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Android beats Apple in China mobile platform race: report


Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San FranciscoSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile operating system (OS) was the top smartphone platform in China last year, growing its market share by about 35 percent in the world's largest market for mobile phones, a Chinese technology research firm said. At the end of 2011, Android had 68.4 percent of the smartphone OS market by the number of smartphones sold, up from 33.6 percent at the end of the first quarter of last year, Beijing-based research firm Analysys International said in a report on Tuesday. ...

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Wireless carriers to create database to fight phone theft
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:25 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wireless carriers representing 90 percent of subscribers will on Tuesday announce the creation of a database of unique cell phone IDs to help prevent theft and reactivation of stolen or lost devices, which often contain sensitive personal data. The shared database will be up and running in the United States in six months and the carriers plan to expand it globally over 18 months, said the Federal Communications Commission, which along with the carriers will unveil the scheme. ...
Facebook gets shutter happy, buys Instagram for $1 billion
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:09 AM
When it rains it pours. White-hot social photo service Instagram just released its much-awaited Android app at long last, and now the company has just dropped an even bigger bomb. Instagram will be acquired by none other than social behemoth Facebook to … Continue reading →
French Tic Tac Ads Are Intense; Google's Galloping Doodle
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:45 AM
We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: Purdue engineering students pop a ballon in elaborate fashion, the scare tactics of Tic-Tac France, and 60 Minutes goes to the Congo and finds music.
Microsoft deal with AOL part of patent scramble
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:09 AM

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2008 file photo, the America Online logo is seen at the AOL booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. AOL Inc. shares surged Monday, April 9, 2012, to their highest level in more than a year after it said it has agreed to sell 800 of its patents and license others to Microsoft Corp. for about $1.06 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AOL's $1 billion deal to sell and license patents to Microsoft is another in a series of "Antiques Roadshow" moments in the technology world. Faded companies have been rummaging through their assets recently, and some of them have found musty old patents that turn out to be worth a great deal.

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‘How to delete your Instagram account’ and other Twitter reactions to Facebook’s $1B buy
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:57 AM
Facebook's announcement on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Instagram, the popular social photo application for iPhone and Android devices, for $1 billion cash sparked a loud reaction online. And as is the case with most breaking news, the best place to find instant commentary was not on Facebook. It was on Twitter, where [...]
Microsoft trumps Amazon, others for AOL patents
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:13 AM

The AOL logo is seen on the outside of the building housing the companies corporate headquarters in New York(Reuters) - Microsoft trumped Amazon, eBay and other tech giants with its more than $1 billion purchase of the majority of AOL Inc's patent trove. AOL said it was selling more than 800 patents related to advertising, search, e-commerce and mobile to Redmond, Wash-based company, surprising investors with the size of the deal and sending AOL shares up more than 40 percent. The sale includes technology rights from AOL's current and former businesses, ranging from Netscape, ICQ and MapQuest to CompuServe, Advertising.com and others, according to a source close to the matter. ...

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A look at recent tech-industry earnings
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:20 AM
Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:
Earns schedule for consumer-electronics makers
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:17 AM
Earnings schedule for selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets:
AOL to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:52 AM

Specialist Ned Zeles, left, talks with trader Paul Lawless at the AOL post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 9, 2012, in New York. AOL Inc. shares surged Monday to their highest level in more than a year after it said it has agreed to sell 800 of its patents and license others to Microsoft Corp. for about $1.06 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Faltering Internet icon AOL was able to squeeze out more than $1 billion from Microsoft for a trove of some 800 patents in an auction, the latest sign of just how valuable such portfolios can be for the world's biggest technology companies.

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Nokia Lumia 900 Hard To Find On Launch Day, Still Selling Well [VIDEO]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:05 AM
Nokia held a huge launch party for the Lumia 900 in NYC's Times Square on Friday night. But when it came time for the phone's release on Sunday it was hard to find the handset anywhere near where the celebration was.
AOL to sell over 800 patents to Microsoft
Monday, April 09, 2012 7:55 PM
AOL Inc. shares surged Monday to their highest level in more than a year after it said it has agreed to sell 800 of its patents and license others to Microsoft Corp. for about $1.06 billion in cash.
Lenovo Reveals IdeaTab S2109, a 9.7-Inch Android 4.0 Tablet
Monday, April 09, 2012 2:55 PM
Lenovo has revealed a new 9.7-inch tablet called the IdeaTab S2109.
Man dies after stabbing at London BlackBerry party
Monday, April 09, 2012 3:35 AM
TORONTO (Reuters) - A man died on Sunday after being stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle at a London party hosted by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd last week, the company and police said on Sunday. "We are deeply saddened to hear our colleague has died as a result of the attack on Tuesday 3rd April," RIM said on its UK Twitter page. "Our thoughts are with his family and those close to him and we ask for the respect of their privacy at this difficult time. ...
Man dies after stabbing at London BlackBerry party
Monday, April 09, 2012 2:29 AM

A sign of Research in Motion is seen at its headquarters in WaterlooTORONTO (Reuters) - A man died on Sunday after being stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle at a London party hosted by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd last week, the company and police said on Sunday. "We are deeply saddened to hear our colleague has died as a result of the attack on Tuesday 3rd April," RIM said on its UK Twitter page. "Our thoughts are with his family and those close to him and we ask for the respect of their privacy at this difficult time. ...

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The Constitution This Week: Cell phones, tweets, and strip searches
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:19 AM
The Constitution in the news this week: cell phone tracking, teens on Twitter, the Supreme Court's ruling on strip searches, President Obama's civics lesson, and same-sex couples on immigration.
Night of the Living Mad Men; Romney the Goofus
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:16 AM
We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: Mad Men comes back from the dead, Ann Romney says Mitt Romney is a regular, excitable guy, and everyone at ABC is very happy for Matt Lauer.
Correction: Iraqi-Woman-Beaten story
Saturday, April 07, 2012 1:07 AM
In a story about the beating death of an Iraqi-American mother, The Associated Press erroneously reported that police were investigating a text message sent to her daughter's cell phone. The message was sent from her daughter's cell phone, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Suspicious text message sent after beating death
Saturday, April 07, 2012 12:28 AM
Police are trying to determine who received a suspicious text message sent from the cell phone of a slain Iraqi woman's daughter while the teen was being interviewed by detectives, according to recently released court documents.
Nokia town faces dim future as jobs shift to Asia
Friday, April 06, 2012 10:11 PM

FILE - A Feb. 8, 2012 photo from files showing the Nokia offices in Salo, Finland. Tomi Marjuaho repaired mobile phones for 10 years in the town of Salo in southern Finland, where Nokia, the world's top cell phone-maker, set up its wireless operations in the 1980s. He took a severance package in 2010, as Nokia started hitting hard times, and has not found work since. Tomi Marjuaho repaired mobile phones for 10 years in the town of Salo in southern Finland, where Nokia, the world's top cell phone-maker, set up its wireless operations in the 1980s.

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Microsoft's Desperate Attempt to Woo Developers Isn't Working Yet
Friday, April 06, 2012 9:25 PM
Just in time for the release of the new Windows phone, the Nokia Lumia 900, we learn all about how Microsoft plans to beef up its skimpy app store. Microsoft's app store has only 70,000 offerings compared to the 600,000 and 400,000 available in the iPhone's and Android's respective stores. This bareness was one of the drawbacks for reviewers, who otherwise found the phone pleasant. In an attempt to catch up, though, Microsoft is getting agressive about recruiting developers, as we learn today in both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. ...
How Social Media Can Help You Land That New Job [INFOGRAPHIC]
Friday, April 06, 2012 8:49 PM
Does your job suck? Do you just wish you had a job to begin with? Social media can play a major role in finding that first gig or hopping to a better one.
Taiwan's HTC says first quarter profit down 70%
Friday, April 06, 2012 7:32 PM

HTC says its operations should turn around in the second quarterTaiwan's top smartphone maker HTC said Friday net profit in the first three months of the year plummeted 70 percent, to the lowest since 2006, owing to falling demand.

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Learning Experiment Sparks Student Imagination With Cute Robots
Friday, April 06, 2012 4:53 PM
The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place.
Instagram Raising $50 Million at $500 Million Valuation [REPORT]
Friday, April 06, 2012 4:05 PM
Photo-sharing and filter app Instagram, which brought on more than 1 million new users after releasing an Android version this week, might be about to close a significant round of funding.
Top tech headlines: Nokia Lumia 900 reviews, April Fool’s Day tech jokes, Google’s Project Glass
Friday, April 06, 2012 3:47 PM

Instagram Android appHot topics in the tech blogs for the week ending April 6 include reviews of the Nokia Lumia 900 and HTC EVO 4G LTE, April Fool’s Day jokes on the web, Google’s experimental wearable augmented reality glasses project, the launch of Instagram for Android, and an update on Google’s vision for the future.

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Smartphone maker HTC posts 70 percent profit drop
Friday, April 06, 2012 3:01 PM
Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. has reported a 70 percent drop in first quarter profit as it faces keener competition from Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
Today’s Top Stories: Apple Looking Into Wireless Charging, HTC's Profit Declines
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:26 PM
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.
Samsung hits a high Note, posts record quarterly profit
Friday, April 06, 2012 1:38 PM
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly profit of $5.15 billion, driven by booming sales of its smartphones and the Galaxy Note 'phablet', which it hopes will show it has a flair for innovation to match rival Apple Inc. The Note - part phone, part mini-tablet - with a throwback stylus and screen half the size of the iPad, has sold more than 5 million since launching in October, and is proving a surprise money earner for the South Korean electronics giant that has a reputation as a 'fast follower' rather than design leader. ...
Did Zimmerman say ‘punks’ or racial slur in 911 recording?
Friday, April 06, 2012 6:27 AM
Though it was widely reported that George Zimmerman grumbled a racial slur before shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his lawyers have insisted their client instead said "F---ing punks". Now they seem to have science on their side. Renowned forensic audio expert Tom Owen analyzed the 911 recording—which was fraught with cell phone interference—and told CNN that [...]
Why Google Is Losing Billions on Android
Friday, April 06, 2012 5:46 AM
COMMENTARY | As Charles Arthur of The Guardian reported (and Digital Trends' Geoff Duncan clarified and explained), Google may well be making four times as much money from ad impressions on Apple's iOS devices than on gadgets running its own open-source Android operating system ... or roughly $2 billion to roughly $500 million per year, respectively.
Samsung posts record first quarter profit on smartphone boom
Friday, April 06, 2012 5:08 AM
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's top technology firm by revenue, posted record quarterly profits of $5.15 billion on booming sales of its Galaxy smartphones and the Note, a mini-tablet and phone. Samsung, which raced to the top of the global smartphone rankings last year with close to a fifth of the market, from just 3 percent in 2009, should consolidate its position against Apple Inc and others with more product launches, including a revamped Galaxy S, over the next few months. January-March operating profit was 5. ...
Earns schedule for selected technology companies
Friday, April 06, 2012 3:27 AM
Earnings schedule for selected technology companies:
Cell Phones and Cancer: Critics Say Kids Risk Brain Tumors
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:59 AM

Cell Phones and Cancer: Critics Say Kids Risk Brain TumorsEnvironmental Health Trust Says Previous Study of Children Was Flawed

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Cell Phones and Cancer: Critics Say Kids Risk Brain Tumors
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:59 AM

Cell Phones and Cancer: Critics Say Kids Risk Brain TumorsEnvironmental Health Trust Says Previous Study of Children Was Flawed

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Sheryl Sandberg Endorses Leaving Early; Google Goggles Get Ads
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:58 AM
We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wants you to knock off early, Intel goes Back to the Future III to sell the Ultrabook, and David Gregory gives his Jamaican bar recommendations.
Google CEO touts gains, focuses on long term bets
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:17 AM

Google Inc. CEO Larry Page arrives at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Courthouse in San Jose(Reuters) - Google Inc's chief executive said the company's fledgling social network, Google+, has scored more than 100 million active users, and he reiterated the Internet search giant's commitment to making long-term bets. Larry Page, also co-founder who took over the top job from Eric Schmidt in April 2011, said in a 2012 strategy update that the search giant had made progress revamping Google around key business opportunities. Page said that Google's smartphone operating system, Android, was being activated on 850,000 mobile devices every day. ...

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Sorry, Larry Page. Steve Jobs Really Wanted to Destroy Android
Friday, April 06, 2012 2:01 AM
Steve Jobs passed into legend a little more than six months ago. Now it seems the arguments over his intentions for Apple are just getting started.
Google CEO Releases 'Mega Ambitious' Letter, Still Not Evil
Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:08 PM
Integration, integration and more integration. That's the theme of a lengthy state-of-Google blog post by CEO Larry Page, which was published on the company's Investor Relations blog on Thursday.
HTC EVO 4G LTE smartphone given glowing reviews on first listen
Thursday, April 05, 2012 4:34 PM

The HTC EVO 4G LTEThe latest smartphone from Taiwanese mobile device manufacturer HTC is hitting the right chord with reviewers as they get their first hands- and ears-on with the device.

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