Archive for December, 2011
ComScore: Android up, RIM down, water wet
comScore Reports November 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share One-third of Mobile Subscribers Access Social Networking on Mobile Device RESTON, VA, December 29, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the [...]
Read moreTexas teen Ben Breedlove’s YouTube farewell moves Kid Cudi to tears
On Christmas night, Ben Breedlove, a bright and engaging 18-year-old, died from complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an abnormal thickening of the heart’s walls. He had already outlived his life expectancy with the hereditary condition. And while his story is heartbreaking, Breedlove has already left a legacy of warmth and hope that outshines the tragedy [...]
Read more‘Closing the knowledge gap’: why Google wants Android to be open
A minor Twitterstorm blew through on Wednesday when MG Siegler, formerly of TechCrunch, noted that Andy Rubin, the head of Google’s Android mobile division, had deleted his famous first tweet about “the meaning of open” (a command line expression explaining how to build Android from the kernel.org repository). Update: he hadn’t deleted it; Twitter had [...]
Read moreAudioboo founder predicts big year for data privacy
Mark Rock, founder and chief executive of Audioboo, says the past 12 months highlighted how “marginal” traditional media is becoming – and forecasts a big year ahead for data privacy. • What will 2011 be remembered for? 2011 was the year of realtime data, which showed us just how marginal mass media is increasingly becoming. [...]
Read moreIconia Tab A200 and A700 slates head to CES, make a pitstop in Russia
Acer already spilled the beans on its Iconia Tab A200, a 10.1-inch slab powered by NVIDIA’s 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, but whatever happened to that Tegra 3 touting A700? It went to Russia, of course. According to NoMobile.ru, the A200′s slimmer, but more powerful brother will debut at CES 2012 next month. The Ruskie site [...]
Read moreFreeview or Freesat: which to choose?
I would like to buy a replacement for my old TV/VCR combination and have been trying to find out which of the two free digital TV platforms, Freeview and Freesat, might be the better long term bet. I remember an article in the Guardian when Freesat first appeared stating that, because of its greater capacity [...]
Read more2011 was the year of Android
There’s no doubt that 2011 was the year in which Android took over the smartphone market, going from an already-leading 36% share of the market by the end of the first quarter to 52% by the end of the third quarter (according to the research company Gartner’s figures). A fairly constant refrain over that period [...]
Read more2011: the technology year in review
In retrospect, 2011 was a year of enormous change in the computing and internet industry – although it was one in which the ground was laid, rather than coming immediately to fruition. What changes? • the ascendance of the ARM chip architecture, and Microsoft’s • the ascendance of Android, and smartphones• Samsung’s rise to prominence• [...]
Read moreEngadget Mobile Podcast 119
It’s that weird week between Christmas and New Year’s, and what have we got for you, dear listener? A completely normal international Engadget Mobile Podcast, of course! Settle in around the media player dock and make all your 2012 dreams come true with us, won’t you? Hosts: Myriam Joire (tnkgrl), Brad MolenGuest: Mat SmithProducer: Trent [...]
Read moreN-Control dismisses marketing consultant, discounts PS3 Avenger pre-orders
AVENGER CONTROLLER DISMISSES MARKETING CONSULTANT, TAKES BACK MARKETING AND SALES OPERATIONS Miami, FL— Wednesday, December 28, 2011— N-Control, makers of the Avenger Controller accessory, have categorically dismissed third party contractor Paul Christoforo and his marketing operation, known alternately as Ocean Distribution or Ocean Marketing. This separation from Mr. Christoforo extends to all business interests of [...]
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