At the end of last year, an Administrative Law Judge issued an initial ruling that Motorola’s mobile devices infringe a bit of Microsoft’s IP. Now, the Commission has affirmed that decision and issued an exclusion order to ban Moto’s offending devices from importation into the US. Developing… ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft [...]
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ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent
Posted: 18th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Administrative Law Judge, Engadget, Foss, Fri, Importation, Itc, Microsoft, Mobile Devices, Moto, Motorola, Motorola Mobile, Nbsp, Patent, Patents, Pdf
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Forrester: 32.1 Million U.S. Households Now Access Online Video On Their TVs
Posted: 16th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 1 Million, Apple, Challengers, Forrester, Google, Hardware Players, Households, Huge Market, Microsoft, Old School, Online Video, Radars, Satellite Providers, Traditional Content, Tv Set, Tvs
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Almost 115 million households in the U.S. currently own at least on TV set and 36 million own four or more. That’s a huge market and as Apple, Google and Microsoft try wrestle more of this business away from the traditional content and hardware players, the old-school cable and satellite providers now suddenly have to [...]
CloudOn brings its Office to Android tablets, adds support for Google Drive (video)
Posted: 9th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Adobe Reader, Break, Docs, Dropbox, Engadget, Freebie, Google, Grabs, Honeycomb, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Nbsp, Running, Sandwich, Slate
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Indirectly or not, the other guys seem to enjoy their time spent with CloudOn’s unorthodox delivery of Microsoft Office. Fortunately for you, the service just announced it’s now available to the Android folk — at least to those with a Google certified slate. The CloudOn application comes as a freebie and it’s compatible with tablets [...]
Windows Phone Developer Summit coming June 20th, makes for one busy month
Posted: 3rd May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Apollo, Apple, Developer Opportunities, Developers, Engadget, Google, Meetup, Metro, Microsoft, Mystery, Nbsp, Platform Capabilities, Prospects, San Francisco, Scheduling, Summit, Tango, Windows Developer, Windows Phone, Wwdc
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Just in case June wasn’t busy enough for mobile app developers, between Apple’s WWDC and Google I/O, Microsoft has thrown its hat into the ring. It’s scheduling a Windows Phone Developer Summit in San Francisco for June 20th and 21st, just a week before Google’s meetup. Details are scant in the notice Engadget received, although [...]
Microsoft SkyDrive impressions: a look at features and functionality
Posted: 2nd May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Anticipation, Desktop Applications, Engadget, Google, Impressions, Microsoft, Microsoft Skydrive, Microsoft Updates, Nbsp, Quiver, Service Microsoft, Storage, Tools, Windows Phone
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You may remember a certain, somewhat anticipated cloud service finally coming in to land in recent days. That wasn’t the only news in nebular computing last week, however: perhaps in anticipation of Google’s long-rumored Drive service, Microsoft made some updates to the Windows Phone app for its own offering, SkyDrive. This comes not long after [...]
Microsoft puts Windows Phone 7 app developers on notice of four new Marketplace policies
Posted: 1st May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Apps, Copyright Issues, Crapware, Developers, Devs, Engadget, Eyeballs, Microsoft, Microsoft Phone, Microsoft Windows, Mo Problems, Nbsp, New Marketplace, Peril, Poet, Sideline, Smooth Sailing, Tile Images, Trademark, Windows Phone
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As the poet once said, “Mo’ apps, mo’ problems”, or something like that. The Windows Phone Marketplace continues to grow and with more eyeballs on it, Microsoft is making sure devs know the rules that will keep their apps in the store instead of on the sideline. Trademark and copyright issues headline the new areas [...]
RIM offers developers $10,000 incentive for certified apps
Posted: 1st May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 100 Million, Apps, Blackberry Rim, Coders, Developer Interest, Developers, Devs, Ecosystem, Engadget, Free Phones, Incentive Programs, Joseph Volpe, Microsoft, Nbsp, Own Accord, Playbooks, Quality Certification, Research In Motion, Waterloo, Windows Phone
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At BlackBerry World 2012, RIM is bumping up the stakes for its developers by putting more money where its mouth is, announcing a $10,000 guarantee to get potential coders excited to hop onto Team BlackBerry. If you get your app certified on App World and don’t earn ten grand in the first year, RIM will [...]
Skype iOS apps hit v4.0: improved stability, minor UI tweaks in tow
Posted: 30th April 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 9to5mac, Accessibility, Applications, Apps, Changelog, Cupertino, Current, Engadget, Enhancements, Ipad, Iphone, Itunes, Login Screen, Microsoft, Nbsp, Running, Skype, Sudden Crash, Ui Tweaks, Voip Service
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Everyone’s favorite VoIP service, Skype, has rolled out a fresh update to its iPhone / iPod Touch and iPad clients. First off, the Microsoft-owned outfit added a revamped login screen to both iOS applications, and now offers the ability to move your vid preview around the screen — much like FaceTime does. To go along [...]