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Samsung has ‘potentially serious issues’ with nano-SIM vote

Following last week’s compromise between Motorola, RIM, and Apple resulting in a nano-SIM design submission, Samsung has filed a complaint with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) complaining about the voting process on the final design. After an initial denial of Samsung’s appeal, Samsung filed the letter with ETSI stating that Samsung believes the vote was advanced before enough time was allowed for discussion and “consensus building” within the organization. Regardless of Samsung’s complaint, voting continues and is ex… Continue reading

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MPAA uses subterfuge to investigate UK-based video site

It is a terrible cliché when a writer begins a story by claiming that a series of real-life events “reads like a Hollywood movie script,” but occasionally dramatic stories occur that are hard to distinguish from the intricate plottings of screenwriters or novelists. An unusual operation involving the US-based Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) hiring investigators to spy on a UK couple that ran a “links to streaming video” site has resulted in prosecution with the help of a US defendant…. Continue reading

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Apple maintains top position in Brandz study

Apple has maintained its lead over other companies in the Millward Brown 2012 Brandz study. This marks the second year at the top for Apple, increasing their brand value from $153 billion to $182 billion, while previous branding leader Google slips behind IBM to third place. The study covers brand value as a perceptual worth independent from any financial undertakings, instead of market capitalization as typically used by financial analysts…. Continue reading

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Game Capture HD brings game recording to Macs, PCs

Video conversion hardware maker Elgato has announced the Game Capture HD, a new device that captures game footage from video game consoles and records it to a computer. Some gamers record their games as they play them for later sharing with other gamers. The Game Capture HD is about the size of a deck of cards, requiring no additional power supply for operation, and connects a video game console directly to a computer through USB2…. Continue reading

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TechHive: Hands on with Bing’s social search feature

Bing is hoping to take on search giant Google by adding new social search capabilities. Joel Mathis takes the feature out for a test spin to see what social adds to search. Continue reading

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Report: FaceTime may be coming to 3G networks

Apple may be preparing to enable its FaceTime video-chat service to be used over 3G networks. The company has yet to confirm such plans, however Romanian Apple website iDevice has reportedly observed new warnings in iOS 5.1.1 that appear to be geared for FaceTime calls placed over 3G networks rather than Wi-Fi…. Continue reading

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Facebook acquires social-gifting startup Karma

Facebook’s initial public offering remained the biggest story in tech throughout the day, overshadowing the social network’s latest acquisition, Karma, a company that specializes in mobile social gifting. The startup has developed an e-commerce platform that enables mobile users to quickly find gifts, select a personalized card, and notify the recipient via text message, e-mail or Facebook…. Continue reading

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Rumor: Amazon to launch 10.1-inch Fire, delay 8.9-inch plans

Amazon may delay the rumored 8.9-inch Kindle Fire and launch a 10.1-inch model instead. According to DigiTimes, sources speculate that the larger screen will help compete with the iPad, whereas the 8.9-inch variant was said to be designed to go against the Samsung Galaxy Note…. Continue reading

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Apple legal ‘requests’ demand London AppleExpo name change

In the wake of legal “requests” sent to its organizer, the London-based Apple Expo is now called the Appule Expo. Undaunted, Microsoft has recently booked space at the show. The newly named gathering will take place on October 11 and 12 of this year. Apple is not expected to attend…. Continue reading

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Report: Windows Phone edging iPhone in China?

The burgeoning Chinese smartphone market stands to earn companies billions of dollars in coming years. Though this has not been independently confirmed, Microsoft now claims that Windows Phone has edged out the iPhone with a seven percent share compared to Apple’s six percent, despite Apple’s emphasis on the emerging market…. Continue reading

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