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Apple Gives App Developers Its Review Guidelines - Fri, 10 Sep 2010
Apple, which keeps a tight lid on its products and inner workings, is loosening up a little.
The company said on Thursday that it would relax its rules on how software developers can build applications for its iPhone and iPad. And for the first time it published detailed guidelines explaining how it decides what programs can [...]
Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager as new head - Fri, 10 Sep 2010
Nokia has appointed Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new chief executive.
Mr Elop will replace the outgoing Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who was a lifelong Nokia employee and has been chief executive since 2006.
The appointment may mark a sea-change in culture at the top of the Finnish mobile phone giant.
To read this BBC News report in [...]
Rosy WiMax forecast gives way to LTE - Fri, 10 Sep 2010
The worldwide market for mobile WiMax services in 2015 will be five times its current size, according to ABI Research — but smaller than the company’s analysts had expected just a few months ago.
On Thursday, ABI said it had scaled back its forecast of mobile WiMax users by about 15 percent since Russian service provider [...]
After Google incident, Wi-Fi data collection goes on - Thu, 09 Sep 2010
Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars. But that doesn’t mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data altogether, and neither have other companies such as Apple.
Instead of sending out cars to sniff out wireless networks, Google is now crowdsourcing the [...]
US operators get creative due to spectrum crunch - Thu, 09 Sep 2010
The spectrum shortage is forcing mobile operators to experiment more with pricing models, new technologies and partnerships, executives speaking at the Mobile Future Forward event in Seattle said Wednesday.
“There is a spectrum shortage, and demand will exceed supply, and something has to be done,” said Mike Sievert, chief commercial officer for Clearwire.
To read this IDG [...]
Predicting the Future of Phones is Unpredictable - Thu, 09 Sep 2010
Bad news, Apple: The iPhone’s market share is poised to take a tumble over the next few years. Between now and 2014, in fact, iOS devices will fall from 14.7 percent of phones sold to 10.9 percent, a 25.9 percent drop. Android phones, meanwhile, will boom, going from 16.3 percent market share to 24.6 percent, [...]
3G hopes in Thailand face new legal hurdle - Wed, 08 Sep 2010
Thailand’s hopes for third generation mobile phone services face another potential legal obstacle after CAT Telecom’s labour union said it will pressure the company to file a lawsuit with the Administrative Court to stop the auction of 3G licences on Sept 20.
The court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit by the union to stall the process on [...]
Kenya mobile price war cuts calling costs - Wed, 08 Sep 2010
Mike Mutuha is the master of cheap talk. He has two mobile phones, both holding two sim cards. By subscribing to each of Kenya’s four mobile providers, Mutuha ensured he never had to pay the exorbitant off-network rates that have long frustrated consumers here.
But his thrift may now be redundant.
In recent weeks a brutal price [...]
Vodafone selling China Mobile stake for £4.3bn - Wed, 08 Sep 2010
Vodafone is selling its 3.2 per cent shareholding in China Mobile for £4.3bn ($6.6bn), in a move that highlights the UK mobile phone group’s determination to dispose of its minority stakes.
Vodafone said on Tuesday that 70 per cent of the proceeds from the sale would be returned to shareholders in the form of a share [...]
Google TV to launch this year - Wed, 08 Sep 2010
The new Google service will bring the web to TV screens - the announcement comes a week after a new version of Apple TV was unveiled
Google will launch its Google TV service, which it intends will bring the web to TV screens, in the US this autumn and around the world next year, its chief [...]