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Apple's iOS 7 to be "black, white and flat all over"

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  • Posted May 24, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • What's black, white and flat all over? iOS 7, if rumors prove correct. Anonymous sources in touch with 9to5Mac claim to know details about what's shaping up to be Apple's most radical iDevice update thus far: a flattened, minimalistic, anti-skeuomorphic…

Firefox OS unveiled with 18 partners, heading to emerging markets

Firefox OS unveiled with 18 partners, heading to emerging markets
  • Posted February 25, 2013, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software
  • Mozilla will soon be joining the likes of Apple, Google and Microsoft with Firefox OS, the foundation’s first mobile operating system. The announcement came just ahead of Mobile World Congress where 18 operators from around the world have pledged support…

Pre-alpha build of webOS shown running on a Nexus S smartphone

Pre-alpha build of webOS shown running on a Nexus S smartphone
  • Posted November 29, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software With Video
  • A team of volunteers at Phoenix International Communications have managed to port webOS onto a Samsung Nexus S. The feat was pulled off by running an app inside Android so it’s not a true-to-life port but either way, it’s a…

Happy Birthday: Android turns 4 this weekend

Happy Birthday: Android turns 4 this weekend
  • Posted September 21, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Google will be celebrating a birthday this weekend as their mobile operating system turns four years old. In the relatively short time it's been around, more than 500 million devices running Android have been activated as Google continues to check…

Google pressures Acer to cancel smartphone running Android rival

Google pressures Acer to cancel smartphone running Android rival
  • Posted September 13, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Acer has reportedly postponed the launch of a new smartphone running a Chinese-developed Android competitor because Google threatened to retaliate. The PC maker planned to hold a press conference in Shanghai on Thursday to unveil its CloudMobile A800 handset, which…

Apple details changes to iTunes, shows new features in iOS 6

Apple details changes to iTunes, shows new features in iOS 6
  • Posted September 12, 2012, 4:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Software
  • Along with unveiling new hardware today, Apple has announced many changes to iOS and iTunes. The latest version of iOS makes better use of iPhone 5 and iPod touch's new 4-inch 1136x640 display, with many core apps having already been updated.…

Nokia discussing WP8 exclusivity agreements with EU carriers

Nokia discussing WP8 exclusivity agreements with EU carriers
  • Posted July 23, 2012, 3:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Hoping to boost sales and plug its rapidly depleting cash reserves, Nokia may create exclusivity agreements with worldwide partners ahead of the Windows Phone 8 launch later this year, mimicking its US sales model with the Lumia 900 via AT&T.

Firefox OS nightly builds available for testing on Windows, Mac or Linux

Firefox OS nightly builds available for testing on Windows, Mac or Linux
  • Posted July 20, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing
  • Earlier this month Mozilla announced it is renaming its Boot to Gecko operating system for smartphones to Firefox OS while touting support from major carriers worldwide. Although the first Firefox OS-powered devices aren’t expected to arrive until sometime in 2013,…

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean coming mid-July, optimized with Project Butter

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean coming mid-July, optimized with Project Butter
  • Posted June 27, 2012, 12:49 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software Breaking News
  • Google has unveiled the successor to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at their annual Google I/O Conference. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean arrives just eight months after ICS was released despite the fact that a large number of Android devices still…

HP CEO Meg Whitman to announce WebOS decision within two weeks

HP CEO Meg Whitman to announce WebOS decision within two weeks
  • Posted November 30, 2011, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software, The Web
  • HP will announce the fate of WebOS in the next two weeks, according to CEO Meg Whitman in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. Although Whitman didn’t hint one way or the other regarding the future of the OS,…

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