Consumer electronics
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Confessions of a Kindle Fire-aholic
January 26, 2012
My husband bought me a Kindle Fire and I have to say that there are several reasons why you cannot go wrong with this device.
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Kindle Fire is a game changer for tablet industry: The Weather Channel
January 20, 2012
NEW YORK – After releasing a Kindle Fire application, The Weather Channel claims that the app had 2 million downloads, showing the growing competition in the tablet market, according to the lunch keynote speaker at yesterday's Mobile FirstLook: Strategy 2012 conference.
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Poynt, Nokia partner to expand mobile reach in India
December 19, 2011
Poynt Corp. has partnered with Nokia to preload its mobile platform, timesPoynt on all Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800 smartphones in India.
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Schedulicity debuts new offers feature to mobile site, Web
November 9, 2011
Schedulicity has rolled out Pop-Up Offers, a new scheduling feature that simplifies the process of filling last-minute appointment cancellations and open time slots for service professionals.
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Does Eric Schmidt really think Apple’s Siri threatens Google search?
November 8, 2011
In a letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said Apple’s Siri is a threat to his company’s search business, especially on mobile. Why is it hard to believe?
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UPS expands mobile site to 35 international markets
November 1, 2011
UPS has expanded its mobile efforts to 35 additional international markets, letting more consumers track packages.
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Siri cofounder leaves Apple as iPhone 4S sales continue to grow
October 27, 2011
Dag Kittlaus, the cofounder of Apple’s new voice-recognition search and personal assistant Siri, has left the company just weeks after the iPhone 4S debuted.
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4G technologies to reach 700M mobile users by 2015: study
October 26, 2011
Demand for mobile technology is increasing at a phenomenal pace with 4G technologies looking to reach nearly 700 million mobile users by 2015, according to Yankee Group.
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HTML5 mobile sites just as rich as any app: T-Mobile exec
October 13, 2011
SAN DIEGO – Panelists at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 conference said that HTML5 is a great tool for marketing.
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LTE will not revolutionize the industry: CTIA exec
October 12, 2011
SAN DIEGO – With four carriers planning to have LTE services deployed by the end of 2011, the U.S. is the most unique and active market in the world, per an executive at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 conference.
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Sprint CEO at CTIA: Mobile has direct, powerful impact on efficiency, productivity
October 12, 2011
SAN DIEGO – During his keynote address, Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp., discussed how mobile is helping change the healthcare and wireless industry, as well as the environment for the better.
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Record-breaking iPhone 4S pre-orders reflect strength of Apple brand
October 11, 2011
With pre-orders for the new iPhone 4S breaking previous records, consumers once again show that they will embrace new Apple products regardless of how the tech community receives them.
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Mobile will be integral in everything we do: CTIA exec
October 11, 2011
SAN DIEGO – There have been a number of advances in mobility in the last 12 months, however marketers still need to have a sound mobile strategy to be able to reap the greatest benefits from their initiatives, per an executive at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 conference.
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Competitors slash prices as Amazon readies tablet entry
September 28, 2011
Some tablet manufacturers are slashing prices before Amazon’s expected announcement of its own competitively priced tablet offering today.
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Mobile content must be search-optimized for ideal results: OMMA Global panelist
September 28, 2011
NEW YORK – An executive at OMMA Global said that marketers need to optimize their mobile content through mobile search or they will miss a big opportunity with users.
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