Apple denies tracking iPhone customers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc denied it is tracking the movements of its iPhone customers, but said it will provide a software update that stores less location information on phones in response to public outcry over privacy issues.Read More ...
Nokia axes 7,000 jobs to slash costs
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nokia will axe 7,000 jobs and outsource its legacy Symbian software to slash 1 billion euros ($1.46 billion) of costs as it struggles to compete in the fierce smartphone market.Read More ...
Apple denies tracking iPhones, to fix 'bugs'
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Apple Denies Tracking Users, Promises Software Fix
(PC World)
PC World - Apple has denied it is tracking your location using a cache of cell tower and Wi-Fi hotspot locations stored in a database on your iPhone, 3G iPad and iOS backups on your PC. "Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone.
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Apple denies iPhones store user location
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. denied Wednesday that iPhones store a record of their users' movements for up to a year and blamed privacy concerns partly on a misunderstanding.Read More ...
Nokia Puts Symbian OS Out to Pasture
(PC World)
PC World - Nokia will transfer its aging Symbian mobile phone operating system to Accenture, as part of the company's plans to develop smartphones based on the Windows Phone 7 OS from Microsoft. In the outsourcing process, Nokia will move around 3,000 employees to Accenture, who will still work on the mobile OS for the foreseeable future.
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Nokia Hands Symbian OS Work and 3,000 Employees to Accenture
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PC World - Nokia will outsource its Symbian software activities to Accenture, transferring 3,000 employees to the company in the process, as it moves its focus to making phones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system.
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MIPS Porting Google's Android 3.0 OS for Its Processors
(PC World)
PC World - MIPS Technologies on Tuesday said it was porting Google's Android 3.0 operating system, code-named Honeycomb, to work with its microprocessors.
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Software helps parents oversee children on Facebook
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Android Devices Popular, But Developer Interest Is Falling
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Nielsen reports that consumer interest in smartphones running Google's Android is rising in the U.S., with slightly more prospective buyers looking to buy an Android handset than Apple's iPhone. According to its latest survey, 31 percent of consumers who plan to get a new smartphone indicated Android as their preferred operating system, while 30 percent favored Apple's iPhone and 11 percent favored a Research In Motion BlackBerry.
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Customer Fights Subpoena in Oracle-Rimini Suit
(PC World)
PC World - Oracle has subpoenaed scores of Rimini Street customers in connection with its intellectual property suit against the third-party software maintenance provider, but at least one has no interest in complying with its demands.
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Microsoft wrestles slack PC sales and wilting stock
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Reuters - Microsoft might be about to report its earnings grew more than 20 percent on climbing revenue but the results will fail to rouse the software company's shares from a decade-long slumber or douse fears its dominance of personal computing is waning.Read More ...
Dual- and Single-Screen Sony Tablets Focus on Gaming
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As befits an evolving ecosystem, a new tablet from Sony will offer two screens instead of one. The dual-screen tablet, along with a single-screen model, will come with the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet-optimized operating system and, to the delight of gaming fans, with PlayStation Suite software.
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Sony to Launch Two Android Tablets Later This Year
(PC World)
PC World - Sony will make its long-awaited entry into the tablet PC market later this year with two models based on the latest version of Google's Android operating system.
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Golden Gate Capital, Infor buying Lawson Software
(AP)
AP - Lawson Software Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to a $2 billion buyout offer from the private equity firm Golden Gate Capital and business-software company Infor.
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Dell Boomi Connects the Cloud to the Enterprise
(PC World)
PC World - Dell has updated its Boomi software to make it easier to exchange data between public cloud services and on-premise applications, in anticipation of greater use of public clouds by large organizations.
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Lawson Accepts $2 Billion Takeover Bid by Infor
(PC World)
PC World - Lawson Software has agreed to be purchased by an Infor affiliate GGC Software Holdings for roughly US$2 billion, the company announced Tuesday.
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Verizon Partners With BoxTone on Mobile Management
(PC World)
PC World - Verizon Wireless on Monday said it is now offering enterprises BoxTone's mobile device management software, allowing some customers to pay for the software on their Verizon Wireless bills.
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Android Malware Sees Explosive Growth
(PC World)
PC World - The Android vs. iPhone smartphone race is a lot like the Windows vs. Mac rivalry. On one side is a broadly licensed operating system used by many manufacturers. On the other is a locked down and expensive hardware platform.
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Yahoo acquisition adds way to share TV show info
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. has bought the maker of mobile software that makes it easier for people to let their friends know what TV shows they're watching.
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