry)
- Phonesuit Flex Pocket iPhone charger fits in your pocket (Mashable)
- Nokia’s Lumia 925 preview: best Windows Phone yet, but that’s not enough (The Verge)
- Nokia Lumia 925 hands-on: a flagship phone that screams quality (Pocket-lint)
- Nokia Lumia 925 vs 920: What’s the difference? (Pocket-lint)
- Sony’s Xperia ZR is a new, smaller waterproof handset (Android Central)
- Sony i1 could rule the Android roost this fall (Cnet)
- Amazon building smartphone with a 3D screen, says WSJ (Engadget)
- Galaxy S4 versus HTC One camera shootout (Android Central)
- Nokia’s next Lumia: Vodafone confirms stock (Pocket-lint)
- Sony Xperia A flagship appears in FCC filing (Pocket-lint)
- Nokia Lumia 928 camera shines in roller coaster video demo (GigaOM)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom: Camera-centric variant with 16 MP sensor rumored (SamMobile)
- Vivo Xplay for China boasts 5.7″ 1080p screen, audio chips, single-hand mode (Engadget)
- Samsung announces Galaxy Core mid-level handset with dual-SIM option (Android Central)
- LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T first impressions (GigaOM)
- Sony Xperia Z now for sale in the US, Xperia ZL receives large price cut (Android Central)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 teardown: redesigned interior, easy to crack open (Cnet)
- Huawei Ascend G510 mid-range Android review: 4/5 (Pocket-lint)
- LG Optimus G Pro for AT&T hands-on video (Engadget)
- HTC One trade-in program offers up-to $375 for the iPhone 5 (Pocket-lint)
- Mystery Motorola device leaked with AT&T apps on board, labeled XFON (Android Central)
- T-Mobile-bound Sony Xperia Z clears the FCC (Cnet)
- LG Optimus G Pro bound for AT&T (hands-on) (Cnet)
- HTC M4 leaks as a 4.3-inch miniature One (Engadget)
- Why does my 16GB Galaxy S4 only have 8.8GB of space? (Android Central)
Wireless Networks
- Verizon starts offering bigger data buckets on its prepaid smartphone plans (GigaOM)
- Devicescape coaxes smartphone users onto their own home Wi-Fi networks (GigaOM)
- Telus of Canada to buy Mobilicity for $380m (MobileVillage)
- Zact tries to out-uncarrier T-Mobile with customizable mobile plans (The Verge)
- FCC proposes to free up airwaves for faster in-flight broadband (GigaOM)
- AT&T-owned AIO Wireless launches pre-paid and BYOD service, but no LTE (GigaOM)
- Can MVNOs fix the international roaming problem? (Techworld)
- Sprint on track to shut down Nextel iDEN network on June 30 (Cnet)
Mobile Apps & Platforms
- Google announces unified Hangouts messaging for iOS Android and Web (AppScout)
- Itsdagram, a first fully featured Instagram client for WP 8, now available (WP Central)
- Moog’s Animoog award-winning synthesizer app now available for the Z10 (CrackBerry)
- Skobbler’s new app an alternative to Google Maps for Android (GigaOM)
- Nokia Creative Studio version 5.0 adds four new editing tools (WP Central)
- Skype updated for Windows Phone 8, stability improvements inbound (WP Central)
- Skydrive adds Photo Timeline, full resolution uploads (WP Central)
- McAfee launches LiveSafe Cloud Security for PCs, Macs and Mobile devices (Notebook Review)
- Realmac expects Analog Camera for iOS preview (GigaOM)
- Windows Phone 8 update includes international podcasts, FM radio (hands-on) (The Verge)
- BlackBerry BBM coming to iOS and Android this summer (CrackBerry)
- Endomondo now available for BlackBerry 10 (CrackBerry)
- Amazon Cloud Drive Photos makes a play to be the cloud app for iOS photos (GigaOM)
- Google Earth updated with Street View, better search and directions (Android Central)
- Apex Launcher hits v2.0 with new features, improved settings (Android Central)
- BlackBerry Link for Mac and Windows updated with bugfixes (CrackBerry)
- Give your messaging needs a boost with Hub++ for BlackBerry 10 (CrackBerry)
- YouTube 3.0 for Windows Phone 8 released and already updated (WP Central)
- Nokia updates PhotoBeamer, Smart Shoot and Cinemagraph (WP Central)
- Webnote for iPad update offers quick web content archiving to Evernote (AppScout)
- Hulu Plus for Windows Phone 8: Now available in the US Store (WP Central)
- DataCheck Pro for BlackBerry 10 lets you avoid additional carrier bills (CrackBerry)
- Taking BlackBerry Maps for a test drive (CrackBerry)
- Rovio’s Angry Birds Friends for iOS and Android brings Facebook integration (The Verge)
- Songza launches version 3.0 with improved search, quicker navigation (TechCrunch)
- Adobe previews cloud-based Lightroom-style iPad app (Mashable)
- Mobile conference calls made easy with Calendar Call for Windows Phone (AppScout)
- Skobbler’s online-offline ForeverMap2 app is now available on iOS (GigaOM)
- Apple exploring iOS 7 email and calendar overhaul, says Bloomberg (The Verge)
- Interval for Windows Phone 8: an alarming app (WP Central)
- Six hassle-free remote desktop apps for iPad (Mashable)
- Poynt for BlackBerry 10 hands-on (CrackBerry)
- Google’s Chrome Web Store previews new offline packaged apps (GigaOM)
Mobile Enterprise
- Air Force expects iPad deployment to save $50 million over 10 years (Mashable)
- US Department of Defense approves iOS 6 for military use (The Verge)
- Spiceworks’ ad-funded management software gets integrated Fiberlink MDM (IDG)
- Mobile management morphs: MDM goes beyond controlling physical devices (Computerworld)
- Smarter Apps IT Manager comes to BlackBerry 10 (CrackBerry)
- Google launches Android app store for education (Cnet)
- Ruckus Wireless designs an open Wi-Fi hotspot with a secure connection (GigaOM)
- PayPal takes aim at Square with free mobile payment processing for one year (Cnet)
- BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.1, Enterprise IM 3.0 now available (MobileVillage)
- Harmon.ie aims to bridge the mobile device gap in Office 365 (IDG)
- Block rogue apps with Windows Server — for free (Computerworld)
- Which workers are the best fit for BYOD? (CIO)
- Skype’s web-based Manager tool is now available in over 170 countries (IDG)
- The science of app-wrapping (Network World)
- Pentagon tests Apple and Samsung devices for deployment with BlackBerry (The Register)
- How to craft the best BYOD policy (CIO)
- Workspot lets employees securely work from any device they want (TechCrunch)
- Novell Filr offers mobile file sharing for the enterprise (CIO)
- Square updates its Register iPad app to be more restaurant-friendly (AppScout)
- Five reasons to build an enterprise mobile app store (CIO)
Developer News
- How Google improved Android without releasing Android 4.3 at Google I/O (GigaOM)
- Google AdMob tools get smarter app promotion, local currency support (TechCrunch)
- Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices (IDG)
- Google launches multiplayer Android gaming API (IDG)
- Google jumpstarts Glass development with apps form Twitter, Facebook and Evernote (GigaOM)
- Hookflash brings open-source cross-platform video chat beta to BlackBerry 10 (CrackBerry)
- Rovio launches new ‘Stars’ games publishing program (The Verge)
- US feds looking to make health data more user-friendly to tech developers (IDG)
- Mozilla starts doling out phones to devs with brilliant HTML5 app ideas (TechCrunch)
- Google lets iOS apps direct users to Chrome instead of Safari (GigaOM)
- Mozilla finalizes Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 for mass consumption (Engadget)
- Airpair plays digital matchmaker between startups, developer experts (IDG)
- AppArchitect lets anyone build iOS apps, no coding or templates necessary (TechCrunch)
Industry News
- Aruba buys indoor-location startup Meridian. Here’s why (GigaOM)
- Samsung: Galaxy S4 sales to hit 10 million next week (Cnet)
- Samsung takes 95 percent of Android smartphone profits (MobileVillage)
- Microsoft responds to Google YouTube demands, ‘more than happy’ to include ads (The Verge)
- Android to assimilate Bluetooth Smart technology (Cnet)
- Google says it has 900 million Android activations (IDG)
- Apple to add Galaxy S4 to second Samsung patent infringement lawsuit (The Verge)
- Samsung takes first 5G steps with advanced antenna (IDG)
- Amazon acquires Samsung color display unit Liquavista (GigaOM)
- Saudi-based Mobily seeks U.S. hacker’s help to build mobile spying system (InfoWorld)
- Latest cellphone unlocking bill proposes significant digital copyright reform (The Verge)
- Nokia hedges Windows Phone commitment with new Asha platform, $99 phone (The Verge)
- Facebook reportedly in talks to buy Waze for $1 billion (Cnet)
- Mozilla says Firefox OS will appear on high-end phones (Techworld)
- Sony makes first net profit in 5 years despite falling demand for core products (The Verge)
- Huawei founder defends company in rare public appearance (Cnet)
- T-Mobile sells 500,000 iPhone 5s in its first month, but profits take a hit (The Verge)
- San Francisco finally kills cell phone radiation labeling law (Cnet)
- Apple wins patent for invisible buttons (Cnet)
- More support for Windows RT, this time from Nvidia (Computerworld)
- Intel’s new ‘Silvermont’ Atom chips peak on performance, power efficiency (Techworld)
- Microsoft prepares rethink on Windows 8 flagship software (Financial Times)
- Bill Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad (Computerworld)
- Motorola warned by EU over patent abuse against Apple (The Verge)
- HTC barely ekes out a profit, expects HTC One to turn fortunes around (GigaOM)
- Intel chooses COO Brian Krzanich, as its new CEO: Now what? (Cnet)
- One Linux over all: Mark Shuttleworth’s ambitious post-PC plans for Ubuntu (GigaOM)
- FeedHenry cloud app dev platform secures $9M funding led by Intel Capital (TechCrunch)
- Obama Nominates Tom Wheeler As New FCC Chairman (IDG)
- T-Mobile completes MetroPCS deal, goes public as TMUS (GigaOM)
Trends & Analysis
- Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in (The Verge)
- How Bluetooth is preparing for the internet of things (GigaOM)
- Acorn founder: Sixth Wave of tech will wash away Apple, Intel (The Register)
- Consumer spending on iOS games outpaces Nintendo, PlayStation for the first time (Cnet)
- Samsung, please stop making stuff up about 5G (GigaOM)
- Smartphones driving violent crime across the US (IDG)
- More U.S. teens killed texting while driving than drinking (Mashable)
- Here’s why the Facebook phone flopped (Cnet)
- Amazon’s new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products (IDG)
- In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers (The Verge)
- A call for mobile innovation (Computerworld)
- Smartphone safety lagging, Consumer Reports finds (Cnet)
- Windows RT: Who loves ya, baby? (InfoWorld)
News for April 2013
Notebooks
- Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 review: great, except for Windows RT (Engadget)
- Samsung extends ATIV branding to all Windows PCs (Engadget)
- Toshiba Kirabook’s 13″ high-res display to take on MacBook Air (MV)
- Inhon Blade 13 Carbon: at 10.7mm, 1.9 lbs., the world’s thinnest and lightest (Engadget)
- Toshiba Qosmio X875-Q7390 review: 4/5 (Laptop Mag)
- Samsung Ativ Smart PC Pro 700T review: Ultrabook power, not polish (InfoWorld)
- Dell launches sub-$500 Latitude 3330 for schools and small business (Laptop Mag)
- Toshiba’s Portege Z10t detachable Ultrabook debuts at IDF: hands-on (Engadget)
- Asus VivoBook S500 ultrabook review: 3.5/5 (PC Mag)
- Running out of memory on a Chromebook? Here’s a 30-second solution (GigaOM)
- Lenovo IdeaPad Z400 Touch review: 3/5 (Laptop Mag)
- MSI Slidebook S20 Ultrabook review: awkward to use (Engadget)
Tablets
- Get ready for Google I/O: reported Nexus 11 tablet specs leak (GigaOM)
- HP Slate 7 hits US for $169. How does it stack up against Google’s $199 Nexus 7? (GigaOM)
- Dell outfits XPS 10 hybrid tablet with LTE, asks $100 for the privilege (Engadget)
- Latest software update hints Chrome OS tablets are “what’s next” for Google (GigaOM)
- Windows 8 Touch device prices will drop to $200, says Intel CEO (Laptop Mag)
- Sony Xperia Tablet Z hands-on (Android Central)
- HP Slate 7 launching May 1 in the UK, available for £129 (Android Central)
- Microsoft Surface ‘Mini’: ARM, Atom or both? (Computerworld)
- Microsoft pushes yet another Surface RT update meant to fix Wi-Fi woes (PC World)
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 review: Can’t touch the iPad Mini (Mashable)
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 review (Engadget)
- Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx review: a decent Win 8 tablet, but not Lenovo’s best (Engadget)
- HP Envy X2 review: 8.2/10, a Windows 8 tablet to covet (InfoWorld)
- Windows RT tablet prices plummet, along wth its prospects (InfoWorld)
- New Nexus 7 tablet due in July. Here’s what to expect. (GigaOM)
- BlackBerry roadmap reveals two phablets, widescreen tablet in coming year (Computerworld)
- How to free up disk space on Microsoft Surface tablets (Network World)
Smartphones
- iPhone 5 vanquishes Samsung Galaxy S4 in drop test (Mashable)
- LG launching Optimus F5 globally, starting with Europe (Android Central)
- LG Optimus G Pro detailed: Snapdragon 600, LTE and Full HD IPS display (Engadget)
- LG promises smartphone with flexible OLED display this year (The Verge)
- BlackBerry Q10 review round-up (CrackBerry)
- New Nokia Windows Phone to be announced at 14 May London event (Pocket-lint)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 review: 8/10, great phone, same poor design (The Verge)
- Samsung Galaxy S4: Waterproof, more-rugged variant also planned (Pocket-lint)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 review: great, but predictable (Engadget)
- Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Too many features or just right? (GigaOM)
- HTC One updated with camera enhancement suite and more in Europe (SlashGear)
- Google Nexus 5: The likely price, specs, camera tech (video) (Cnet)
- Image leaks of lower-cost iPhone with plastic case (Cnet)
- Archos announces new stock Android (and Google-certified) smartphones (Android Central)
- Nokia reportedly planning 5″ Galaxy Note rival, advanced PureView Lumia for July (The Verge)
- Nokia Lumia 720 review: 4/5 (Pocket-lint)
- Nokia Lumia 720 review: 7/10 (The Verge)
- Samsung Galaxy Mega hands-on (Engadget)
- HTC First with Facebook Home review: 3/5 (Pocket-lint)
- Samsung Galaxy Mega: 6.3-inches big, but not Galaxy S4 quality (MV)
- LG Optimus G Pro headed to AT&T this May (Android Central)
- BlackBerry denies abnormally high return rate for Z10 phone (Cnet)
- Amazon drops BlackBerry Z10 price to $99 on contract (CrackBerry)
- Hitcase iPhone case gets slimmer but tougher, triples your camera’s field of view (MV)
- Nokia Lumia 720 review: Sleek, but not the best value in town (Cnet)
- ZTE Geek unveiled with 2GHz Intel Clover Trail (Engadget)
- T-Mobile trade-in offer lets you upgrade to iPhone 5 from 4, 4S (The Verge)
- Sony Xperia ZL review: a giant phone in a surprisingly compact frame (Engadget)
- Apple reportedly planning multiple colours for the iPhone 5S (Pocket-lint)
- Windows Phone 8 will support 1080p displays by the end of the year (The Verge)
- HTC First with Facebook Home review: solid performance, horrible camera/video (Engadget)
- HTC One for AT&T and Sprint review: what’s different? (Engadget)
- HTC One review: “best smartphone ever produced” (gdgt)
- HTC One review: 8.5/10 (The Verge)
- Samsung prepping 5.8-inch, 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega, rumors say (Cnet)
- Kickstarter funded Mini MicroSD Reader will add storage to any Android (Mashable)
- Mophie Juice Pack Air and Helium for iPhone 5 review: 8.5/10 (The Verge)
- T-Mobile iPhone 5 pre-orders start today, ships April 12th (Engadget)
- T-Mobile update for unlocked iPhones brings Visual Voicemail, LTE support (Engadget)
- BlackBerry Q10 available to pre-order in the UK, £580 SIM-free (Pocket-lint)
- HTC First hands-on photos, video (Engadget)
- HTC First with Facebook Home available 12 April on AT&T US, EE coming soon (Pocket-lint)
- Nokia Lumia 720 starts shipping, costs £300 prepaid at O2 UK (Engadget)
- Got a BlackBerry? It may be telling your friends when you watch pr0n (The Register)
- Samsung Galaxy Star, Pocket Neo offer basic specs, 3″ screens, dual SIM support (Pocket-lint)
Wireless Networks
- New York’s MTA expands wireless service in 30 more subway stations (Cnet)
- Sprint launches LTE in 21 new cities (MV)
- Verizon offers Clearwire $1.5 billion for spectrum leases, says WSJ (The Verge)
- Verizon dives deep into the budget end of mobile with a new $35 plan (GigaOM)
- Seoul plans anti-GPS jamming system to thwart NORKS (The Register)
- AT&T offers Boingo Wi-Fi for international roaming (IDG)
- EE promises speeds of 80Mbps plus 4G in 10 UK cities (Pocket-lint)
- Verizon is open to the idea of a no-contract world, if consumers are (GigaOM)
Mobile Apps & Platforms
- Facebook for Windows Phone 8 gets major redesign and new features in beta app (The Verge)
- Google Now hits iOS, still better on Android, though (Android Central)
- Fishlabs Galaxy on Fire 2 HD dashes onto BlackBerry 10 (Appmodo)
- Zynga ‘Draw Something 2′ for iOS adds new tools, social features (Mashable)
- Remember The Milk updated to v3.0 with new interface (Android Central)
- Indigo personal assistant finally available on the Windows Phone Store (WP Central)
- Nokia updates Lumia Storage Check Beta, allows map data storage on SD cards (WP Central)
- New homescreen widgets roll out to Symbian Belle FP1/FP2 phones (AAS)
- Focus Twist: can it turn an iPhone into a $399 Lytro camera for just $1.99? (The Verge)
- Vonage Mobile adds video calling for iOS, Android 2.3 and up (MV)
- What’s new in OS 10.1 on the BlackBerry Z10 (CrackBerry)
- Dragos Workahol: a super ToDo app for BlackBerry 10 (CrackBerry)
- VietHop Software’s Contact X organizes your contact list (CrackBerry)
- Phone Search lets you query your Windows Phone contacts and calendar (WP Central)
- Yahoo outs new Weather, Mail apps for iOS, Android. And they’re nice (GigaOM)
- Blaq for BlackBerry 10 now available (CrackBerry)
- Spain’s Siri-challenger Sherpa learns English, arrives in the U.S. (GigaOM)
- YouTube 1.3 update for iOS adds Live Video streaming (AppScout)
- SendHub VOIP service gets Android app (AppScout)
- Countdown+++ task manager brought over from iOS to Windows Phone (WP Central)
- Skype for Windows Phone gets maintenance update to make you more sane (WP Central)
- Incredible Labs ‘Donna’ iOS personal assistant launches, invite only for now (TechCrunch)
- Mail Pilot for iOS: is there room for a $15 email client and task manager? (The Verge)
- BlackBerry OS 10.1 said to bring HDR camera, PIN messaging and more (CrackBerry)
- Who needs MS Office for iOS and Android? CloudOn’s here now (Cnet)
- Microsoft Office for iOS and Android: Not until fall 2014? (ZDnet)
- Wave’s small-biz accounting service adds receipts app for iOS and Android (AppScout)
- Venetasoft Instagraph unofficial Instagram app hits Windows Phone (WP Central)
- Google Drive for iOS update adds landscape editing (AppScout)
- Google Chrome for iOS gets wireless printing, full-screen browsing (Pocket-lint)
- BeBuzz 10 Pro alerts manager now available for BlackBerry 10 (CrackBerry)
- BlackBerry Q10 OS 10.1 features get detailed (CrackBerry)
- SayIt for BlackBerry 10 updated to version 2.0 (CrackBerry)
- iOS 7 concept video imagines an ideal iOS (Mashable)
- Go To for WP8 review: voice commands for your favorite destinations (WP Central)
- Facebook Home: everything you need to know (Mashable)
- Firefox 20 announced for desktop, Android update also released (Pocket-lint)
- BlackBerry pulls the plug on BBM Music service after less than two years (The Verge)
- UC Browser updated, more browsing features available (WP Central)
- Try out BlackBerry 10 with this in-browser demo (TechCrunch)
- Feedly adds new search and discovery, easier sharing (AppScout)
- Skype competitor Viber launches on Windows Phone 8 (TechCrunch)
- Official Facebook app for Windows Phone gets updated (WP Central)
- WhatsApp for BlackBerry 10 gets updated (CrackBerry)
- Amazon Cloud Drive takes on Dropbox with file syncing (Mashable)
Mobile Enterprise
- Wunderlist Pro is out for Apple devices and the web; Android, WP due soon (GigaOM)
- Where’s the BYOD payoff? Productivity gains may not exist, says report (CIO)
- Why midmarket enterprises are overlooking benefits of BYOD (CIO)
- BYOD employee lawsuits loom as work gets personal (CIO)
- Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices (Network World)
- Wal-Mart, Best Buy, 7-Eleven, others adopt Gemalto cloud based mobile payments (CIO)
- Nearly 7 in 10 companies approve of personal devices for work (MV)
- Aruba’s new WorkSpace app puts encrypted container on mobile devices (Network World)
- AT&T settles class action suit for overcharging corporate BYOD early adapters (CIO)
- Wandera promises to cut down on enterprise roaming data use (IDG)
- Averail debuts with ‘container’ and audit mobile security tech for iPad (Network World)
- Hotspot 2.0 will enable enterprises to wholesale Wi-Fi access (Network World)
- Sierra Wireless connects M2m applications with new gateway (CIO)
- HP delivers mobile management via its own virtualized private cloud (InfoWorld)
- BlackBerry details extensive security protection in BlackBerry 10 OS (Network World)
- Samsung makes next move to challenge BlackBerry Enterprise Server (Computerworld)
- Miami Children’s Hospital turns to Wi-Fi triangulation for mobile mapping app (Computerworld)
- Do’s and don’ts for using Android in business (Network World)
- 3CX Mobile Device Manager protects your phone and tablet on the go (Pocket-lint)
Developer News
- Pushing for better tablet apps, Google adds new developer optimization tool (GigaOM)
- Google bans self-updating Android apps (Mashable)
- Cyber scammers fake out Google Play with bogus ad network (InfoWorld)
- Why developers are turning to API services (InfoWorld)
- Apple’s WWDC 2013 sells out in 2 minutes, but you can watch it online (MV)
- The first Firefox OS dev phones are on sale (GigaOM)
- Amazon Android Appstore to hit 200 new countries, apps accepted now (MV)
- BlackBerry 10.1 now available to developers (CrackBerry)
- Xamarin service aims to simplify mobile app testing (IDG)
- Google Glassware: How developers can build apps for Google Glass (ReadWrite)
- Developers get some tips on mobile app privacy (IDG)
- Salesforce.com launches new services for mobile app development (IDG)
- Google Play boasts more downloads, but Apple’s App Store rakes in the money (MV)
- China is finally becoming a lucrative market for app makers (TechCrunch)
- Jolla’s Sailfish OS SDK installers now out for Windows, OS X and Linux (GigaOM)
- Google Drive App Data Folders let devs safely store configuration files, other data (TechCrunch)
- Google’s Blink engine (gently) hints at a more streamlined future for Chrome (Engadget)
- Is Google’s new Blink browser engine good or evil? It depends (GigaOM)
- Braintree opens up Venmo in-app payments to all iOS developers (GigaOM)
- Soasta-Cloudbees open source plug-in speeds mobile app development (InfoWorld)
- Mosaic lets you weave one display from multiple iDevices, offers developer SDK (TechCrunch)
Industry News
- Samsung posts $6.4B Q1 profit, down slightly from Q4 2012 (Cnet)
- Apple envisions ways to find and start your car with your iPhone (Cnet)
- ZTE agrees to Android, Chrome patent licensing from Microsoft (IDG)
- Qualcomm posts record 2Q rev but earnings view disappoints (Cnet)
- MetroPCS shareholders approve T-Mobile USA merger (The Verge)
- Sprint customer losses mount as Nextel sunset date nears (GigaOM)
- Apple reports on Q2 earnings: iPad sales up, Macs flat (Macworld)
- Apple’s WWDC 2013 sells out in 2 minutes, but you can watch it online (MV)
- ARM’s Q1 revenue up 26% thanks to mobile; shipped 2.6B chips (GigaOM)
- BlackBerry awarded design patent for portrait QWERTY slider (Engadget)
- ITC rejects Motorola touchscreen patent complaint against Apple (IDG)
- Kik raises $19.5M to continue waging its messaging war (GigaOM)
- Microsoft Windows sales inch up, despite PC slowdown (Notebook Review)
- Nokia sees improving Windows Phone sales and shrinking loss in Q1 (Pocket-Lint)
- HTC responds to Samsung review rigging scandal: “Disappointing” (Cnet)
- ACLU complains to FTC that mobile carriers leave Android phones unsecured (IDG)
- Apple wins patent for iOS app folders and ‘jiggle mode’ (Cnet)
- Android founder Andy Rubin: We aimed to make camera, not phone OS (TechWorld)
- Google activating 1.5m Android devices per day, keeping steady growth in 2013 (Pocket-Lint)
- China’s Alibaba bolsters mobile OS after clash with Google (IDG)
- Apple pays $10M to license Palm, other patents (Cnet)
- Microsoft ads attack sharing of data that Google devs need for transactions (TechCrunch)
- Group led by Microsoft, Nokia takes aim at Android with EU complaint (IDG)
- Samsung expects first-quarter profits of $7.7B, up 53 percent (Cnet)
- Mozilla, Google, Opera introduce new Web browser engines (Techworld)
- Cisco gobbles UK mobe mast maker Ubiquisys (The Register)
- Canada gives Telefonica a $256M capital facility for BB devices and services (TechCrunch)
- Apple patents convertible MacBook design and in-building navigation (TechCrunch)
- Verizon denies possible Vodafone buyout rumor (Cnet)
Trends & Analysis
- Google Glass video shows how it works (Mashable)
- Smartphones now more popular than feature phones (Pocket-lint)
- Chat apps have overtaken SMS, but how big a disaster is that for carriers? (GigaOM)
- Forget searching for content; Content is about to start searching for you (ReadWrite)
- ‘Post-PC’ does not mean ‘no PC’ (IDG)
- Mobile to account for 25% of U.S. online sales by 2017 (Mashable)
- World’s first ‘Braille smartphone’ in development (Mashable)
- Back from the dead: why do 2013′s best smartphones have IR blasters? (The Verge)
- Voice-to-text just as dangerous to drivers as texting: study (Reuters)
- Battery breakthrough offers 30 times more power, charges 1,000 times faster’ (MV)
- ‘Post-PC’ does not mean ‘no PC’ (InfoWorld)
- Don’t fall prey to the mobile malware hysteria (InfoWorld)
- Windows 8 blamed for biggest PC shipment plunge ever (Laptop Mag)
- Operators look on in horror as Facebook takes mobe users Home (The Register)
- Hotspot 2.0 will enable enterprises to wholesale Wi-Fi access (Network World)
- Apps eat up 80% of mobile time: games lead, Facebook second (Pocket-lint)
- Editorial: The imperialism of Facebook Home (Engadget)
- HTML5: alive and well with CIOs (ReadWrite)
- 3D gestures: Coming to a screen near you (InfoWorld)
- Brainyno app can send calls to voicemail by reading your brain waves (IDG)
- Opportunity, meet problem: Facebook Home’s uneasy relationship with Google (The Verge)
- Why Facebook should have built its own phone (GigaOM)
- Why Facebook Home bothers me: It destroys any notion of privacy (GigaOM)
- Zuckerberg’s big mistake: launching Facebook Home in the U.S. (Mashable)
- A look at iconic mobile phones, celebrating 40 years since the first mobile call (Pocket-lint)
- Analyst: iPhone price pressure means smartphone profits have peaked (Network World)













