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Lightweight phone operating system from Baidu

Published on: 24th March, 2011

According to CEO Robin Li, Baidu, the most important Chinese search company, currently intends to develop a lightweight operating system for tablet computers, as well as for smartphones. The company’s objective is a simple, search-capable interface available within a second of powerup. The CEO declared that the box interface will only be released after Baidu [...]

Amazon sued by Apple for the ‘App Store’ trademark

Published on: 24th March, 2011

A certain court has recently revealed that Apple has taken legal action against Amazon for supposedly infringing on a trademark with its Amazon Appstore. The iPhone manufacturer declared that the start of developer support for the Android store was a misuse of Apple’s App Store name. Apple claimed that it had already asked Amazon several [...]

Indoor mapping service for shopping centers developed by Navteq

Published on: 24th March, 2011

Navteq has recently announced that the company has expanded its range of mapping services in order to include indoor areas. New maps, initially focusing on hopping centers, include interior map elements like stairs, escalators, bathrooms and emergency exits, along with greater detail for POIs associated information (for example, departments within stores). Navteq also suggests that [...]

In-browser Android emulator from Amazon’s Appstore

Published on: 24th March, 2011

Amazon has recently integrated a unique feature which offers customers the possibility to try out certain applications without even leaving the browser, as part of the new Amazon Android Appstore. This ‘test drive’ system apparently works with an Android emulator which resides on the retailer’s EC2 cloud. Users are able to view a virtual phone [...]

Official iPhone remote application from Google TV

Published on: 24th March, 2011

In a discreet move, Google has recently put out an official Google TV Remote application for Apple’s iPhone (offered for free in the App Store). Similar to its Android sibling, the application can handle regular TV duties, as well as the search and navigation features specific to a Google TV box or set. This builds [...]

Pure VoIP calls already allowed by Google Voice

Published on: 13th March, 2011

Users of Google Voice have recently learned that the service now offers a way to make purely Internet-based phone calls. When users make a SIP call with a “sip:” prefix, the Google phone number and @sip.voice.google.com skips the usual phone network completely, saving some of the users’ cellphone minutes. Disruptive Telephony has already tested the [...]

New Enterprise Edition for Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite

Published on: 13th March, 2011

Adobe has recently announced an Enterprise Edition of the company’s Digital Publishing Suite, which is aimed at bigger companies. These tools will offer corporations the possibility to create, distribute and analyze digital variants of their publications for the iOS, Android and RIM platforms. Subscription support is a standard and is compatible with Google One Pass [...]

BlackBerry App World development made easier to start by RIM

Published on: 10th March, 2011

Following complaints from several users, RIM seems to have been working to make the enrollment process for the App World developer program more efficient. Even if RIM has initially required applicants to present notarized proof of identity, the terms have now been relaxed, accepting a faxed or e-mailed driver’s license copy, with no need of [...]

Ads arriving through Skype’s Windows application

Published on: 10th March, 2011

The VoIP and video calling service, Skype, has recently announced that it intends to bring, for the first time, advertising to its Windows program. The first markets to implement this are the US, the UK and Germany; early spots come from Groupon, Nokia, Universal Pictures or Visa. The companies will be advertising daily, while users [...]

Native Client SDK of Google enables full applications on Chrome browser

Published on: 23rd February, 2011

Google recently posted an initial SDK for its promised Native Client. Developers will be able to use the kit to put native applications written in C and C++ into a feature of the Chrome browser supporting many stand-alone applications which include multi-core processor support, direct memory access and 3D. Unlike some earlier versions of ActiveX [...]

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