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4 min ago | All Things Digital

Caterpillar Aims to Make Splash With Rugged, Waterproof Android Phone

Caterpillar is best known for making heavy equipment, but the machinery brand thinks it can add something to the phone business.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, CPU

1 hr ago | Examiner.com

Yahoo's Flickr proves that 'bigger is better'

After revealing that they had acquired Tumblr at their event yesterday in New York City, Yahoo announced that they had also upgraded Flickr .

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Related Topix: Social Software, Google, Startups

5 hrs ago | Business Wire

OBJE Announces Hot New Mobile Gaming App for Apple and Android

Development is now underway on Creature Tavern , a strategy and time management video game with all of the fun and nerve-wracking excitement of classic mobile console games like Diner Dash .

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Ipad, Science / Technology, iPhone

7 hrs ago | Ubergizmo

HTC One Android 4.2.2 Update Expected Soon

HTC One, the Taiwanese manufacturer's flagship Android smartphone , is certainly one amazing device.

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Related Topix: Galaxy, Gadgets

Mon May 20, 2013

Ars Technica

"Pre-loaded video chat apps" will all work on AT&T's network by year's end

When Google unveiled its new Hangouts service at Google I/O last week, AT&T users quickly discovered that they couldn't use its new video chat feature over cellular .

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Related Topix: AT&T, Google, Startups, Skype

Wireless Design & Development

Pervasive Group Announces Cloud-Based Mobile Parental Control

MMGuardian is a CTIA E-Tech Awards Finalist in the mobile category and Pervasive will conduct a live demonstration of MMGuardian on the Exhibit Innovations Stage at booth 5646 within CTIA World on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 12:30pm. MMGuardian, currently available to millions of parents using Android devices, is a high performance, fully scalable, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Google, Startups

BuilderAU.com.au

Factor mobile ERP and CRM into BYOD planning

Tablets have played a role in expanding both ERP and CRM platforms by putting actionable data into the hands of the mobile workforce.

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Related Topix: Ipad, Science / Technology, Sales, Marketing

Canada NewsWire

Sony Mobile's Xperia Tablet Z Now Available Worldwide

The multi-award winning product - which recently picked up a Red Dot Design Award 2013 - has received the largest number of pre-orders of any Sony tablet to date.

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Related Topix: Sony, Electronics, TV

Internet News

US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

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Related Topix: Department of Defense, US News, Science, Computer Science

Malaysian National News Agency

HP Unveils Slate 7 Android Consumer Tablet

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, May 20 -- HP today announced the HP Slate7, an affordable Android consumer tablet that provides customers with easy access to Google Mobile services.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups

The Columbus Dispatch

HTC One's interface sullies a great-looking phone

Narrow, rounded design allows one-handed use. Sharp screen. Loud, rich-sounding stereo speakers.

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Related Topix: T-Mobile, Science / Technology, Ipad

Sun May 19, 2013

Neville Hobson

Content is king but so is the delivery platform

One of the benefits of being a member of the International Associations of Business Communicators is the bi-monthly magazine, CW.

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Related Topix: Computers

Engadget

Mobile Miscellany: week of May 13th, 2013

If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore.

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Related Topix: Gadgets

Sat May 18, 2013

Kiplinger Online

15 Smart Phones You Can Get for Free

You won't have to pay for these phones if you sign up for a contract with a service provider.

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Related Topix: Social Software, AT&T

Sforce Blog

Building Mobile Apps for Portal Users

Back in February, I blogged about how web applications can use OAuth to obtain a token and access the Force.com API on behalf of Portal users ; I've had a couple of questions on how to build mobile apps that do the same, so here are the details.

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TechCrunch

Google Play In-App Purchase Revenue Growth Jumps 7X In One Year,...

Google held a session today at I/O 2013 about how to make money on Android, and in the initial few minutes it shared some updated stats around Google Play revenues and how those are progressing.

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Related Topix: Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups

TechCrunch

Gmail And The Stock Android Email App Combined Have Over 100M Mobile Users

Google's Vikram Aggarwal, a software engineer working on the Android platform, revealed today that Gmail and Email, the native Android client that still ships on Android devices as well, now has a combined user base of more than 100 million across the Android install base.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

PC Magazine

Why Google's Galaxy S 4 Costs $649

Google's big I/O conference announcements largely stuck to the company's core Web services, with one piece of hardware that got no cheers in the hall: a version of Samsung's blockbuster Galaxy S 4 running stock Android .

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Science / Technology, CPU

Geek News Central

Copy: Cloud Storage for All Your Files

Copy a competitor to Dropbox became available to the public today. It allows you to upload your files to the Barracuda Network cloud, where you can access them from any device that you have installed the Copy application on.

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Related Topix: Dropbox, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Twitter

Fri May 17, 2013

Digital Trends

Integra unveils its first AV receiver with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Integra has begun shipping its first AV receiver, the DTR-30.5, with built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, plus support for pass-through and up-scaling for 4K Ultra HD TVs.

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Related Topix: Audio and Video, Electronics, Bluetooth

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