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22

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango Coming Very Very Soon

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Android, HTC Titan, iPhone, LinkedIn, Mango, Mango Release Date, microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Samsung Focus, Video, Windows 7.5 Release, Windows Mango Release, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Phone Mango Leave a Comment

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The iPhone 5 isn’t the only upcoming smartphone news of the day: Windows has announced on its official blog that the long-awaited Windows Phone 7.5 (codename: Mango), an update to its mobile operating system, will be released “in the next week or two.”

Windows Mango is the follow-up to the Windows Phone 7 OS, and the interface and many of the newest features will look familiar to those who have seen the “Metro View” on the new Windows 8 desktop and tablet operating system.

Among the new features on the smartphone OS: Total social media integration with the phone, with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn updates mashed together in a “People” hub; more moving “Live Tiles” to make the phone’s front screen more active; a native “Local Search” app through Bing, which will search for businesses and things to do around the owner using the phone’s GPS; and an integrated Messaging hub, where users can switch between email, text message, Facebook chat and other messenger services with the same person’s linked accounts.

Mango and Windows Phone have an uphill battle to knock off smartphone kings Android and iPhone: At just six percent market penetration, Windows Phone lags behind Google’s Android OS (40 percent) and Apple’s iOS (26.5 percent) by a wide margin,according to a June 2011 comScore survey. Microsoft hopes to build on the momentum of its flashy Windows 8 announcement and positive early buzz surrounding Windows Phone Mango to make up that ground.

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Aug
24

By pratyushkp

Android Most Popular Target For Mobile Malware

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Android, Android Malware, Android Market, Android Security, Android Vs iPhone Security, CrunchBase, google, iOS, IPad, iPhone, Malware, McAfee Leave a Comment

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The first half of 2011 was the busiest period of malware to date as increasingly sophisticated hackers set their sights on mobile devices, particularly those using Google‘s Android operating system, according to a new report.

In a report released Tuesday, the cyber-security firm McAfee said malware jumped 22 percent in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year. Google’s Android operating system was the most popular target for mobile malware developers during the second quarter, according to the report.

Google’s 5 Most Expensive Acquisitions To Date

Category: Social, Technology Tags: AdMob, Android, Antitrust, Biggest Google Acquisitions, David Lawee, DoubleClick, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, google, Google Acquisition, ITA Software, Larry Page, Mergers And Acquisitions, Most Expensive Google Acquisitions, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, Reuters, youtube Leave a Comment

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Google announced on its blog Monday that it plans to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. If the deal is approved by antitrust regulators, then it will go down in the books as Google’s largest acquisition to-date.

Google’s VP of Corporate Development David Lawee told Reuters in 2010 that the tech giant’s agressive M&A strategy is “paying off huge.” Big bets on young companies like Android and YouTube might have raised doubts when the deals were going down, but now most will agree that those have, thus far, turned out to be success stories

Facebook Storing Numbers From Your Smartphone: What You Need To Know

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Android, Confidence trick, Contact list, facebook, Facebook Contacts, Facebook Contacts Numbers, Facebook Phone Numbers, Facebook Phone Numbers Contacts, Facebook Privacy, Friends, iPhone, Phone Numbers On Facebook, Privacy, social network, Telephone directory, Telephone number Leave a Comment

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Facebook users have a new privacy concern after discovering that the social network apparently stores a list of phone numbers belonging to your Facebook friends and, apparently, to contacts stored in the mobile device that you use to access Facebook’s mobile app. (Before you panic, this list is not publicly visible to your entire social network.)

According to The Washington Post, this Phonebook Contacts feature has been live for “a few years,” though many users are just noting its existence.

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Aug
9

By pratyushkp

Windows Phone Head “Charlie Kindel” Quits Microsoft

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Charlie Kindel, one of the most public faces of Microsoft‘s Windows Phone group, has quit Microsoft after 21 years to start his own company.

Kindel was charged with getting developers on board for the new platform, and he and his team have done a pretty good job so far — Windows Phone has more than 25,000 apps after less than nine months on market. But it still trails behind the hundreds of thousands of apps available for the iPhone and Android. A lack of long-tail apps is really the only glaring gap in Microsoft’s mobile platform, which is otherwise a solid competitor.

Kindel reported the news on his personal blog this morning and posted his good-bye email. It’s mostly full of inside jokes, but one funny bit:

iPhone vs. Android : Which Does US Prefer

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Android, Android Honeycomb, Apple, Apple iOS, Blackberry, Democratic Party, Democrats, google, Google Android, iOS, ios5, iPhone, Jumptap, Midwestern United States, Mobile operating system, Republicans, Southwestern United States Leave a Comment

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New findings released by Jumptap, a mobile advertising network, reveal that residents of the Southern and Southwestern United States tend to prefer devices running Google’s Android operating system, whereas Apple’s iOS devices are more popular in the Midwest and Northeast.

According to data (PDF) pulled from over 11 billion requests via 83 million unique users on the Jumptap network, Android has held on to its lead over other smartphone makers for another month by sustaining 38% of the overall mobile operating system market in June 2011; a four-point decrease from the previous month. On the other hand, iOS continues to gain ground by increasing its market share from 30.3% in May to 33% in June of 2011. Blackberry remains in third with a reported 22% market share in June 2011.

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