Apple has changed its “intellectual” property right against the Korean giant. This is not a favorable change though. Apple believes that more products of Samsung are a lot like Apple products. This row started over with the Galaxy series. In April, Apple had filed a complaint stating that the Galaxy smartphones and the Galaxy Tablets are a lot like Apple’s products. This, Apple claimed was against the company’s patents and rights. In their changed complaint, Apple has included and listed more Samsung products as “copied”. They have listed Droid Chrage 4G and the Galaxy II series. Apple claims that the design and the user interface aesthetics are almost similar. Many believe that Apple is being unduly Touchy about this matter whereas others claim that though Apple’s concerns are right yet they have picked “Samsung” as the target and are not suing any other company that may well be charged under this particular violation.
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Apple’s lawsuits against Samsung only get bitter
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Comments OffFlixlab- iPhone app- launches a new feature
The social app is getting better and better as the days pass. Flixlab, an iPhone app has launched a new feature for all its users that allows them to cut, paste and share their videos with friends. Flixlab helps create videos using clips and images from the iPhone gallery, Facebook, tag people and add music and transition effects. The result is being a creative movie made by you. Now the new feature “Events” allows you to use your friends’ movies and use it partly or entirely as a section of your video. This is almost like getting different perspectives of the same situation or video. This new feature makes Flixlab stand apart amongst its other competitors like Blipsnips and Socialcam. The only hope is that people find this app useful and interesting for only that will determine its presence in the long run.
Posted in Software Tools Tags: blipsnips, creative-movie, determine-its, events flixlab, facebook, from-the-iphone, gadgets, helps-create, iphone, lifestyle, mobile phones, new feature, tag, videos Comments OffMobile Phones essential to SME’s
Small and medium size enterprises have an imperative use for mobile phones. Smartphones and blackberry’s have become so necessary that most of the businesses in US attribute their existence in the market to these mobile technologies. The businesses use these mobile phones for surveys, payment gateways, promotion and brand marketing. The owners feel that mobile phones have allowed them to access even the remote sections of their target market and help them reach out to most of their loyal customers easily. It has been of great help to promote and advertise their products/services. Many of the sites are even helping them built their own apps. These businesses even use other apps like Square and Foursquare. Now they also have an option to design their own app that will help them better. Many feel that these might affect their productivity in the long run but to others this is a great economical and efficient manner of expanding their market.
Posted in Software Tools Tags: Advertising, businesses-even, even-the-remote, existence, imperative-use, mobile phones, Productivity, remote, Smartphones Comments OffHTC’s Androids report remarkable sales figures
The company HTC (Taiwan) is yet another example of the Androids being a good choice for phones and tablets. The may reports of HTC’s sales reports a figure of $1.42 billion. Last year in the same month the company reported a sales figure of less than half. This Month has seen almost $7 million raise from the previous month. HTC had started with Windows Mobile Services but then the sales figure shot up in 2009 when it shifted to Android- based smartphones. The company has seen a more than 150% year over year increase this quarter. HTC’s Android based flyer was launched in the US market recently and now the company plans to expand into high-end Amdroid based smartphones like HTC sensation and HTC Evo 3D.
Posted in Software Tools Tags: featured, gadgets, htc, htc evo 3d, htc sensation, mobile phones, month, quarter, Sales, technology, Windows, windows-mobile Comments OffVerizon offers four new Smartphone devices
Smartphones are mobile phones with advanced connectivity and computing ability and can run complete OS software to provide a platform for application developers. Verizon a global broadband and telecom company is introducing four new Smartphone devices-LG Revolution, Xperia Play, HTC Trophy and Motorola Droid X2. The LG Revolution with LTE- capability is a faster Android Smartphone device with a 4.3 inch, 800 *480 pixel screen and 16GB of storage memory. The lack of LTE makes Droid X2 cheaper by $50 and has a 2 year contract with Verizon. The cost of Droid X2 is $199 as it contains a 1 GHz CPU and 8- megapixel back camera. The HTC Trophy is a standard Windows Phone 7 device with a 16 storage memory making it the cheapest device for $149. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play is the only Play station phone designed for playing games. With an 8 GB pre installed memory card it is a Android phone powered with additional graphic contained games for $199. Now users can make their choice from the available four devices and decide on the line of phone to opt for.
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Mozilla’s Firefox is one of the most popular Web browsers in the markets. Android users could now opt for the “Do Not Track” privacy option now provided by upgrading Firefox Beta. Users could now have more control over how their browsing gets tracked and used online with this new feature. Mozilla uses a HTTP header for Firefox users to choose and tell ad networks to not track them. Firefox would inform ad networks and other application about the users wish to opt out of third party tracking. For choosing Do Not Track option in Firefox for Android the user has to click on the Browser Tools within the app. The preference pane shows “Tell Sites Not To Track Me” and one can even save passwords and allow cookies. FTC has asked Do Not Track technology to be added on to mobile browsers as most user use smartphones to browse the net. As Firefox has added this feature many others would follow soon.
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Lockitron is a combination of hardware and software product designed by Paul Gerhardt and Cameron Robertson to provide individuals and small businesses to replace keys with mobile phones. Within half a second users can unlock doors using any mobile phone as Lockitron works on most doors. As it can work from anywhere the trouble of losing or misplacing keys can be avoided. For a rate of $295 customers obtain a kit having wireless deadbolt, a base station with USB remote control, cables to connect and an instruction manual. To lock or unlock doors the user has to simply select the particular door and hit the lock or unlock icon from his mobile. Even text messages could be sent through Lockitron service. This service permits locking and unlocking from anywhere in the world provided the mobile phone has an internet access. A upgraded system involves an NFC enabled device to gain access. Even use of iPhones would make locking and unlocking of doors faster. Automatic usage would increase only when costs reduce and security goes up. Even a accidental hit could leave the doors unlocked making it totally unsafe. Sometimes a physical key is more useful than a WiFi device or a wireless remote.
Posted in Software Tools Tags: doors-the-user, gadgets, leave-the-doors, lockitron, misplacing-keys, Mobile, mobile phones, remote-control, service-permits, Unlock, upgraded-system, user, wireless, works-on-most Comments OffiPad connectivity in Bay Bridge
The busiest bridge connecting cities, towns, states, airports and national parks, known as the San Francisco Bay Area has been undergoing massive restructuring work which would complete only by2013. As motorists are stuck with traffic delays, the transit authorities have solved the problem by providing free iPad apps that lets motorists drive easily by getting a constant update about the bridge. Known as the Bay Bridge Explorer this 3D videogame concept was designed by Autodesk, a company involved actively with the iPad. A free iPad app would abreast drivers of the changes and would permit them to drive across the bridge in any direction with a speed limit of 10mph over the official speed limit. The apps will be updated regularly for two years until the project gets completed. This is a step taken by the government to communicate infrastructural changes using 3D virtual realm. It won’t be long when motorist would be surprised to drive across some mysterious stretch along the current bridge and get to see something different. Driving around the Bay Bridge would be a different experience altogether.
Posted in Software Tools Tags: abreast-drivers, bay bridge, Bridge, constant-update, featured, ipad, mobile phones, official, project, some-mysterious, transit Comments OffBababoo offers cost effective service
Bababoo is a communication platform company that provides Intelligent Calling Service for millions of consumers in search of cheaper per minute prices than what their carriers provide. The new area of WiFi and VoIP calling on mobile has new companies like Pinger that allows users to make calls over WiFi and Talkatone which uses Google voice to make unlimited calls and send texts over WiFi. Bababoo is a new startup that brings intelligent calling to smartphones. Without changing the network, number or caller ID, Bababoo iPhone apps permit users to make calls through WiFi, 3G, AT&T and Verizon. Bababoo even connects with users not having WiFi by charging a standard rate so that there is no hanging up or dropping the call. However Android and Blackberry functions are not yet available on Bababoo but would be included soon. Bababoo has already raised $1.5 million from Sierra Ventures to bring cheap, VoIP calling, and effortless transition between 3G and WiFi calling to the masses. Bababoo has an excellent track record of the CTO Tony Million who is also the founder of two other web software startups. Bababoo was an ambitious project that developed as result of the co-founders frustration of finding a simple way to use internet to save money on calling. This is definitely the simplest and most efficient way of generating online income.
Posted in Software Tools Tags: calling-service, carriers, lifestyle, make-unlimited, mobile phones, most-efficient, network, sierra-ventures, simplest, their-carriers, Voip, wifi Comments OffFootprints-track your children through iPhone
Few application (iTune link) now available for both iPhone and iPad tracks the location of the device.Among the various uses of this application,one of the best is for the parent/child to keep tab and in real time to know where the child is. With a simple and quick set-up and installation process, you just allow it to run the background. After this, permissions are given to individuals who needs to view its location. A passcode can be added to ensure that the application is not removed . Apart from providing location in real time, movement speed is also available and you get a clear indication of the speed of the vehicle, if your kid is driving. In theory, this application—also has business potential as the companies can have Footprints in the background of the iPhones of the employees at least during the business hours. It would be useful to know where a co-worker is during customer call etc. On the flip side,of course, it has Privacy issues. This could be also useful for couples and where you have trust issues between spouses. Though this app is at present for iOS only, Android support is due soon
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