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Bill Gates calls for more innovation at Microsoft after past mobile 'mistake'
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has admitted that the software giant didn't nail the mobile market when it had the opportunity. "There's a lot of things like cellphones where we didn't get out in the lead early," says Gates. "We didn't miss cellphones, but the way that we went about it didn't allow us to get the leadership." Gates says this strategy was "clearly a mistake."
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China Knocks Off U.S. to Become World's Top Smart Device Market
China overtakes the U.S. to become the world's largest smartphone and tablet market. Flurry analyzes growth rates and installed base.
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Leaked cases may reveal Galaxy S IV design
Samsung (005930) is expected to take the wraps off its next-generation flagship smartphone in less than three weeks, but details surrounding the upcoming Galaxy S IV continue to trickle out in the ...
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Mozilla CEO expects Firefox OS phones for US in 2014
At a Q&A session this afternoon, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs mentioned that he expects Firefox OS phones to hit the US "somewhere in the 2014 timeframe."
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Huawei Ascend P2 hitting Europe in Q2 for 399 euros, we go hands-on (update: video)
Just ahead of Huawei\'s press event, Huawei's treated us to an early viewing of its new 8.4-millimeter smartphone, the Ascend P2.
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Live from Mozilla's Firefox OS event
Mozilla's Firefox OS event is just kicking off, but the company is announcing a number of new details on both the hardware and software front.
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What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Lot of News Out of Barcelona
Mobile World Congress doesn’t really get going until the weekend. We’ve been noodling around to find out what all the big companies have planned for next week. And, as we noted yesterday, plenty of companies aren’t waiting to spill the beans.
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Nokia 105 and 301 candybar phones announced, offer simplicity on the cheap.
Think Nokia's all about Lumias these days? While the Windows Phone brand is still the company's primary point of focus, it doesn't mean Nokia isn't still cranking out millions of basic phones for emerging markets around the globe. With that in mind, the Finnish phone giant has outed two such handsets at its event at Mobile World Congress.
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Why life through Google Glass should be for our eyes only
It's hard to engineer this kind of creepy serendipity. Earlier this week, European Union data watchdogs, fighting to protect our privacy in an age of big data, put pressure on Google over the privacy of user information.
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Adobe outs Photoshop Touch for phones, ready to outfit pockets for $4.99
Jealous about your mates' ability to edit photos and whatnot via their mid-sized slates? Well, Adobe has just announced a solution.
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Cancer fears could prevent Google Glass from ever becoming a phone
This item has been updated. Google's first attempt at face-based computing, Project Glass, isn't very useful unless it's connected to a wireless network. Without a connection to the internet, it can't deliver search results, provide turn-by-turn directions, instantly share pictures with friends, or accomplish any of the other feats.
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Overwhelmed and Creeped Out: Inventing a Dating App That Women Will Actually Use
So what do women want? If you look at the precious few dating sites and apps with female founders, a pattern emerges: women want authenticity, privacy, a more controlled environment, and a quick path to a safe, easy offline meeting.
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Samsung takes a page from Apple's Passbook with new Wallet app
Samsung took the wraps off of its new Samsung Wallet app during a developer conference at Mobile World Congress on Wednesday. The Wallet app is designed to let users store things such as event...
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Google's Brin says smartphones are antisocial, 'emasculating'
Sergei Brin may pull in a good deal of money from the sale of smartphones running his company's Android operating system, but the Google co-founder recently aired some unflattering opinions on the devices, calling them "emasculating" and offering Google Glass as a solution to the societal problems they pose.
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Bigger, thicker, cheaper, plastic iPhone coming next year (rumor)
New report says Apple is cooking up a 4.5-inch plastic iPhone that will cost far less than current models but won't ship till next year.
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Former Apple marketing guru brought in to save Motorola as Google's panic grows
Guy Kawasaki, is being brought in to teach the grandmother of the cell phone industry how to dance the Harlem Shake. Kawasaki is mostly known for his contribution in developing some of Apple’s most successful computer marketing campaigns, notably for Macintosh back in the Eighties.
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Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal petition at White House website
Topic: Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal. The Librarian of Congress decided in October 2012 that unlocking of cell phones would be removed from the exceptions to the DMCA.
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Upon Further Review... Judge Realizes The Jury In Apple/Samsung Case Screwed Up
After Judge Lucy Koh's ruling at the end of January, it appeared that she was not going to delve into the jury's efforts, despite many concerns that the jury clearly did not read and did not understand the jury instructions.
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Why I switched from iPhone to Android
Part one of Andy Ihnatko's story of why one longtime iPhone user has switched to the Samsung Galaxy S III.
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Nokia sides with Apple in push for Samsung product sales ban
Back in December, Judge Lucy Koh refused to give Apple the sales bans it wanted on 26 Samsung products found to infringe on its patents, ruling that Apple needed to establish that the patented features were "important drivers" of demand for the offending devices. Now Apple is appealing the ruling, arguing that it sets the bar too high, and it’s getting help from an unlikely friend — Nokia.
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