Motorola Mobility cuts to include 700 in Chicago area
Chicago Tribune
After the local layoffs, Motorola Mobility will employ about 2300 people in Libertyville and Chicago,Motorola Mobility spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson said. The Libertyville-based smartphone maker is laying off 20 percent of its 20000-strong global ...
Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Coming to Sprint Aug. 19
PC Magazine
Sprint announced today that the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE smartphone will be available in the U.S. beginning Aug. 19. The handset, announced ... The Photon Q, which will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, is available now for pre-order; those who do ...
New iPhone rumors: LTE behind design changes?
Washington Post
As we kick off the third week of August, a few rumors are gaining strength: There are some serious looks at photos that show a two-toned iPhone back, indications that the iPhone will be an LTE device and suggestions that the new iPhone will have a ...
Motorola Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD could arrive in October
Unwired View
The Motorola Droid RAZR HD will be launched by Verizon in October at the earliest. Alongside this oft-leaked smartphone will sit a Droid RAZR MAXX HD, which will differ only by having a bigger battery (just like the case is with the Droid RAZR and ...
Hands-on with the Republic Wireless Motorola Defy XT
CNET
(Credit: Motorola). Late last year, Republic Wireless made a big splash by offering an Android smartphone with unlimited calling, texting, and data for the unheard-of price of $19 per month. There were a few catches, of course, most notably the phone ...
LTE telephony finally off the ground, but take-up will be slow
Computerworld
Swedish TeliaSonera was the first to launch a commercial LTE network for mobile broadband in 2009. But when it comes to moving voice to 4G the operator won't be an early adopter, as it sees few advantages over existing systems, according to Tommy ...
Apple's new iPhone and iOS 6 will wake you up to your favorite song
Apple Insider
A study conducted last year by YouGov found that nearly 60% of all smartphone users age 16-34 employ their handset as their primary time piece, with roughly 25% of those users saying they also rely on their phones to wake them up in the morning.
Could More iPhone Models Beat Back Samsung, Android?
eWeek
While device makers such as HTC and Motorola have shared plans to create fewer but more distinctive devices, is it time for Apple to reconsider its single-device strategy to eliminate the long, slow period preceding each new device's release, as well ...
Polkomtel and Aero2 select Ericsson to expand 4G/LTE coverage in Poland
Reuters
The upgrades will allow for expanded WCDMA and LTE coverage in northern and western Poland to keep pace with rapid uptake of smartphones and increased demand for mobile broadband, which is changing the way people work and entertain themselves ...
iOS Encryption Is So Good, Not Even the NSA Can Hack It
Gizmodo
What you don't expect is a smartphone that can be purchased for a hundred bucks. But the rise of AES hardware encryption in devices such as the iPhone and BlackBerry has made it all but impossible for the government forensic experts to extract desired ...
Alleged iPhone 5 motherboard photo indicates LTE connectivity
Los Angeles Times
Included among those changes is the presence of more antenna connections on the alleged motherboard than on the iPhone 4S. This could indicate that the iPhone 5 will finally make the jump from 3G to LTE, or the next generation of mobile wireless data.
Latest iOS 6 Beta Makes App Store Updates Super Snappy
Cult of Mac
While it could be that the iPhones in this clip are connected to different Wi-Fi networks, with one faster than the other, I was able to confirm this myself by download this morning's BBC iPlayer update on my iPhone 4S running iOS 6 beta 4, and my wife ...
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Are Android tablets ready to take on the iPad?
Computerworld
No other vendor had technology that could come close to competing with iOS on the iPad. Many tried. There was the now largely forgotten Moblin operating system, RIM's PlayBook OS, Intel and Nokia's short-lived Meego, Chrome OS and, of course, Android, ...
Adding New Dock Connectors To All iOS Devices This Fall Is A Manufacturing ...
Cult of Mac
It seems like Apple's sixth-generation iPhone will be the first iOS device to boast a brand new, mini dock connector when it launches this fall. But there have been rumors that claim Apple will refresh all its iOS devices to make the new connector a ...
Fresh Android Apps for Aug. 13: America's Economy, Splashtop 2, Trover
Android Apps Appolicious
Among the areas covered are the unemployment rate, GDP and construction spending. The app, which is also available on Android tablets and will eventually come to iOS devices, sends out Push Notifications when important data is about to be released.
Developments in Google's $12.5B Motorola purchase
Businessweek
22: Microsoft lodges a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator accusingMotorola Mobility of breaking competition rules with its aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals. The complaint also names Google ...
Apple Has Licensed iOS Design Patents to Microsoft, Agreement Bans "Cloning"
Mac Rumors
In June, Microsoft introduced its 'Surface' tablet to compete with the iPad and Android tablets. Though there are significant physical similarities to the iPad, the Metro user interface is significantly different from iOS. The "anticloning" agreement ...
Key developments in Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility
Washington Post
New iPhone rumors: LTE behind design. .... 22: Microsoft lodges a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator accusing Motorola Mobility of breaking competition rules with its aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals ...
EB (Elektrobit) Demonstrates LTE Band 14 Functionality on EB Specialized ...
Sacramento Bee
Other updates to the EB Specialized Device Platform include the OMAP 4460 dual-core chipset application processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich integration and more robust support for 2G, 3G and up to five LTE frequency bands, including the public ...
PayAnywhere iOS App Gets a Performance Boost
PYMNTS.com
The latest update to the PayAnywhere iOS app features boosted performance, enhanced Heat Map features and the ability to process hassle-free refunds in-app for greater transaction flexibility. “Every feature update to the PayAnywhere app is a direct ...
Google rebuilds Motorola, slashes 20 percent of workforce
ZDNet (blog)
In addition to reducing staffing levels at the company by approximately 4000 people, in an attempt to streamline the company, Google will also be closing a third of Motorola Mobility's 94 offices worldwide. One third of the job cut will hit staff based ...
Could the iOS app be the 21st-century HyperCard stack?
ZDNet (blog)
But I would suggest that iOS apps seem to best fit the bill as the modern stack. The programs are self contained and can reference internal and external resources. Many individuals and companies are offering books and other dynamic reference works in ...
Huawei's Flagship Smartphone for China Mobile Network Ships with Spreadtrum ...
Sacramento Bee
Huawei Ascend P1 is Huawei's flagship smartphone series aiming to provide an outstanding product experience for consumers. The Android 4.0 ICS device incorporates a dual core 1.5GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD display, 4GB of ...
Twitter hires staff of Clutch.io, developer of iOS testing tools
Los Angeles Times
Clutch.io, an iOS app A/B testing company, announced that it's been acquired by Twitter. The company, which launched in November, according to its Twitter account, said it was joining Twitter, early Monday. "We are incredibly excited to announce that ...
In China, Feature Phones Still Dominant, Help Drive Internet Usage, Mobile ...
PCWorld
Despite China becoming the world's largest smartphone market by shipments -- with Androidhelping to drive the majority of sales -- feature phones still reign in the country. For 2012, shipments of the devices are expected to reach 218 million units in ...
Google cutting 4000 at Motorola unit
The Associated Press
(AP) — Google said Monday that it will cut about 4000 jobs at its Motorola Mobility wireless phone business and will close or consolidate about one-third of Motorola's 90 locations. The reductions represent about 20 percent of Motorola ... its $12.5 ...
Google to cut 4000 Motorola Mobility jobs, take $275 million charge
Reuters
The world's No.1 search engine agreed to buy Motorola Mobility last year, aiming to use Motorola Mobility's patents to fend off legal attacks on its Android mobile platform and expand beyond its software business. Google had previously reserved its ...
Sophos Mobile Control Upgrade Monitors BYOD, iOS Apps
InformationWeek
Android, iOS Dominate Smartphone Platforms ... The Sophos Mobile Control 2.5 version also provides support for iOS-managed apps to give IT the ability to connect corporate or mandated apps to their MDM product and then push them to the employee's ...
Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE up for pre-order, hitting Sprint August ...
By Brian Heater
19, availability of the first 4G LTE-enabled smartphone from Sprint with a full QWERTY keyboard and international roaming capabilities, Motorola PHOTON™ Q™ 4G LTE. Motorola PHOTON Q will cost $199.99 (excludes taxes) with a new line ...
Engadget
Daily Report: Google Unveils Plans for Motorola - NYTimes.com
By By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Motorola Mobility, the ailing cellphone maker that Google bought in May, told employees Sunday that it would lay off 20 percent of its work force and close a third of its 94 offices worldwide, Claire Cain Miller reports in Monday's New York Times. Read more...
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Google Taking the Ax to Motorola, Cutting 4000 Jobs - Ina Fried ...
By Ina Fried
“While Motorola expects this strategy to create new opportunities and help return its mobile devices unit to profitability, it understands how hard these changes will be for the employees concerned,” aMotorola representative told AllThingsD.
AllThingsD
Goodbye Moto: Google Will Send Out 4000 Motorola Pink Slips ...
By Ingrid Lunden
With Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility closing in May, Google is now moving ahead on getting its new property in order. The New York Times is reporting that Google is preparing lay off 20 percent of the staff, or 4000 jobs, ...
TechCrunch
Google Will Cut 20% of Motorola Workforce [REPORT]
By Zoe Fox
The search giant is making its first major move since fully acquiring the company in May, which will be to cut about 20% of jobs at Motorola Mobility Holdings, or roughly 4000 employees. A “person familiar with the matter” told Bloomberg ...
Mashable » Tech
Apple's 'Unbreakable' iOS Device Encryption Highlighted - Mac ...
By Eric Slivka
As Apple highlights in a recent white paper (PDF) on iOS security, this hardware security involves the incorporation of a unique AES-256 key fused into each iOS device and which can not be directly read. Access to the device's software can ...
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BBC iPlayer for iOS gets Retina display support for iPad | TUAW ...
By Michael Grothaus
The BBC has just finished what was probably the best coverage of the Olympic games in the world, but the corporation is not slowing down. Today the.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Google's Motorola laying off 20 percent of its workforce as it focuses ...
By Jeff Blagdon
Just months after Google completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, major restructuring is resulting in a 20 percent cut (about 4000 people) of the phone maker's workforce, reports The New York...
The Verge - All Posts
Crime-Fighting Smartphone App Unveiled In Brooklyn, New York On ...
By jessicamarcus
Crime-Fighting Smartphone App Unveiled To The Public. St. Sen. Adams: App Like Having A Community Watch ... NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There's a new way to fight crime, right from yoursmartphone. New York State Senator Eric Adams announced a new ... The app is available for the iPhone, Android devices and tablets. What do you think of this app? Do you think it will help ... WiFiis available in many of the city's public parks. Here are 7 outdoor Internet-ready hot spots.
CBS New York
Google Cuts One-Fifth Of Motorola Mobility Workforce In Effort To ...
By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
Two-thirds of the 4000 positions being cut from the unit -- which primarily makes Android mobile phones -- will be outside the U.S., Google says this morn. ... Google Cuts One-Fifth Of Motorola Mobility Workforce In Effort To Make It Profitable ...
Deadline.com
Ex-Motorola Employee On Android - Business Insider
By Jay Yarow
Buried in the New York Times is this little nugget of information: "A Motorola Mobility executive who recently left the company and would speak only on the condition of anonymity because he was uncomfortable talking to the news media, said that if anything, it had become more difficult than before for Motorola to have impromptu collaboration with the ... It doesn't make sense to infuriate Samsung, its biggest partner by helping Motorola which is still a tiny player in the smartphone world.
SAI
Google Cutting Motorola Staff, Concentrating on a Few Good Phones
By Jamie Condliffe
When Google acquired Motorola Mobility in May for $12.5 billion, many assumed the search company was only interested in patents. Now, though, it's slashing 20 percent of Moto's staff—and planning to have it concentrate on fewer, better ...
Gizmodo
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Spotify for Android offers a slick way to build, edit, and share music playlists on the go. It's the firstAndroid app I've seen that performs better than its iPhone ...
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407906,00.asp
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Facebook SDK 3.0 for iOS arrives in finished form, mobile ads tag ...
While Facebook is still sparing us from a full-bore marketing assault, it's letting developers pitch theirAndroid and iOS apps from Facebook's mobile portals, with ...
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