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AdMob is out with its May 2010 Mobile Metrics, comparing the current figures from the numbers two years ago. As we all know and AdMob’s report proves that, smartphone adoption
— most notably iPhone and Android — was growing at a record pace during the period. Here are the key numbers:
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Signal issues with new iPhone described as a “fact of life” by Apple, rectifiable by holding the phone in a different way or buying a $29 case
Apple has issued an official response to customers complaining of dropped signal when holding the new iPhone 4.
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Industry increases UK store count by 12.5pc in economic recession, as Orange outruns average retail growth
Mobile phone retailers recorded a 12.5 per cent growth in their presence on the high street in the year to April 2010, according to statistics collected by the Local Data Company (LDC).
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With Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) barreling down the product pipeline to meet their Windows Phone 7 launch window, set for later this year, it’s not too surprising to see the first WP7 ROM leak out to the web. We’ve already had plenty of time to play with Microsoft’s completely revamped mobile operating system, and that takes a bit of the bite out of this ROM leak. But, we do learn some juicy info. Hidden in the ROM is a mention of what is likely to be the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone, made by none other than HTC. It’s called the HTC “Mondrian” and it’s sort of a tribute to the WP7 Metro UI.
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Unicef has teamed up with local radio show “Saathi Sanga Manka Kura” (SSMK) to launch a free SMS number (4400) for youths in Nepal so they could text in their views and comments on issues that concern them to the global organisation.
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Righty dokey, folks, time for a couple of bits of news from the Microsoft camp, and they’re only snippets, really, so it seemed a bit daft trying to split them up into two separate stories (not least because it’d leave each one with a wordcount of about, ooooh, seven words).
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Research In Motion has purchased Viigo, a developer of software that delivers syndicated content to mobile phones, according to a brief note on Viigo’s Web site.
Viigo users open the software client on their phones to find a range of information such as weather reports, stock quotes, sports information, podcasts and news headlines. The software is customizable, so users can choose headlines from preferred news sources and set locations for weather information.
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AN international study may have found a link between long-term mobile phone use and brain tumours.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to release a 10-year study into the connection between mobile phones and cancer.
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A group of international scientists released a report last week that again raises concerns about cell phone usage and brain tumors, noting that one recent Swedish study saw a 400% increased risk for teenage cell phone users.
The 37-page report, from a group calling itself the International EMF (Electromagnetic Field) Collaborative, summarized what it said are the dangers of cell phone use, especially for children, and attempted to blunt an upcoming study being developed by the wireless industry in 13 countries, mainly in western Europe.
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For most of us, not knowing what the weather is going to do might at worst result in a soggy barbecue or a washed-out cricket or football match. For a farmer in the developing world it could result in the loss of an entire harvest which, at best, makes life that much harder or, at worst, brings on financial ruin or considerable human suffering. If enough farmers over a wide geographical area are affected, widespread famine becomes a very real possibility.
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