Feb
7
2012
Not one to let today’s Google Chrome launch steal the show, Microsoft just pushed One Note to the Android Market. For those of you who don’t know. One Note has been a part of of Microsoft’s Office PC suite since 2010 and has been the program of choice for many needing to take detailed and [...]
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Jan
26
2012
More word of Xbox Live trickling down to other platforms is on the rise as a Microsoft spokesperson has acknowledged they realize some are playing their games elsewhere. “While the Xbox Live experiences and games always work best on the Windows platform, we understand that some Xbox fans may be using other types of devices”. “To [...]
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Jan
24
2012
If you haven’t heard the news, Google came out today and announced that they have updated their privacy settings to reflect the same practice across all of their services. This change, was announced today on Google’s blog and won’t go into affect until March 1st. The way it works is that if you are logged [...]
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Jan
18
2012
Talk about being in an awkward position for RIM. After previously hearing Samsung was among the major companies interested in acquiring RIM, Samsung went ahead and shut down any notion and rumor they are purchasing the company. In fact, Samsung spokesman James Chung adds Samsung hasn’t “considered acquiring the firm and are not interested in [...]
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Jan
17
2012
We know that Research In Motion is in serious trouble, and the only way out might just be a sale. BGR is reporting that RIM is mulling over selling part or all of the company, which can’t be a surprise to anyone. What is surprising is that supposedly the front runner is Samsung. Why would [...]
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Jan
12
2012
Microsoft just keeps seeing those royalties come in. It has just announced LG has signed a licensing agreement for devices which runs Android or Chrome. This arrangement for Microsoft is similar to that of Huawei and Samsung already in place. Here’s Microsoft attorney Horacio Guitierrez making an official statement of Microsoft’s newest licensing deal: ”We are [...]
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Jan
7
2012
If you are one of the Xbox toting folk who wanted to have the ability to play Xbox Live on your smart phone you were very much limited to having a phone with Windows Phone 7 on it. I say were because yesterday Microsoft announced that it’s gaming app will be coming to both Android [...]
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Jan
4
2012
Google continues to gain major ammunition for its various patent battles with competitors. According to Bill Slawski of SEO by the Sea, Google acquired 188 granted patents and 29 published pending patent applications from IBM in the last week of 2011. The patents cover a broad area too, ranging from presentation software and email administration to [...]
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Dec
30
2011
comScore, famous for measuring the digital world released data from the comScore MobiLens service today. It reports key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during a three month average period that ended in November 2011. During the study, more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers were surveyed and it was found that Samsung was still [...]
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Dec
21
2011
Microsoft and Motorola Mobility continue to battle it out in the courtroom. Yesterday a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge ruled in favor of Microsoft, but not by a lot. There were 7 patents on the table and the ruling found that Motorola infringed on one of those patents, but didn’t violate on the remaining [...]
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