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  Nexus 4 smartphone details outed by U.K. retailer

  Google's next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7-inch screen and start shipping on Oct. 30, according to U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 25 October, 2012 12:02

  Tags: Android OS, Google, consumer electronics, LG Electronics, smartphones, Android

• Verizon will also ship Galaxy Note II in November

  Verizon Wireless, like AT&T, will start shipping the Samsung Galaxy Note II in November, but its subscribers will have to wait a bit longer than users on competing networks.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 25 October, 2012 10:31

  Tags: samsung, sprint, Android OS, consumer electronics, at&t, verizon, smartphones, Android

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  Samsung updates app to automate smartphone functions with NFC

  Samsung Telecommunications America has upgraded the TecTile application, which programs NFC stickers to automate functions on its smartphones.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 October, 2012 14:53

  Tags: mobile applications, Android OS, consumer electronics, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, Android, mobile

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  Samsung does not infringe on Apple's multitouch patent, Dutch court rules

  Samsung's Galaxy devices don't infringe on an Apple multitouch patent that describes technology that prevents smartphone users from pushing two on-screen buttons at the same time, the Court of the Hague ruled on Wednesday. The technique used in Android is sufficiently different from Apple's patent, the judge said.

  By Loek Essers | 24 October, 2012 10:38

  Tags: telecommunication, applications, intellectual property, ios, patent, Samsung Electronics, legal, Mobile OSes, mobile, Apple, Android OS

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  CyanogenMod developers remove code that logged device screen-lock patterns

  The development team of CyanogenMod, a popular community-built Android firmware, discovered and removed a line of code that posed potential security risks because it logged and stored device screen-lock patterns in a file.

  By Lucian Constantin | 23 October, 2012 17:02

  Tags: Android OS, security, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection, privacy, bitdefender

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  Apple's 'overscroll bounce' patent tentatively declared invalid in the US

  One of the seven patents at the heart of Apple's US$1.05 billion lawsuit against Samsung Electronics has been tentatively rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), according to documents filed by Samsung with a Californian court late on Monday.

  By Loek Essers | 23 October, 2012 13:51

  Tags: telecommunication, applications, intellectual property, ios, patent, Samsung Electronics, legal, Mobile OSes, mobile, Apple, Android OS

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  US government agency drops BlackBerry in favor of iPhone

  Over 17,600 users in U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) are being moved from their BlackBerry devices to Apple's iPhone, after it was found that technology from Research In Motion cannot meet the mobile technology needs of the agency, according to contract documents.

  By John Ribeiro | 23 October, 2012 06:12

  Tags: BlackBerry OS, research in motion, Government use of IT, telecommunication, applications, ios, Mobile OSes, mobile, government, Apple, Android OS

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  Ericsson lays groundwork for calls from mobile browsers with Bowser

  Ericsson has launched the world's first WebRTC-compatible browser for mobile devices, which will allow developers to integrate voice and video communications in their Web-based applications.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 19 October, 2012 14:14

  Tags: Ericsson, application development, Web services development, telecommunication, applications, ios, iPhone, Android, mobile, mobile applications, Android OS, consumer electronics, smartphones, browsers, Mobile OSes, software

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  Dropbox optimizes app for Android 4.0

  Cloud storage company Dropbox has added offline storage and bulk upload to an redesigned version of its Android application, which has been optimized for Android 4.0.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 December, 2011 01:25

  Tags: mobile applications, Android OS, consumer electronics, dropbox, smartphones, Android, mobile

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  Samsung scores victory against Apple in Germany

  The changes Samsung Electronics has made to its Galaxy Tab 10.1 are enough so that it is no longer a copy of Apple's iPad, a judge at the district court in Düsseldorf, Germany, said on Thursday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 December, 2011 01:47

  Tags: telecommunication, applications, ios, hardware systems, mobile, iPad, Android tablets, Apple, Android OS, intellectual property, patent, Samsung Electronics, legal, Mobile OSes, tablets

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  PayPal tests mobile payments in Sweden

  PayPal is testing mobile payments using NFC (Near Field Communications) stickers in Stockholm, allowing users to pay for goods at two stores using Apple's iPhone and Android-based smartphones.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 December, 2011 03:45

  Tags: telecommunication, applications, ios, smartphones, iPhone, Mobile OSes, Android, paypal, mobile, mobile applications, Android OS, consumer electronics

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  ITC favors Microsoft in Motorola tiff

  In another blow to Android, a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an initial determination that Motorola Mobility infringes four claims of a Microsoft patent. The judge also found that Motorola does not infringe claims related to six other Microsoft patents.

  By Nancy Gohring | 21 December, 2011 10:16

  Tags: Motorola, Android OS, Microsoft, intellectual property, patent, legal, mobile

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  Twitter to open source Android security tech

  Twitter plans to open source some of the Android security products built by the developers behind Whisper Systems, which Twitter acquired last month.

  By Nancy Gohring | 21 December, 2011 08:25

  Tags: business issues, Android OS, security, encryption, twitter, mobile, Mergers and acquisitions

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  Oracle demands January trial in Google-Android case

  Google and Oracle continue to differ over when their lawsuit over alleged Java intellectual property violations in the Android mobile OS should begin, according to a joint filing the companies made late Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 21 December, 2011 02:41

  Tags: open source, application development, Languages and standards, intellectual property, patent, Civil lawsuits, legal, software, Oracle, Android OS, Google

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  BT files patent suit against Google

  British Telecommunications has filed a civil suit in a Delaware court alleging that some Google products and services including Android, and its search, music, map, and location-based advertising infringe on one or more of six of its patents.

  By John Ribeiro | 19 December, 2011 15:13

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Google, intellectual property, patent, Civil lawsuits, legal, British Telecommunications, internet, search engines, Android OS