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The biggest flexible working initiative of its kind says UK’s O2

The biggest flexible working initiative of its kind says UK’s O2

As a work at home blogger I am kind of spoiled in that I only have to walk one room to the next in the morning in order to go to work and the coffee pot is ... continue
Ubuntu Going Mobile, Expected To Arrive In 2014

Ubuntu Going Mobile, Expected To Arrive In 2014

Ubuntu, one of the World's most popular Linux distributions, is going mobile with smartphones, tablets, televisions, and even cars. When most people think of Linux, they think of an uber geeky crowd which is true to an ... continue
O2 Accidentally Revealed Customer Phone Numbers Online

O2 Accidentally Revealed Customer Phone Numbers Online

O2, a leading provider of mobiles phones and broadband in the UK, accidentally revealed mobile phone numbers on websites that their customers accessed. This was a rather big flaw and definitely not good for all the customers ... continue
UN Approves New Mobile Technology That Leaves 4G In The Dust

UN Approves New Mobile Technology That Leaves 4G In The Dust

Millions of people have access to both 3G and 4G on their smartphones and devices. 3G is good and can get the job done, but faster speeds are always wanted for obvious reasons. For example, Verizon's 4G LTE ... continue
AT&T informs users of “organized” hacking attempt

AT&T informs users of “organized” hacking attempt

Good news and bad news, AT&T customers. First, the bad: AT&T informed users today of an "organized and systematic" attempt to collect account information from AT&T customers. The good: AT&T managed to notice the attempts in time ... continue
Apps aren’t the big money maker everyone would have you think they are

Apps aren’t the big money maker everyone would have you think they are

Angry Birds aside the mobile app market is often touted as being the next big money maker for developers and since all we hear is how people are getting all these apps on their mobile phones and ... continue
HopStop Wins Patent for Transit Routing and Pedestrian Navigation

HopStop Wins Patent for Transit Routing and Pedestrian Navigation

Pedestrian navigation and mobile transit services HopStop, has been awarded the patent by the Unites States Patent and Trademark Office for its location-based service that provides door-to-door mass transit and walking directions. U.S. Patent No. 7,957,871, "Methods and ... continue
Study Reveals Average Internet User Has Underprotected Digital Assets Worth $37,000

Study Reveals Average Internet User Has Underprotected Digital Assets Worth $37,000

Consumers place an average value of $37,438 on their "digital assets" across multiple digital devices, yet more than a third lack protection. In the US, people valued their assets at nearly $55,000, according to research firm MSI ... continue
European Mobile Ad Market to Hit $1 Billion by 2014 (It Will Be More Than That)

European Mobile Ad Market to Hit $1 Billion by 2014 (It Will Be More Than That)

The European mobile advertising market will become a billion dollar industry faster than previously projected. A new whitepaper released by adsmobi, a mobile media buying platform, revealed that the collective mobile ad market across UK, Germany, Italy, ... continue
Can we have a peanut butter and jelly battery please, but hold the peanut butter.

Can we have a peanut butter and jelly battery please, but hold the peanut butter.

I realize that just about everyone and their brother is proclaiming how mobile computing, whether through our smartphones, laptops, or tablets is changing our world except there are two problems with that idyllic belief - the carriers and ... continue
How’s this for a Monday morning face smacker – Google buys Motorola for $12.5 Billion

How’s this for a Monday morning face smacker – Google buys Motorola for $12.5 Billion

Normally we just have a good hot cup of coffee to start our Monday mornings but today Google decided we needed a little extra and let the world know that it was now also in the smartphone ... continue
The battleground of malware no longer just Windows as Android users get hit

The battleground of malware no longer just Windows as Android users get hit

When it comes to things like viruses, trojans, and other forms of malware Windows has always been the biggest bulls-eye in the computing world. Both Mac and Linux have claimed that because of the way that they are ... continue
New study says mobile users are ruder than ever

New study says mobile users are ruder than ever

In a recent study by Ipsos in the U.S. between December 10, 2010 and January 5, 2011 they found that 75% of the 2,000 adults that took part in the survey felt that mobile manners have worsened ... continue
Apps to rule the world [Infographic]

Apps to rule the world [Infographic]

I have reservations about the long term usability of the whole apps thing that we are seeing advancing like a tsunami in our increasing mobile oriented world whereas people like Robert Scoble suggest that without a solid ... continue
Nokia’s CEO memo to the troops leaked

Nokia’s CEO memo to the troops leaked

One of the more interesting rumors boiling just under the surface has to do with Nokia, and their gradual loss of marketshare to companies like Apple and Google's Android. Stephen Elop, Nokia's non-Finnish CEO and formerly a division president ... continue
AT&T gets slapped around by Consumer Reports

AT&T gets slapped around by Consumer Reports

Did you hear? The January 2011 issue of Consumer Reports is out and boy did they ever give the old smackdown to AT&T rating the company as the worst U.S. wireless company around. As you can see from ... continue
Welcome Today Tonight Viewers

Welcome Today Tonight Viewers

Just a quick note of welcome to viewers from Channel 7 Australia's Today Tonight program. Hopefully you received some new insights into smart phones in the story tonight. If this is your first time at The Inquisitr, let ... continue
What stands between your city and hordes of Tie Fighters? Your iPhone.

What stands between your city and hordes of Tie Fighters? Your iPhone.

For the most part I don't get this fascination with augmented reality. It seems more like messing up my reality with pointless information and lots of ads. However this little gem of a game for the iPhone could actually make ... continue
Record fine of $25 million paid to FCC by Verizon

Record fine of $25 million paid to FCC by Verizon

While Verizon customers were counting the pennies that were owed to them by Verizon in light of the FCC investigation into the company's billing practices that saw their customers complaining of bill shock the company was also ... continue
Mobile devices are the newest health scare

Mobile devices are the newest health scare

Do you know where those fingers that are touching your favorite mobile gadget have been? Well according to a new study by Timothy Julian, a Stanford University doctoral student, and some British researchers our fancy mobile devices we ... continue
BREAKING: New Blackberry features a working phone.

BREAKING: New Blackberry features a working phone.

I realize that our expectations of smartphones being phones that actually work as phones has been greatly reduced over the past couple of years but seriously people since when did being a Phone become a feature? Not only ... continue
The five best iPhone alternatives for gaming

The five best iPhone alternatives for gaming

Looking for a gamer-friendly alternative to the iPhone? The competition is certainly hotting up, and here are five powerful possibilities... This article was written by Keith Stuart, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 2nd July 2010 12.45 UTCSure, the App ... continue