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Police Help Apple Track down Missing iPhone

Here is more proof that history can indeed repeat itself. The San Francisco Police Department has confirmed that they have helped Apple search for an iPhone 5 prototype that disappeared in July. The iPhone 4 was dealt a similar fate … Continue reading

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Google Decides to Trim Their Offerings

Following a steady stream of changes over the past few months, the search leader has announced they will be trimming their offerings. In the upcoming few months, Google intends to shut down many products and merge them into other products … Continue reading

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Phone Thief Identifies Himself via Photobucket, Accidentally of Course

Photobucket has introduced a cool new mobile application. It allows a user to upload a mobile picture to the photo-sharing site automatically. Who wouldn’t love that? Korey Heess probably doesn’t care for it, as this genius apparently snapped a self-portrait … Continue reading

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Android Overtakes Java Micro as the Most Attacked Platform

Google’s Android is now the most frequently attacked platform, overtaking Java Micro Edition, according to McAfee’s quarterly report on threats. Of the 1,200 samples of mobile malware analyzed and collected by McAfee Labs in 2011 Q2, nearly 60 percent were … Continue reading

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Google’s Purchase of Motorola Mobility has Future Implications

Google stunned the globe on August 15th by agreeing on a $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Google will dip into their $39 billion cash reserve to purchase the initial phone manufacturer to prominently support the Android operating system. Android … Continue reading

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