Tag Archive for "operating systems"

Microsoft could generate $8.8 billion annually from Android royalties by 2017

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Ephraim Batambuze III
May 2, 2013 6:12 pm

Google unlawfully used technology from Oracle, Microsoft and others when creating its Android and Chrome operating systems, leaving its vend...

Innovative Things You Can Do With Your Old iPhone

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 27, 2013 12:07 pm

There’s nothing saying that you can’t continue using your old iPhone for years to come, but whether you ended up switching opera...

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Facebook re-inventing itself

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Ephraim Batambuze III
April 18, 2013 9:06 am

Facebook put its engineers in 2010 to work designing a version of Facebook that could operate on any smartphone. In effect, he was betting t...

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China to create home-grown operating system

Ephraim Batambuze
March 25, 2013 3:02 pm

China has partnered with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users. The collaboration will pr...

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Chrome, Android to stay separate

Africa News Cloud
March 23, 2013 12:04 am

Google’s Chrome and Android operating systems will remain separate products, but could have more overlap, executive chairman Eric Schmidt ...

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Android Accounted For 79% Of All Mobile Malware In 2012, 96% In Q4 Alone

PC Tech Staff
March 7, 2013 9:08 pm

Is it because Android is the most popular smartphone platform in the world right now, or is it because it’s just fundamentally easier to...

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EU fines Microsoft $733 million for breaking browser pact

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Jeddy Genrwot
March 7, 2013 3:07 pm

Joaquin Almunia, Vice-President of the European Commission The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaki...

Android takes 70% market share

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Duncan McLeod
February 13, 2013 12:13 pm

Anyone in doubt that Android is poised to be the Windows of the smartphone era, read on. Google’s market share of operating systems on sma...

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New Android malware on Google Play installs a trojan on your PC

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PC Tech Staff
February 4, 2013 12:04 am

Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new piece of Android malware that masquerades as a “cleaner” app meant to free memory for Goog...

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New operating systems force workflow changes

Africa News Cloud
January 30, 2013 3:07 pm

There will be an increase in device usage among local organisations, says AppSense’s Niall Moynihan. The combination of new operating ...

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Facebook adds free calling feature for US iPhones

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Jeddy Genrwot
January 21, 2013 6:02 am

Facebook has added a feature in its mobile phone app that allows free calling for US iPhone users. Users can now make calls to each other vi...

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