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Oct

22

2010

Jobs Pointing Fingers Again, Google Tweets Back

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by Jesse Bauer
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This week has seen some Twitter action from Steve Jobs (Apple CEO), Andy Rubin (Google VP of Engineering) and Iain Dodsworth (TweetDeck CEO) over possible fragmentation issues in Android OS. Steve started this by claiming Google was being “disingenuous” about Android being an open platform advantage, where he also stated that Windows was more open [...]

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Oct

8

2010

Android Chief Andy Rubin gives opinions on Windows Phone 7

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by Dustin Karnes
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In a recent Q&A session with PC Mag, Android chief (VP of engineering) Andy Rubin let the public no, in no uncertain terms, his thoughts on Windows Phone 7. He states that “the world doesn’t need another platform”, and says that, based on screenshots he has seen, he thinks the platform from Microsoft is interesting, [...]

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Oct

7

2010

Rumors of merger between Adobe and Microsoft begin after CEOs hold secret meeting

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by Tyler Cunningham
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Recently, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer made the trek out to San Francisco to hold a secret meeting with Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe. Many things were discussed, but the main talking point was Apple, and how Microsoft and Adobe could work together to try and take them down a peg or two. This report, from [...]

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Oct

1

2010

User guide leaks for the HTC Merge/Lexikon

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by Tyler Cunningham
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More HTC Merge/Lexikon/Lexicon news for y’all this morning, this time in the form of a leaked user guide. It’s no big secret by now, but the guide confirms that the big, bad Bing is the search engine of choice on this Verizon device. It also seems that this phone is not going to be the [...]

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Sep

27

2010

Zooppa and Samsung Team Up for Tab Ad Campaign

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by Jesse Bauer
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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab will be utilizing user-generated advertising from Zooppa. The media advertising community has several big name companies already using its services, some of which are Microsoft, Hershey, Nike, and Sony to name a few. Zooppa and Samsung are asking their community members to incorporate the slogan “It’s Go Time!” into the campaign, where [...]

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Sep

21

2010

Nokia CEO Anssi Vanjoki likens Android to peeing your pants to stay warm

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by Dustin Karnes
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There’s been a lot of debate over the last few months about Nokia’s decision to use Meego and Symbian as a mobile platform instead of utilizing Android. According to Anssi Vanjoki, CEO of Nokia, the Android platform only represents a short-term solution that will have consequences down the line. In an attempt to help us all understand [...]

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Sep

18

2010

Android is patent-infringing and not really free, according to Microsoft

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by Tyler Cunningham
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Oh Microsoft, you so crazy.  Tivanka Ellawala, a Microsoft financial officer, recently spoke to MarketWatch regarding the “truth” about Android. Ellawala went on to say that, although the platform itself is free to manufacturers, it is full of spooky patent infringements that could bring about lawsuits and zombie attacks to manufacturers who choose to deploy [...]

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Sep

15

2010

comScore reports Android market share only 7% behind Apple

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by Chris Moor
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ComScore has released their latest data set from their MobiLens service today and they’re some pretty interesting numbers. These numbers represent the three month average period ending in July ’10 and compares them to the three month period ending April ’10. There’s a few numbers to look at here, so let’s look at the first [...]

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Aug

31

2010

Bing coming to all Android phones, not just Verizon’s

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by Chris Moor
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Bing has hit Android, but with something unexpected. When Bing arrived, we were all taken aside by the fact that the search engine by Microsoft was only available for Android phones residing on Verizon Wireless. However, Bing lovers (if there are any) rejoice, because Microsoft has issued a statement regarding the availability of the search engine [...]

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Aug

30

2010

Bing Mobile now available for Verizon Android devices

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by Dustin Karnes
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Bing has officially released the mobile version of their popular search platform for Android devices. The catch? Its only available for Verizon customers. According to the Bing blog, the app is free and can be downloaded from the Android Market. It includes an image of the day, image search, voice search, business listings and more. [...]

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