Daily Archives: April 3, 2012

The Interesting Part About Amazon’s In-App Payments Beta Is That Developers Have Pricing Control

April 3, 2012
The Interesting Part About Amazon’s In-App Payments Beta Is That Developers Have Pricing Control

The most interesting part of Amazon’s move to provide an in-app payments flow is that they’re ceding pricing control to mobile developers. Amazon has been testing a new in-app payments system with several top-tier mobile developers for several months. It’s a big deal because there has been a huge shift over the last 18...

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Facebook increases its appeal in India with local language support for feature phone app

April 3, 2012

Facebook has kicked its efforts in India up a notch with the introduction of support for eight local languages to its feature phone app, in a move to boost its appeal with new demographics in the country’s 1.2 billion population. The languages — Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali and Marathi — have been...

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Instagram & The Android Effect

April 3, 2012
Instagram & The Android Effect

The wait is over. Instagram has finally arrived on the Android (not all of the phones, but quite a few of them.) And predictably, the reaction to the release of the app has been tremendous – though not everyone is that impressed by it. Either way, it is giving the San Francisco-based company’s user...

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All-you-can-read tablet mags…unless you have iPad or Kindle Fire

April 3, 2012
All-you-can-read tablet mags…unless you have iPad or Kindle Fire

Digital magazine joint venture Next Issue Media goes live with its long-delayed digital newsstand tomorrow. Users will be able to read many popular magazines like People, Glamour, Real Simple and the New Yorker for a flat fee — if they have an Android tablet running 3.0 (Honeycomb) or later. For now, iPad and Kindle Fire...

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The Nokia Lumia 900 Could Be Today’s Best Smartphone, But…

April 3, 2012
The Nokia Lumia 900 Could Be Today’s Best Smartphone, But…

Putting the Lumia 900 Through Its Paces So we understand exactly what we are talking about, the Lumia 900 has a 4.3-inch screen on the diagonal with a 1.4 GHz processor, 4G LTE from ATT, Wi-Fi, an 8-megapixel back camera and a 1-megapixel front camera. Its body is .45 inches thick, 2.7 inches wide...

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Google Highlights Search Changes From March

April 3, 2012
Google Highlights Search Changes From March

Google has rolled out a great number of small changes to the search engine and UI over the last month, and now they have rolled them all into a big blog post for your consecutive enjoyment. We’ve highlighted a few that seemed more relevant, but there isn’t much here that’s life-changing. All the same,...

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Fisker unveils 2nd electric car the Atlantic (formerly Nina)

April 3, 2012
Fisker unveils 2nd electric car the Atlantic (formerly Nina)

Electric car startup Fisker Automotive unveiled a design prototype of its second extended-range electric car that is now being called the Atlantic (formerly called Project Nina) at an event in New York City on Tuesday night. The company didn’t give many details on price and launch date, but said the car would be priced...

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Hands on with Nokia’s Lumia 900

April 3, 2012
Hands on with Nokia’s Lumia 900

Nokia’s Lumia 900 goes on sale in the United States on April 8th. Nokia and ATT, the carrier that will sell the phone in the US market, have extensive promotional plans, some of which are already underway. The Lumia 900 is Nokia’s bet to reenter the US market, where it hopes to carve out...

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Nokia Lumia 900 Review: Initial Impressions (Video)

April 3, 2012
Nokia Lumia 900 Review: Initial Impressions (Video)

Now that 9pm has rolled around and the awkwardly timed embargo has lifted, I can finally talk to you guys about the phone I’ve been playing with for the past week: the Nokia Lumia 900. I’m not going to get too detailed, as a full review and a head-to-head battle will go live in...

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ENISA to Cloud Service Providers: Define "Availability"

April 3, 2012
ENISA to Cloud Service Providers: Define "Availability"

“Both the CSP and the customer must be able to respond to changes in the threat environment on a continuous basis. It is essential to monitor the on-going implementation of security controls and the fulfillment of key security objectives,” reads the ENISA report, entitled “Procure Secure” (PDF available here). “This is also described as...

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