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Bing reaches China through Motorola deal
www.lastclicknews.com via @sonofblackhat &bull 6 Minutes AgoBing has a made an arrangement with Motorola, making it the handset manufacturer's default search engine. And recent statistics say that the Microsoft-owned search engine is consistently increasing its market share in the United States (US). The deal between Microsoft… Full Story »
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Google Mobile Product Search Now Does Local Inventory Check
mashable.com via @snscrm &bull 3 Hours AgoGoogle has announced the initial roll-out of a new feature for its mobile product search: Local inventory checks. This means that you can look for a product and then find out if a store near you has it in stock.… Full Story »
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Motorola and Microsoft close deal to use Bing on Cell Phones
www.romesblog.net via @Romes25 &bull 4 Hours AgoMotorola said the alliance with Microsoft means that the direction of Bing and its search appliance is loaded onto mobile phones. The project will begin in the coming weeks in China. The initiative comes shortly after Motorola reached another deal… Full Story »
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Unreal Engine 3 up and running on webOS, and we've got video!
Engadget Mobile &bull 4 Hours Ago
Palm just showed us the Unreal Engine 3 running on webOS, which apparently took a couple weeks to port over to the platform using that fancy new PDK. It runs at a pretty smooth clip, with just a tiny bit… Full Story »
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Google makes its local shopping move
Gadget Posts on News Blog &bull 4 Hours Ago
It took a while, but Google has made its big move as a local shopping inventory gatekeeper. The company said Thursday that it will offer mobile device users inventory checks on local stores, allowing them to see if products are… Full Story »
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Cellphone inventor switches from iPhone to Droid
Electronista &bull 5 Hours Ago
Early cellphone pioneer Marty Cooper has admitted both in a C-SPAN interview (video below) and on Twitter that he has at least temporarily switched from an iPhone to a Motorola Droid. While he admits that he often tries new phones,… Full Story »
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Shop nearby with Google product search on iPhone, webOs, and Android
www.mobileburn.com via @ekemona &bull YesterdayThis afternoon Google announced that users on iPhone, webOS, and Android smartphones will see new product search features. Leveraging your position, if you search, for example, "cowboy boots" under the Shopping search, results will now offer a blue dot and… Full Story »
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Computer algorithm, MRI used to tap memory
Gadget Posts on News Blog &bull Yesterday
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Ore. She has contributed to Wired magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and public radio. Her semi-obscure hobbies include unicycling, slacklining, hula-hooping, scuba diving, billiards, Sudoku, Magic the Gathering, and classical… Full Story »
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Cellphone inventor Marty Cooper uses a Droid.... and a Jitterbug
Engadget Mobile &bull Yesterday
Sure, you read reviews and take recommendations from friends before you buy a new cellphone, but have you ever stopped to consider what the inventor of the cellphone uses on a daily basis? C-SPAN has, and recently took the opportunity… Full Story »
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China's Hott shows $92, 4.8-inch Android tablet
Electronista &bull Yesterday
Chinese personal electronics maker Hott was showing off a 4.8-inch touchscreen tablet at CeBIT that runs on Android and is powered by an ARM9 Rockchip-based processor. Hott claims comprehensive video playback support, including 720p HD videos, though no HDMI output… Full Story »
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Steve Ballmer Compliments Apple, Microsoft and Cupertino Going Against Google?
www.latestelectronics-dennis.com via @gadgetsupdates &bull YesterdayWhat's the world coming to? In a move that would seem fit for April's Fools, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer recently complimented Apple on the way "they allow people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property". Is this a sign of… Full Story »
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Airline Twitter promotion attracts huge crowds
Gadget Posts on News Blog &bull Yesterday
NEW YORK--It was apparently one step short of a cattle stampede when low-cost airline JetBlue used its Twitter account to announce that as part of its tenth anniversary celebration it would be giving out about a thousand free round-trip tickets… Full Story »
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Motorola Taps Bing for Chinese Android
www.wirelessweek.com via @nickparmar &bull YesterdayWhich search engine gets native placement on any given smartphone has become a very big deal. It's an even bigger deal when an OEM puts out an Android phone with anything other than Google search on it. Motorola is doing… Full Story »
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Opera Mini 5 beta for Android released
Geek.com &bull YesterdayThe beta for Opera Mini 5 was first launched in September of last year. Opera Mini is a third-party browser specifically designed for mobile phones. One of the greatest advantages of using the browser is that data received by the… Full Story »
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Why Google Android is winning
Gadget Posts on News Blog &bull Yesterday
The global smartphone market is still RIM's to lose, with Apple in the pole position to profit from its mistakes. But new ComScore data on the U.S. While Android still claims only 7.1 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, "objects… Full Story »
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Bing inks deal with Motorola to be search option on Chinese Android handsets
Geek.com &bull YesterdayI am constantly amazed by Bing. They've done the impossible and completely turned around Microsoft's clueless search initiatives with a hip product that squarely takes aim at segments of the search market already not controlled by Google. They're also a… Full Story »
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Opera Mini 5 reaches Android; hands-on
Electronista &bull Yesterday
Opera recommitted to Android in significant fashion today by launching Opera Mini 5 in beta. The new version brings Speed Dial over from the desktop and lets users visually jump to one of nine favorite sites from the home screen.… Full Story »
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Motorola Doing Its Best To Take Google Search Out Of Android Phones In China
www.businessinsider.com via @iFoundItaly &bull YesterdayAccording to a release, it starts with phones in China, but it's a "global alliance," so Google could be getting pushed aside on its own software everywhere. This is part of the risk with Android. It's open source, so handset… Full Story »
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Opera Mini 5 On Android Market
I4U &bull Yesterday
The default Android browser is good, but not so good that I'd write home about it. There's room for improvement in the Android browsing experience. Enter Opera Mini 5. It's just hit the Android market (via BGR), which means you… Full Story »
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Motorola Strikes Deal with Microsoft to Offer Bing on Android Devices
ardenal.info via @Ramonao7s9 &bull YesterdayMotorola Strikes Deal with Microsoft to Offer Bing on Android DevicesTMCnetErin Harrison is a senior editor with TMCnet, primarily covering telecom expense management, politics and technology and Web 2.0. Full Story »
