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 Industry News |  |  | Friday, January 27, 2012 - DoCoMo to ask for changes in Android -Nikkei
(Reuters)
Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) will ask Google Inc to modify its Android operating system so that smartphones using it would put less pressure on networks, a move that could spark wider protests against the leading mobile software platform, the Nikkei reported. | | | Friday, January 27, 2012 - Android app makers can boost revenue with price cuts, promos
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - It’s tough being an Android developer these days. Not only do you have a variety of devices and OS versions to consider, but there’s also some 500,000 apps you’re competing with in the Android Market. You have to be creative, thinking of new marketing strategies and design implementations to launch an app that stands out. Discounted app prices, for instance, have shown to boost revenue, and this is particularly true for the Android Market. ... | | | Friday, January 27, 2012 - Fresh Android Apps for Jan. 27: Eventbrite, Kaiser Permanente, Pyxxis 2
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - Heading to an event over the weekend? Download Eventbrite before you go! Dive into healthcare with Kaiser Permanente and, in games, help the Pyxxis 2 go home. | | | Friday, January 27, 2012 - Evi tops Android Apps of the Week
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - There’s been a second wave of Siri clones on the rise this week, with the launch of Evi gaining plenty of attention. While Android users seek their own version of the popular iPhone 4S artificial intelligence assistant, Evi, SimSimi and others have continued to gain traction in the Android Market. Lookout Labs unveiled a great app for visualizing mobile security threats, giving you deeper insight to malware behavior over time. Apartments.com also broke out with an Android app this week, joining the top real estate resources in the Market. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Valve ventures into mobile with Steam on iOS and Android
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Launched earlier this week and announced on the Steam site, Valve has started a closed beta for Steam Mobile on the iPhone and Android phones. The mobile application brings a vast amount of core functions found within the PC and Mac version of the Steam software, the most notable being the ability to make purchases through the application. This will allow any mobile Steam user to take advantage of the frequent sales that cut popular games up to 90 percent off. Assuming the user agrees to notifications from the application, Steam will also be able to feed mobile alerts to the user when a game on a user’s wishlist goes on sale. The interface offers the familiar Steam categories of new, featured, popular and specials. In addition, there’s a search interface allowing the user to find games by price, title or genre. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Motorola posts loss, awaits Google deal approval
(Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Inc posted a fourth quarter loss on weak revenue on Thursday in what could be its last report before a planned takeover by Google Inc. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Report: Android accounts for 39 pct of tablet market
(Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Market analysis firm Strategy Analytics has released its analysis of the worldwide tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2011, and finds that while the Apple iPad continues to dominate with a 58 percent share, Android tablets are catching up, accounting for 39 percent of the market. And even Windows tablets put in an appearance, accounting for roughly one percent of the global market. The figures represent a solid year-on-year improvement for Android, which Strategy Analytics pegged at holding 29 percent of the tablet market a year ago. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Casio’s new smartphone looks like an oversized watch; might survive the apocalypse
(Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Looking for the most rugged smartphone on the planet? Well then, meet the new Casio — yes, that Casio — Android G-Shock. It's the kind of smartphone that Lewis and Clark would have taken with them had there been 4G cell service in 1804. … | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Nokia's Windows Phones Rising Slowly, CEO Hints at Tablet
(Mashable)
Mashable - The reinvention of Nokia is going slowly, if the last financial quarter is any indication. The Finnish cellphone giant lost nearly a billion euros in Q4 2011, or $1.3 billion. On top of that, Nokia sold 31% fewer smartphones than over the same period last year.
Despite those troubles, the company's push toward the Windows Phone platform appears to be gaining some steam, selling "well over" 1 million phones under the Lumia brand -- though that's out of 19.6 million smartphones sold worldwide. Windows Phone is expected to make greater strides this year, though, and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop hinted at one point during today's earnings call that the company may soon extend the partnership beyond just phones. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Nokia loss tempered by Windows phone launch
(AP)
AP - Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss of euro1.07 billion ($1.38 billion) as sales slumped 21 percent even as the company's first Windows smartphones hit markets in Europe and Asia. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Android tablets approach tipping point, mimic smartphone rise
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - Google’s winning smartphone strategy was to make Android open source and invite anyone and everyone to create a device for their mobile platform. It worked, as HTC, Motorola and others jumped on the opportunity to create smartphones to rival the iPhone. However, the market was reset when Apple released the iPad. Yet another game-changer, the iPad set new standards for tablets, and is already prepping for a third generation release. All the while, Google’s been building an Android platform designed for tablets, eventually releasing Android 4. ... | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Japan's NEC slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide
(AP)
AP - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp. says it is slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide amid deteriorating earnings due to weakness in its mobile phone business and flooding in Thailand that hit its platform business. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Fresh Android of Apps for Jan. 26: Red Hot Chili Peppers, GBikes Demo, Sonic 4 Episode I
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - Today’s fresh apps all go fast! Fast music (Red Hot Chili Peppers), fast driving (GBikes Demo), and fast spiny mammals (Sonic 4 Episode 1). Slip an anti-shock cover over your Android and press INSTALL. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Nokia profits dive as new phones slow to take off
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nokia Oyj reported a 73 percent fall in fourth-quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows Phones failed to dent the dominance of Apple Inc's iPhone or compensate for diving sales of its own old smartphones. | | | Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Android tablets closing in on iPad: researcher
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tablet computers using Google's Android software narrowed the lead of Apple's iPad on the global market in the fourth quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. | | | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - New CEO for Digicel in Haiti
(AP)
AP - Haiti's biggest employer has named a new chief executive to run Digicel, the mobile phone company announced Wednesday. | | | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Raditaz Android app offers a creative way to discover new music
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - Looking for a new musical app experience? Tired of listening to the same song over and over? Check out the free, radical and super-fun musical Raditaz app for Android. It’s similar to Pandora, as in you can start by picking an artist to create a station. This allows you to listen to music by that artist and similar artists. Only Raditaz says it has 15 times the number of songs as Pandora! And, the Raditaz app doesn’t have any ads. Wow, it beats Pandora in my book right there alone. So how is it free? Raditaz employees working in a basement, or so it says in the ad copy. | | | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 5 Things Tech-Savvy Business Travelers Need
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - With close to half of business travelers now from Generation X and Generation Y, gadgets geared toward the tech-savvy business traveler now cater to nearly every tech niche. Whether your travel-tech packing list includes an entire mobile office or just a mobile phone, here are five tech gadgets every business traveler needs. | | | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - O2 accidentally exposes customers' phone numbers
(AP)
AP - An untold number of U.K. residents may have unwittingly broadcast their numbers to sites across the Web while browsing the Internet with their cellphones during the past two weeks. | | | Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Apple sees massive revenues to end 2011, edges past Android in U.S.
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - Apple had an earnings call this week running down the numbers for its first quarter of 2012 (which was actually the October through December quarter of 2011). They were mind-blowing: the company doubled its revenues and its profits over the same period from just a year before. | |
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