TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, July 6, 2009
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*Review: Apple's Speedy iPhone 3GS
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*iPhone 3GS Set Sales Record: AT&T Internal Memo
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*Apple Files Touchscreen-Related Patent Applications
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*WiMax Ready To Surge Again
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*Google Optimizes Search For Mobile Phones
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( Today's Top Story)
Review: Apple's Speedy iPhone 3GS
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Its blazing speed and new features make the 3GS Apple's best iPhone yet, but its App Store, and easy-to-use OS are what set it apart from the Palm Pre and Nokia N97.
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(Today's Most Popular Stories)
Web Filtering Company Reports Cyber Attack To FBI
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The U.S.-based company that claims its programming code was unlawfully included in China's Green Dam software reports being targeted by a cyber attack.
12 Best Bluetooth Headsets
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<FONT STYLE="COLOR:RED;"><STRONG>UPDATE!</STRONG></FONT> On July 1, 2008, California and Washington join New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in outlawing talking on the phone while driving -- unless you use a hands-free solution. The new laws mean Bluetooth headsets are transforming themselves from a geeky convenience to an everyday safety necessity. That's why we've updated this popular slideshow by adding the latest models that let you talk freely, look stylish, and avoid traffic tickets! Find the model that's right for you...
Step-By-Step: Moving Your Server To Linux
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You can make the move Ubuntu Linux Server in no time at all by following the steps in this hands-on guide where you'll learn how to install the software and start using your Linux server.
Putting Public Social Networks To Work For Business
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Companies are exploiting public social networking sites for valid business purposes. However, a lack of enterprise-class controls makes management of users akin to herding cats. By adopting strong policies for business use of public social networks, small and midsize businesses can maximize value and safeguard against inappropriate connections between personal and business contacts.
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Silver Lake’s Hutchins Touts the Cloud, Social Networking as Mega-Trends
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Private equity veteran predicts slow recovery but urges financial industry to invest in technology and innovation at SunGard City Day event.
BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of emerging technologies.
UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize communications among sponsors, investment managers and service providers.
(Mobile News of the Week)
iPhone 3GS Set Sales Record: AT&T Internal Memo
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The latest iPhone helped AT&T rack up single-day records: Sales, most transactions processed by the company's internal IT systems, and largest order day at att.com.
Apple Files Touchscreen-Related Patent Applications
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The iPhone-maker may be on track to fix one of the biggest complaints about the smartphone, and to add RFID and biometric identification capabilities.
WiMax Ready To Surge Again
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Growth of the wide-area technology slowed in the economic meltdown, but analysts predict the deployment of WiMax equipment will take off again by year end.
Google Optimizes Search For Mobile Phones
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The search giant is tailoring its results to fit better on a mobile screen, and it will also include relevant data from Google News, Google Images, and other Web properties.
Mobile Payments Startup Raises $8 Million
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Bling Nation is entering the highly competitive space filled with deep-pocketed rivals such as Visa and MasterCard.
Apple Obliquely Addresses iPhone 3GS Overheating
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Users have complained of handsets overheating while using applications that tap the iPhone's GPS and 3G wireless components.
Nokia Updates Ovi Maps
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The 3.0 version of Ovi Maps includes 3-D views, weather information, walking directions, and a host of other features.
Apple Bans Another iPhone App For Nudity
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BeautyMeter showed a nude picture of a 15-year-old girl. It's the second explicit app Apple has removed from the App Store in the last week.
Dell To Offer Location Features On Mini 10 Netbooks
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Skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi position app is already a standard feature on tens of millions of Apple iPhones and iPod Touch devices.
Zer01 Launches Unlimited Voice, Data Service
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The mobile virtual network operator is using mobile VoIP to offer unlimited voice, text, and mobile data for $70 a month.
Apple Preps iPhone 3.1 Software
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Only two weeks after releasing 3.0 firmware, Apple is giving developers the next version that includes improved voice controls, more APIs, and improved video editing.
Global IT Spending To Drop 10.6%: Forrester
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The good news: IT spending growth will resume in the US in the fourth quarter, and in the first half of 2010 in other markets, according to Forrester Research.
AT&T Aims Netbooks At Businesses
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The carrier is offering small businesses subsidized netbooks from Acer and Hewlett-Packard that have embedded 3G modems.
TerreStar To Offer Pocket-Size Satellite Handsets
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Terrestrial mobile phone service from AT&T will be combined with satellite service on a pocket-size smartphone.
Bsquare Brings Flash Lite To Android Devices
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The company said it will bring the full version of Flash to Android, Microsoft's Windows Mobile, Nokia's S60 Symbian, and Palm's webOS in 2010.
Roaming Charges Drop Under New EU Rules
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Sending a megabyte of data in Europe will cost one-half the previous data price. Cell phone and texting rates are also being cut.
Dell Launches 12-inch Vostro Business Laptop
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The notebook PC comes with Wi-Fi support or optional mobile broadband for connecting to a wireless carrier.
Ericsson Rolling Out App Store
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The company is trying to one-up Apple's App Store by offering carriers a hosted virtual store that can reach a broad variety of devices.
Skype For Windows Phones Outclasses iPhone App
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The 3.0 version of Skype for Windows Mobile smartphones can make calls over a 3G network, send text messages, and transfer files with the handset.
Verizon Gives BlackBerry Tour Pricing, Details
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Mobile workers using the BlackBerry Tour smartphone will be able to use Verizon's CDMA network while in the U.S and EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad.
Palm Pre Beating Sales Expectations
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Palm's touchscreen smartphone may be overshadowed by Apple's iPhone 3GS, but one analyst says sales are about twice previous estimates.
(Breaking News)
Mitchell Releases V7 of its UltraMate Collision Estimation Software
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UltraMate 7 includes several features designed to enable estimators to more easily identify and select parts, and to write estimates more efficiently, including highlighted active tabs, updated icons, alternating color repair grid lines, and title case fonts.
Thomson Reuters Launches Lipper for Investment Managers
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Lipper analytics and performance reports on 200,000 share classes in 60 countries.
Netscape’s Andreessen and Horowitz Form VC Fund
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Well-known Internet
entrepreneurs Mark Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have raised $300
million for a new venture capital fund, declaring they plan to
avoid the danger of forcing start-up companies to make money
too soon.
Marc Andreessen Launches VC Firm
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$300 Million Andreessen Horowitz fund will focus on "best new entrepreneurs," says Netscape pioneer.
IT Jobs Stabilize; Tech Unemployment Rate 5.5%
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The job picture shows IT jobs suffering along with the rest of the economy, but the hemorrhaging appears to have stopped in 2Q.
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