Mobile News Archive: 03/01/2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

Chen: BlackBerry to focus on high-end keyboard...

A man is silhouetted against a video screen with the Blackberry logo as he pose with a Blackberry Q10 in this photo illustration taken in the central...

Introducing the Mobile Nations Newsroom

This was especially evident when we were covering general mobile news. Take for instance a new data plan from AT&T. That post would be written...

Marketers yet to be convinced by mobile\'s engagement opportunity

Advertising Week Europe 2014: Brand marketers are yet to be convinced of the engagement opportunities in mobile marketing and are still using the...

Android is the most stable mobile OS, says new report

Android has been declared as the most stable mobile operating system in a new report from Crittercism, a company specialising in app analysis and...

Channel NewsAsia launches regional mobile news alert service

A regional mobile news alert service has been launched by broadcaster Channel NewsAsia, in collaboration with Malaysian telco U Mobile. PHOTOS.

IT Directors: Keep an eye on those iPads with Office

... make sure they\'re not used for company business. James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 31, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT).

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Sting Mobile hitting the road to feed TCISD students during summer break

April Harris, Teresa Lara and Cathy Miranda give a tour of Texas City ISD Nutrition Service\'s new Sting Mobile. This summer, school district officials...

2014 W12 news in review: HTC One (M8), our new Battery test table

Let\'s take a look at all of the mobile news you may have missed in this twelfth week of 2014. The new HTC One (M8) was launched after numerous...

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Reporters freed from deskbound duty with new mobile devices

Newspapers have been moving to more mobile news gathering for years, but this advancement pretty much makes the personal workstations in a...

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New iPhone likely out in September: Nikkei

Apple is to release its newest iPhone in September, with higher resolution and bigger screens, a report said Friday, its latest salvo in the smartphone...

Thursday, March 27, 2014

American Media Brands Cast Web Over News in India

In an apparent move to reinvent itself in the eyes of India\'s younger demographic, it has announced the launch of a mobile news site before the Indian...

Office 365 free for a year for iPad owners (3 days only)

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 27, 2014 -- 21:06 GMT (14:06 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. If you went anywhere on the web today you know...

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Mobile app development platform AppGyver receives $2.5m in \'Super Angel\' funding

March 27th 2014. AppGyver, a provider of innovative tools for rapid mobile app development, has announced an extended seed super

Pipes: a Simple Mobile News Reader for Tracking Individual Topics

News apps really aren\'t in short supply at the moment, and with Flipboard\'s visually-led design sitting as the poster boy for wannabe contenders,...

5 top mobile apps

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 27, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. When you find a good mobile app, it changes the...

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Voipfone\'s GeoDivert wins innovation prize

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Swiff & Globe Telecom Partner to Help Filipino Entrepreneurs Grow Their Business with Globe ...

... Mobile News Asia\'s Most Innovative Mobile Service, and Global Messaging Awards for Best M-commerce Service application, both received in June...

Speed Reading Returns

The company\'s goal isn\'t to help undergraduates cram for exams, he says, but to change how people keep up with mobile news. "You wouldn\'t really...

30K Users,11 Regional Languages,The Story Of News Aggregation App Plash Which Now Plans ...

Vikas was then working for a VC fund in Amsterdam and this is when he identified the absence of mobile news aggregators that could provide quality...

The Times Is Expanding Its Digital Subscriptions Offerings

Other mobile news apps have popped up in recent months, including offerings from Yahoo and Facebook. NYT Now will offer a blend of articles from...

Kindle Fire HDX 8.9: Two weeks in and replacing the iPad Air (almost)

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 26, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick ç¹š 01-kindle-fire-hdx-in-hand...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

HTC: One M8 will outsell the HTC One

Speaking to Mobile News, vice president of UK, Nordic and partner markets Peter Frolund said an internal review resulted in HTC improving the way it...

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HTC changes marketing strategy to focus on design

Speaking to Mobile News, the company said its new marketing campaign

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Vodafone pulled plug on Ovivo over withheld payments, say sources

Mobile News reports this was because of an ongoing dispute between Ovivo and Cognatel, a company that supplies software to MVNOs. Believing...

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News in motion: six ways to be a good mobile editor

I\'ve heard that question a lot lately from newly minted mobile editors at organizations big and small. It\'s not that surprising. Mobile has been the coming...

Lebara to Launch its Mobile Services in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

These include Best MVNO for five consecutive years and Best Community & Social Enterprise, two years running, at the Mobile News Awards 2014,...

Forget Office for iPad: Mobile is threatening full Office

... to mobile tech, it may be too late for regular Office. James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 25, 2014 -- 10:54 GMT (03:54 PDT).

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T-Mobile and Orange websites to drop mobile

Consumers wanting to purchase 3G contracts from the T-Mobile or Orange websites will be redirected to EE\'s website from Wednesday 26 March.

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EE and Vodafone enter war of words over RootMetrics report

Reached by Mobile News for comment yesterday (24 March), an EE spokesperson said the rival operator had been "particularly aggressive" and that...

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Mazuma Mobile wins Best Recycling Provider 2014

The mobile phone recycler beat off the competition to be voted as Best Recycling Provider at the Mobile News Awards. This marks the first time that the...

Monday, March 24, 2014

LG\'s G Watch design steps out of the dark

The second Android Wear devices comes out of the shadows, giving us a better look at the LG G Watch. If the mobile tech-making futurologists are to...

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Apple toying with bringing an iTunes app to Android?

Could it be true? Apple has finally decided to bring an iTunes app to Android? Perhaps... Generally one to only play nice with others of its own iOS ilk,...

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Amazon\'s Kindle smartphone design to include six cameras?

Speculation over an Amazon Kindle smartphone and they way it will be marketed have hit the HEXUS headlines a few times before. However we now...

Young Millionaire: Inside the Mind of Yahoo\'s Teen Sensation Nick D\'Aloisio

You might have heard that D\'Aloisio sold his viral Summly mobile news summarization app to Yahoo a year ago for a cool $30 million. He was just 17...

Review: Poetic Keybook Case, take the Kindle Fire HDX to work

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 24, 2014 -- 10:54 GMT (03:54 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. From the ability to work with...

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Activ8 aiming to open 200 retail stores

Conroy told Mobile News two further iFix stores will open in the next two months,in Watford and Holborn, with at least 20 open by the end of the year.

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EE slams Vodafone for hinting UK network test was \'rigged\'

EE told Mobile News the comments suggested RootMetrics was not impartial and that winners EE had commissioned the report.

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Mobile Fun launches distribution business

... and has a turnover of more than åš™

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VoIP will supplant fixed-line and mobile calls in 15 years, says Messagenet

In an interview with Mobile News, the Milan-based VoIP provider\'s co-founder Marco Fiorentino said the company expected "a slow substitution" of...

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Sunday, March 23, 2014

2014 W11 news in review: Find 7, Moto and LG smartwatches

Let\'s take a look at all of the mobile news you may have missed in this eleventh week of 2014. The EU Parliament voted on whether a universal...

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Friday, March 21, 2014

GDC 2014: Atari shows us what you can buy in Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile

We\'re worried about Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile. We got a chance to see Atari\'s hotly anticipated theme park sim at GDC in San Francisco, but this...

VoIP \'will obliterate landlines within 15 years\'

Marco Fiorentino, co-founder of Messagenet, told Mobile News that he believes the removal of fixed lines in favour of IP connections is a trend that will...

First Look: McGraw-Hill Financial releases digital edition for Engineering News-Record

... launched its first digital editions last month using the Mag+ platform, ENR Digital Edition

Review: ThinkPad X1 Carbon, best one ever

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 21, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Previous | Next Image 1 of 9...

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Ovivo Mobile closes amid "money trouble" speculation

Mobile News revealed yesterday the firm was involved in a dispute about software with the aggregator, speculating this was the reason its services...

LEADERSHIP Launches Mobile News Outlet

In line with its vision of disseminating accurate information to the Nigerian people as quickly as possible, LEADERSHIP Group, the publishers of...

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Tribune Co. Looks to Turn Readers Into Listeners

Tribune on Thursday announced the launch of a free mobile news streaming application, called Newsbeat, which allows users to listen to audio...

Indian journalist bags digital activism award

Indian journalist and founder of CGnet Swara, a mobile news service, has won the 2014 Freedom of Expression Award, beating the US whistleblower...

Revenue growth chart shows T-Mobile\'s impressive recovery in 2013

Download iM5, now available in the App Store and Google Play. iM5 is a PhoneDog Media backed Social Platform to inspire real-life action through...

Tribune Re-Imagines News for Mobile

... Newsbeat, a mobile news app that provides audio streaming of roughly 7,000 stories each day from hundreds of leading newspapers and websites.

Hands on with the Kensington KeyFolio Pro for the iPad Air

This keyboard is for those preferring the latter. James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 20, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT).

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Hong Kong shares hit 8-month low on Fed, China Mobile news

HONG KONG, March 20 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares tumbled to an eight-month low on Thursday as disappointing China Mobile earnings and news...

Mobile Tech News App "Appy Geek" launches Major Breakthrough in News Intelligence with All ...

The award winning Appy Geek recently took home two prizes in the 3rd Annual Lovie Awards within the Mobile News and Tablet News categories.

Ovivo Mobile shuts down without warning, stranding 50000 users

Earlier this month, Zand told industry site Mobile News he was looking for åš™

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

iPhone 6 Air New Features Revealed -iPhone 5c Reduced Price & Storage

iPhone 6 Air New Features Revealed iPhone 5c Reduced Price & Storage The iPhone 6 is expected sometime this year and there are more rumors...

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Mobile devices add allure to March Madness at work

American University players warm up during a practice session for their NCAA college basketball tournament game Wednesday, March 19, 2014,...

YotaPhone\'s dual-screen smartphone hits UK shelves from today

The first-generation part eReader, part Android-powered YotaPhone arrives in the UK from today for åš™

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VoIP will \'kill off\' fixed-line and mobile calls in 15 years

... simpler service to use than other services as you simply click and talk, or click and text,

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-- enjoyable reading experience and convenient social media sharing for users amplify the visibility ...

... to include 20 mobile news channels, including Sohu, NetEase, Sina, Baidu, XianGuo, and China Mobile, which, combined, encompasses more than...

Lebara wins Best Mobile Virtual Network Operator for the 5th year running and Best Community ...

... Social Enterprise for the second year running at the UK Mobile News Awards 2014, held on Thursday 13th March 2014, at the London Hilton Hotel,...

Kensington KeyCover for iPad Air: Keyboard that\'s skinny and light (hands on)

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 19, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Tablets are great for both work...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Read All About It: DFM, Rumble Partner On Mobile Publishing

Tags. ad platform, apps, digital, mobile, news, publishing. Digital First Media (DFM), the second-largest newspaper group in the U.S., has formed a...

The week\'s top mobile news stories: Vodafone expands, EE celebrates and Europe prepares

We begin this week\'s programme by looking at Vodafone\'s acquisition plans in Spain before moving on to discuss universal mobile chargers and 4G...

Three challenges the threat of 08-overcharge

The newspapers call it \'Rip off Britain\', but knowing you\'re being fleeced is one thing and falling prey to hidden price schemes set up to take...

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\'Consumers to spend more time on digital than TV in 2014\'

The time UK consumers spend with digital media including laptops, tablet and mobile phones is set to overtake the time spent viewing TV in 2014 for...

Tablets: Great for business Skype calls

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 18, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Tablets are making their way into the workplace...

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Short Interest in Glu Mobile Declines By 8.4% (GLUU)

In other Glu Mobile news, CEO Masi Niccolo De unloaded 552,756 shares of Glu Mobile stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 4th.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Free Year of U-Verse Internet Service for Small Biz in CA: LA, SF, SJ, LB & More

Free Year of U Verse Internet Service for Small Biz in CA: LA, SF To keep AT&T in the hearts and minds of small business owners in California, AT&T...

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Survey: 60% Get News From All Platforms

There is no evidence that the rapid growth of mobile technology is associated with less news consumption. Mobile news consumers are more likely to...

Nokia Lumia 1020 wins \'Innovative Handset

The Nokia Lumia 1020 has racked up another award, this time taking the \'Innovative Handset Award

Digital First Media to begin launching mobile apps using the Rumble publishing platform

... in design

RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile is a pocket-sized reboot of the much-loved franchise that\'s heading ...

What better way to start the week than with news of the revival of a much-loved franchise on mobile. Everyone likes those, right? I can\'t think of a single...

EU votes yes to universal mobile phone charger

Late last week the EU voted on whether a common charger should be developed for all mobile phones sold in the EU. Such a move would reduce...

Android phone battery suffering? Here\'s a simple fix

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 17, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Android battery drain. Android phones are good...

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Hong Kong mobile users warm to advertising

Meanwhile, marketers are most keen on placing advertisement on mobile news channels. beehive connect2. And consequently, news app records the...

Sunday, March 16, 2014

2014 week 10 in review: the news that you might have missed

Let\'s take a look at all of the mobile news you may have missed in this tenth week of 2014. KitKat updates were seeded out to two different high profile...

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Saturday, March 15, 2014

New mobile phone app will help to track marine litter

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Friday, March 14, 2014

Facebook: Nomura Ups Target to $84 on Pricing Power, Mobile Shift

We believe it is because of mix shift to mobile, News Feed targetability, and introduction of Premium Video ads. But Facebook has room to run in...

Mobile News Award winners announced

EE, exertis Micro-P and Lebara Mobile were the biggest winners at last nights 2014 Mobile News Awards gala held in London\'s Park Lane Hilton.

Facebook To Begin Rolling Out News Feed Video Ads

Facebook said members could expect to begin seeing the new ads in the Web and mobile News Feed within the next few months. The social network...

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S

What does it take to become the best selling smartphone of the year? That\'s a question that the new Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Apple iPhone 5S...

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Three planning retail push for Windows Phone devices

In an interview with Mobile News, Brendan Arndt outlined the measures Three would be taking to push the Microsoft platform on British consumers.

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Mobility News Weekly

Facebook Paper, a mobile news platform, is reportedly struggling in the market, in marked contrast to rosy growth expectations. To make up for its poor...

Direct Visitors To News Sites More Engaged Than Social Network Referrals

With respect to mobile news readers, the Pew study found that despite the growth in mobile phone and tablet use, desktop still dominates the traffic to...

10 reasons to buy a Windows tablet instead of the iPad or Android

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 14, 2014 -- 10:51 GMT (03:51 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Previous | Next Image 1 of 11...

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Starbucks to test mobile ordering app to speed checkout times

While all this is very nice, the most interesting mobile news coming from the chain involves an app test that the company is not discussing publicly in...

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Guest Post: My 5 best mobile app promotional videos producers

These days, a very large number of software developers are developing all kinds of different apps to help mobile device users. Unfortunately, when...

Paper Drawing App For iOS Gets Massive Redesign And New Tools

Paper, the popular iPad app for creating illustrations (not to be mistaken with Facebook\'s recent mobile news app), is getting a massive redesign along...

BlackBerry to suffer as Three goes all out for Windows Phone

Speaking to Mobile News in Barcelona, Three\'s head of devices Brendan Arndt (pictured) said it plans to increase dedicated space in store for WP...

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siliconANGLE ç½ Ubuntu smartphones to arrive this year

In other mobile news, The Times of India is reporting that Microsoft is about to scrap license fees for its Windows Phone operating system for Indian...

Mobile app developers: Beware the dreaded \'buy once\' mentality

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 13, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. iPad mini and Air (Image: James Kendrick/ZDNet).

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

HTC has the Desire for the mid-end smartphone race

The launch comes as no surprise as HTC\'s UK vice president Peter Fråš™ç· und told Mobile News last month that the mid-range market was of

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Carphone\'s plans for merger with Dixons backed by analysts

The merger would create in excess of 1,300 stores across the country, but head of retail at Investec Kate Calvert told Mobile News that there is unlikely...

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5 Tips for Using Facebook News Feed Ads

Because of these different cost and performance parameters between desktop and mobile News Feed ads, it\'s important to manage the two types of...

Sales of Lumia 520 show how \'smart\' UK people are

Sullivan told Mobile News the UK has to date been one of its most successful markets for Windows Phone, highlighting sales of Nokia\'s low-end åš™

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Home > Net News > AT&T And Audi Roll Out Pricing For In-Car ...

The future of the "connected car" now has a price tag, as AT&T and AUDI have released the prices they will charge for in-car data. RADIO WORLD...

Tablets as secondary computers for the enterprise

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 12, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. iPad in Tie (Image: James Kendrick/ZDNet).

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

iPhone Air iPhone 6 Latest Rumors du Jour

On Tuesday, analyst Andy Hargeaves reported that Apple will outperform because he believes the iPhone 6 with a 4.7" will have a price hike and cost...

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Mobile payments, new smartphones, wearable devices, connected cars, CeBIT and David Cameron

Iain and Mark then move on to talk about the other big mobile news headlines from the past few days, including the forthcoming Paym m-payment...

Tweakker and Lebara Enter into international supply agreement

... Awards 2012 and 2013 and Best MVNO, for four years running, and Best Community and Social Enterprise at the Mobile News Awards 2013.

Here\'s How Mobile News App Circa Plans to Make Money

Then there are the mobile news aggregators like Flipboard and Facebook\'s Paper that aim to become the mobile version of a newspaper\'s front page.

Why you should buy a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (review)

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 11, 2014 -- 11:04 GMT (04:04 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. I like to have a tablet on each mobile platform to...

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T-Mobile Increases Price for Unlimited Data Hogs Other Simple Plans Get More GB

T Mobile Increases Price for Unlimited Data Hogs Other Simple Plans Get More GB T-Mobile has changed its uncarrier deals after paying for costly...

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Facebook Paper, Possible Threat to Local Portal Sites in Korea

Facebook Paper, a mobile news platform released in early Feb., is reportedly struggling in the market, in marked contrast to rosy growth expectations.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Cutting Room: Record MWC sets Samsung challenge

Last year\'s event was a letdown, with product launches minimal, but as predicted in this column in the previous issue of Mobile News, this year\'s event...

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Doro seeks full-house of operator partners this year

Chief executive Chris Millington (pictured) told Mobile News during Mobile World Congress:

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Avenir Telecom to exit B2B airtime

In an exclusive interview with Mobile News, Beurnier (pictured) said the firm is in discussions with two unnamed companies over the sale of its...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4: Should I upgrade?

We compare the Samsung Galaxy S5 with last year\'s Samsung Galaxy S4, to see if it\'s worth an upgrade... Already own the Samsung Galaxy S4? Well...

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Avenir Telecom to exit B2B airtime market in UK

CEO and founder Jean-Daniel Beurnier confirmed to \'Mobile News\' in an interview that it was in talks with two unnamed companies over the sale of its...

EE announces review of retail partners

Speaking to Mobile News, Noel Hamill

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Traveling with mobile gear: Tips from a veteran

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 10, 2014 -- 10:55 GMT (03:55 PDT). Follow @jkendrick. Business travelers and vacationers carry more...

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\'Social news\' no panacea for ailing media: study

For mobile news, Pew found the browser was used more than a dedicated mobile app, although it noted that only half of the news sites studied had...

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Man accused of using drone to try and drop off drugs into Melbourne Remand Centre

A MAN has been charged after allegedly trying to fly drugs into a maximum-security prison in Melbourne\'s west using a drone. Victoria Police...

New Deal AT&T Cheaper Value Share Plans $100 Credit: Best Deal Yet?

New Deal AT&T Cheaper Value Share Plans $100 Credit: Best Deal Yet? AT&T has reduced the base price of the Mobile Share Value plans New...

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

NYT Now is a mobile news platform with a dedicated staff curating stories

SXSW is a veritable playground for journalists, with panels catering to media professionals and -- most importantly -- no shortage of free food. We\'re...

EA Mobile Weekly News 3/7/14

EA Mobile brought out a major update this week for their free to play racing game Real Racing 3. The update brings Aston Martin vehicles to the game,...

Belkin QODE Keyboard Case for Kindle Fire HDX 8.9: Poor design at a price

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 8, 2014 -- 21:06 GMT (13:06 PST). Follow @jkendrick. The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 is a fine...

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2014 week 9 in review: the news that you might have missed

Let\'s take a look at all of the mobile news you may have missed in this ninth week of 2014. The curved-display LG G Flex won the iF Design Gold...

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Friday, March 7, 2014

Mobile Roar Podcast 35: CarPlay, Cortana, and the Oscar...

This week the guys are back from MWC to talk mobile news. Apple makes iOS in the car official with

Six Clicks: Features introduced in webOS you are using today

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 7, 2014 -- 17:19 GMT (09:19 PST). Follow @jkendrick. Previous | Next Image 1 of 7...

Why brands shouldn\'t always opt for a free app

When it comes to creating a branded app, logic usually dictates that creating a free app would offer more benefits than a paid version could provide.

CPW and Phones 4U under scrutiny as EE reviews indirect partnerships

The news comes over a year after Mobile News began receiving complaints from EE dealers that commissions were being paid late (see here).

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

A New News Feed For Facebook

NewsFeedUpdateMarch2014650 The most valuable piece of real estate on Facebook will have a new look

Not even Iron Man is able to save HTC

The

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NBN Television in Australia Expands Mobile Newsgathering Capabilities With Dejero

Dejero, award-winning creator of the industry\'s most powerful and versatile platform of cellular newsgathering products, today announced that...

App developers: Text size matters

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 6, 2014 -- 11:55 GMT (03:55 PST). Follow @jkendrick. You pick up your phone or tablet and get online,...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

T-Mobile customers dumping Blackberry devices in trade-in program

T-Mobile has yet to confirm the accuracy of the memo in the report, but TmoNews has a track record full of accurate reports regarding T-Mobile news.

Four-alarm fire on Detroit\'s west side forces residents to escape in pajamas; watch blaze video

The Detroit News reported via mobile news alert that 25 people were rescued from the blaze by 8:30 a.m. and four were taken to the hospital. A Detroit...

CNN Sells Zite to Flipboard

Zite Less than three years after it acquired Zite, CNN has sold the news reader to Flipboard, the magazine-format mobile news aggregator. As part of...

Australia\'s NBN Television expands mobile newsgathering capabilities With Dejero

NBN Television equips mobile news crews With Dejero LIVE+ 20/20 Transmitter to send live or recorded broadcast-quality video. Posted on 05 March...

Samsung Chromebook 2: Missing the point

James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 5, 2014 -- 11:55 GMT (03:55 PST). Follow @jkendrick. Buyers reacted to the original...

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Ovivo raising å

Chief executive officer, Dariush Zand revealed the firm\'s future development plans to Mobile News. The Vodafone MVNO, which raised åš™

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Kindle Fire HDX: Smooth operation, great screen (hands on)

... performance make this a tablet to be reckoned with. James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 4, 2014 -- 11:55 GMT (03:55 PST).

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Short Interest in Glu Mobile Drops By 20.3% (GLUU)

In other Glu Mobile news, VP Scott Leichtner sold 82,571 shares of the company\'s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th.

Award-winning Mobile App News Republic Adds London Evening Standard Content

"Mobile apps, such as News Republic, provide the innovation required to address mobile news consumers\' demands for easy to navigate,...

Carphone Warehouse to invest additional å

... chief executive officer Carphone Warehouse. Mobile News reported last week that the service had rolled out across its entire UK network last year.

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Monday, March 3, 2014

How to ditch a laptop for the iPad

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 3, 2014 -- 11:55 GMT (03:55 PST). Follow @jkendrick. Regular readers know I like using my iPad instead...

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Sohu.com Announces Management Changes

Sohu also provides multiple news and information service on mobile platforms, including Sohu News App and mobile news portal WAP.Sohu.com.

Galaxy S5 interest more than double from S4 - Carphone

... said that interest in the Samsung Galaxy S5 has already passed the interest showed at the same time for the S4 handset, Mobile News reported.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Ashton Kutcher and Lenovo working on two and a half phones: What they need to do

By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 1, 2014 -- 22:10 GMT (14:10 PST). Follow @jkendrick. Kutcher and Lenovo (Image: Lenovo). Actor and...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-registration already smashing Galaxy S4 figures

Carphone Warehouse has noted a huge increase in consumer interest for Samsung\'s Galaxy S5 compared with last year\'s Galaxy S4 smartphone.

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