Stories by Mikael Ricknäs

Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 16:45

Tags: application development, Mobile games, telecommunication, applications, Unity Technologies, ios, iPhone, Android, mobile, Development tools, mobile applications, Android OS, consumer electronics, smartphones, games, Mobile OSes, software

OpenGL developer to create API for controlling smartphone cameras

The Khronos Group has announced plans to create an open and royalty-free application programming interface for controlling mobile and embedded cameras and sensors, giving developers access to features such as burst modes and flash.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 15:54

Tags: application development, Languages and standards, consumer electronics, smartphones, software, digital cameras, Khronos Group

Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use

Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:55

Tags: Amazon Web Services, Government use of IT, cloud computing, government, internet

Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue

Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:12

Tags: business issues, Carriers, telecommunication, Vodafone Group, financial results

Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone

Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 May, 2013 10:59

Tags: consumer electronics, Mobile OSes, smartphones, mobile, Jolla

Google woos developers as software becomes more important

Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 May, 2013 15:43

Tags: application development, smartphones, hardware systems, Android, tablets, software, mobile, Android tablets, mobile applications, Android OS, consumer electronics, Google

Swedish domain admin comes out against Piratebay.se seizure

Swedish top-level domain administrator .SE has to its surprise become directly involved in the local Prosecution Authority's court case to seize thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se, but it hopes to explain to the court that forcing domain names off the Internet does not help.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2013 16:24

Tags: pirate bay, internet

Spiceworks' free management software gets integrated MDM

Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2013 13:44

Tags: Spiceworks, software, system management

Amazon gives DynamoDB a performance boost

Amazon Web Services is improving the performance of its DynamoDB database service with Parallel Scan, which gives users faster access to their tables.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2013 10:28

Tags: Amazon Web Services, databases, applications, software, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

Lenovo and Apple grew as bottom fell out of PC market in Western Europe

PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5 percent during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 May, 2013 12:49

Tags: Windows desktops, mac laptops, hardware systems, desktop pcs, Asustek Computer, acer, Hewlett-Packard, netbooks, Mac desktops, Apple, Dell, Windows laptops, Lenovo, laptops

SAP offers mobile device management for €1 per month on Amazon's cloud

A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 14 May, 2013 14:21

Tags: SAP, hardware systems, Mobile OSes, tablets, software, mobile, system management, sapphire, mobile applications

Nokia's Lumia 925 will use aluminium frame as antenna, go on sale in June

Nokia's new Lumia 925 phone has an aluminium frame that functions as an antenna, and is lighter and thinner than the Lumia 920, but otherwise offers similar performance to its predecessor.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 May, 2013 08:04

Tags: consumer electronics, smartphones, Nokia, Mobile OSes, mobile, Windows Phone

Samsung takes first 5G steps with advanced antenna

Samsung Electronics plans to use advanced antennas to boost the bandwidth in mobile networks by what it said was "several tens of Gbps per base station", but the improved bandwidth won't be commercially available until 2020.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 May, 2013 14:37

Tags: telecommunication, Samsung Electronics

Nokia reboots Windows Phone push in the US but success will still be hard-won

Nokia's is rebooting its U.S. Windows Phone push with the arrival of the low-cost Lumia 521 on T-Mobile and Lumia 928 for Verizon Wireless, but increasing sales to meaningful volumes in the very competitive U.S. market will not be easy.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2013 17:02

Tags: telecommunication, consumer electronics, Carriers, smartphones, Nokia, Mobile OSes, mobile, T-Mobile USA, Windows Phone, Verizon Wireless

Nokia's Lumia 928 to sell via Verizon on May 16

Nokia has announced the long-rumored Lumia 928, which will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale next week.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2013 15:23

Tags: telecommunication, consumer electronics, Carriers, smartphones, Nokia, Mobile OSes, mobile, Windows Phone

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