Tag Archives: mobile

Link: Nokia posts $1 billion operating loss for Q2 2012, net cash up $125 million →

Aaron Souppouris summarizes Nokia’s Q2 report on the Verge. Nokia remarks that Q3 won’t be much better, either. Yikes.

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Link: Dan Frommer’s 10 Reasons Why You Should Care About the New Foursquare →

Way more than just the UI.

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Link: Your Move, Facebook →

But the even bigger news comes from the CEO himself: Even though we launched the ad platform on the Web already, a couple of weeks ago we saw mobile revenue in a day greater than non-mobile. Wait. Let’s hear this … Continue reading

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Link: The Crowded Mobile Payments Space →

I love Dieter Bohn’s articles. They are great bits of reporting. This one outlines the increasingly crowded mobile payment space — one where there is no dominating figure. When I read this, I can’t help but wondering why Paypal, the … Continue reading

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Link: EA: Digital Investments Key to Future Revenue →

Interesting turn of events for a primarily console-based company.

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Link: The F-Word →

A comment by Ed Oswald on the Windows Phone OS and increased fragmentation: Microsoft has chosen Android’s fragmented path against any good sense. While I understand this likely has to do with the drastic code changes under the hood, it … Continue reading

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Link: Topolsky on the Lumia 900 →

He’s a fan of the design and build quality, but thinks the OS falls short still. John Gruber agrees with him, and notes that if he were in the market for a Windows Phone, it would be for the 800 … Continue reading

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Link: Freemium Will Rule Gaming Industry →

Matthew Handrahan, talk about Ben Cousins’ (ngmoco) opinion on the freemium model: As soon as one competitor in a specific field drops the price to zero, he argues, it becomes very difficult for others to continue charging. It happened to … Continue reading

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Link: RIM Board Shakeup →

On our podcast we talked a little about RIM and their current issues. It looks like things may have gotten a little worse in the past day. Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO, has resigned from the board in this afternoon’s Q4 … Continue reading

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Link: Ads Based on Environment →

Creepy and annoying. (via Jim Dalrymple)

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Link: I Use My iPad Like An iPad, Not Like A PC →

Jim Dalrymple: The right question to ask is “does the iPad fit my lifestyle?” Completely agree. My answer is no, but I’m apparently becoming more of a minority.

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Link: A Look at the RIM Problem →

As mentioned during our most recent podcast, The Verge has a great article on the current problems with Research in Motion and how Blackberry went from hottest device on the market to irrelevant and fast. The article is worth a … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook’s Only Weakness →

Sebastian Anthony, ExtremeTech: Facebook is stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, it has to provide a compelling mobile experience because its users demand it; but by doing so, it leeches traffic away from the … Continue reading

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Link: On the Road with Google Wallet →

Cherian Abraham: I rode about 900 miles in the last four days, cutting across Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to be together with my family for Christmas. I figured this would be a good time to put my new … Continue reading

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Link: AT&T Drops T-Mobile Bid →

Definitely no chance of other mergers occurring any time soon.

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Link: Consoles Becoming Streaming Media Hubs →

Engadget picks this up from a recent Nielsen report on game console usage for 13+ years of age: …gamers this year spent notably more time streaming video to their consoles than they did in 2010, due in large part to … Continue reading

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Link: Microsoft Enters the iOS Game World →

It appears the folks at Microsoft even see the value in creating games for the mobile platform.  Today Microsoft released its first iOS game.  If you’re Nintendo, I’d suggest you take note…

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Link: iPad Design Obviousness →

Nik Cubrilovic argues that the design of the iPad is a natural evolution of designing tablet computing devices, using the idea that the Crunchpad (later the JooJoo) and the Samsung Galaxy Tab (currently in spat with Apple) share similar maxims … Continue reading

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Link: An Interview with the VP of Carrier IQ →

Exclusive interview on The Verge from Sean Hollister and Dieter Bohn with VP Andrew Coward about what Carrier IQ’s role is in logging your phone’s activity. Coward believes that in a perfect world, the activities that Carrier IQ performs on … Continue reading

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Link: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Carrier IQ →

This symbolizes the beginning of many other initiatives to investigate the outrageous consequences of having Carrier IQ’s software on our mobile devices.

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Link: Can a Windows Phone Web Demo Win Over iPhone and Android users? →

This demo further solidifies why the Windows OS platform is a strong contender. A solid user experience that is both lightweight and dynamic. It’s not about apps but it is about content. The retina display actually helps their case too … Continue reading

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Weekly Download #22: Google Music, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook Phones, Android and WebOS, Flickr, Open-Source, Zynga

After a week hiatus, Tarun and Chris are back… to talk about the stuff you are probably familiar with! We touch on the new Google Music service and it’s sad usage of Flash; Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook as platforms entering … Continue reading

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Link: FCC Accepts AT&T’s Withdrawal From T-Mobile Merger →

The FCC has accepted a request by AT&T to withdrawal it’s bid for T-Mobile.  Alongside this acceptance, the FCC released a 109 page document discussing many of the problems with the proposed merger.

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Link: Mobile Flash is Dead →

Apple guesses correctly, again.

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Link: GoMo →

As reported by Tricia Duryee, AllThingsD: The site is a resource center that links to a growing list of 15 to 20 vendors and agencies that can help with all aspects of building a mobile site. The site also has … Continue reading

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