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Facebook, Android Increase In Security AttacksFacebook, Android Increase In Security Attacks

by National Confidential | 20 April 2011 | 6:42 am EST

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“Internet and mobile security company AVG Technologies has observed a jump in attacks targeting Facebook and Android, unsurprisingly both platforms with a user base that continues to rapidly grow all over the world. In its just released ‘AVG Community Powered Threat Report’, the company posits that the first quarter of this year saw a major [...]

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Comscore Study: iOS Outdraws AndroidComscore Study: iOS Outdraws Android

by National Confidential | 19 April 2011 | 4:59 pm EST

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“comScore’s analysis of the unduplicated audience reach of the Apple iOS platform across iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches revealed a combined iOS installed base of 37.9 million users. The installed base of iPhones slightly exceeded that of iPod Touches, both of which were approximately twice as high as the number of iPads. Interestingly, among the [...]

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Apple Sues Samsung For Copying iPad, iPhone DesignApple Sues Samsung For Copying iPad, iPhone Design

by National Confidential | 18 April 2011 | 9:36 pm EST

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Galaxy Tab picture “Apple is suing its rival Samsung Electronics for allegedly copying the design of its iPad and iPhone. It claims Samsung’s Galaxy range of mobile phones and tablet ‘slavishly’ copy the iPhone and iPad, according to court papers.” READ MORE

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Sony: Android "Honeycomb" Tablet ComingSony: Android "Honeycomb" Tablet Coming

by National Confidential | 04 April 2011 | 5:15 pm EST

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Honeycomb picture Gearlog: Sony’s getting ready to drop a new Android Honeycomb tablet on all of your heads. The company’s CEO Howard Stringer told Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei that the tablet will be hitting the States first–by the end of summer.

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Google Working On Mobile Payment TechGoogle Working On Mobile Payment Tech

by National Confidential | 28 March 2011 | 6:57 am EST

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“Google is joining Citigroup and Mastercard to set up a mobile payment system that will turn Android phones into a kind of electronic wallet, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The new technology, which is in its early stages, will allow consumers to wave their Android phones in front of [...]

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Goldman Sachs Cuts Nexus One Sales ForecastGoldman Sachs Cuts Nexus One Sales Forecast

by National Confidential | 09 March 2010 | 11:08 am EST

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“Investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs is more or less giving up on Google’s Nexus One. A note Goldman Sachs published this week indicates that it’s cut its 2010 sales forecast by a whopping 71.4 percent. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the note stated, “We previously estimated that Google might sell 3.5 [...]

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