AT&T has revealed plans to launch a new service that would give mobile app developers the option of paying for the mobile data used by their app subscribers. Although this sounds ludicrous, AT&T's network and technology head John Donovan likened it to offering a 1-800 Toll-Free option for apps, where developers could motivate users to download and use their apps if the data involved in using the apps didn't count towards the users' data plan limits.
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Facebook accesses your text messages
A report from the London's Sunday Times took a look at how mobile apps are encroaching on user privacy, and hit particularly hard on the fact that anyone who downloads the Facebook mobile app is giving over their entire text messaging history to the social networking site. The site apparently used this data as research in the process of developing its own SMS-like messaging service. So far, it has only tapped into the texting inboxes of a handful of users, but it has the power to grab any and all texts if it wants to.
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New Android malware spreads via Facebook, bypasses Google Bouncer
Despite Google's recent efforts to bulk up on Android Market security with the Bouncer system, a new Android malware has hit the scene and uses Facebook to spread. Google's Bouncer system is supposed to screen malicious apps from penetrating Android Market, but this new malware circumvents the system by spreading through Facebook's mobile app.
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Dropbox adds automatic image upload with latest update
If you are a Dropbox user, the Android app has a new feature that I think you'll like. The new feature gives you the ability to automatically sync photos you take with your smartphone to the Dropbox storage account. The coolest part is unlike some other applications that offer this capability; Dropbox allows you to upload any size photos.
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The Pokemon Company issues statement on fake App Store game
In a world where Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonists struggle getting their own content approved as an iPhone app, somehow a lone developer managed to submit a game that was a blatant ripoff and trademark infringement of one of the most recognizable franchises in the world, which didn't even work, and rise to the #2 spot in the App Store charts. That's Apple for you. Of course, by now the 99-cent Pokemon Yellow game has been removed from iTunes but not before there was a huge kerfuffle.
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You Don’t Care About Privacy
Moral outrage over privacy, tracking and where exactly our personal details end up has been very much in fashion in recent weeks, with Google, app makers and others variously accused of taking advantage of us gullible, innocent users. Congress, the FTC, privacy watchdogs and journalists are each competing to see who can foam most dramatically at the mouth; developers and companies, meanwhile, each struggle to raise the bar when it comes to groveling, heartfelt apologies. Yet few are talking about the root causes of the privacy morass: ignorance, arrogance and entitlement.
Clik makes your smartphone an awesome remote control
It's one part smartphone, one part Youtube, one part QR codes, and nine parts pure ingenuity. A new app called Clik allows users to seamlessly use their phone to control Youtube videos on a computer or bigger screen. Several people can even join in, making it possible to turn Youtube into an even more social experience. And the video sharing site is just the first step for this brand new mobile project. In the future, Clik hopes to become a ubiquitous way to connect between smartphones and other devices.
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RIM Blackberry Playbook won’t support ad-powered Android apps
When Research in Motion's Playbook tablet first began to show signs of struggling, analysts suggested one of the only ways to rise from the grave would be to offer some way of bringing Android apps to the platform. The Blackberry App World marketplace simply wasn't attractive to developers, and consumers were not impressed by the limited selection. So RIM has managed to fulfill that call to action, but there are increasing limitations that lead to more questions about whether the Playbook is sustainable.
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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 launches Feburary 21
The much delayed updated to RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook seems confirmed for release on February 21, if internal marketing docs obtained by Engadget prove to be accurate. The update is expected to show at Mobile World Congress later this month, but now we have a more precise date for anxious PlayBook owners.
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Ford ships OpenXC beta kits for in-car apps
Apps will soon be as prevalent for your car as they are for your smartphones, or at least that's what Ford is aiming for. The car maker's Research and Innovation team has joined forces with Bugs Lab to create a software and hardware platform called OpenXC that will allow third-party developers to create custom apps for cars. Today, they've released the beta dev kits for developers to start tinkering.
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Apple’s iAd reaches 18% Display Ad Spending Share
Apple is making changes to its mobile advertising program called iAd as it moves in on Google's AdMob and beats out Millennial Media for US Mobile Display Ad Spending Share in 2011 according to analysts at eMarketer. As the mobile advertising market grows, Apple has started to make changes which will benefit mobile ad developers as well as advertisers. In its latest set of updates, Apple has reportedly boosted the amount it pays out to mobile app developers allowing advertisements and reduced the minimum ad buy advertisers have to make to run iAd campaigns.
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Microsoft ex-employee creates long-distance vibrator app
Can you feel the love in the air? Valentine's Day is just mere hours away and for the next 24 hours, couples will be reunited with lavish dinners, treats, gifts...or if you're like me, a last-minute bundle of flowers bought from the local grocery store. But if you happen to be away from your lover on the manufactured greeting card company holiday, Justin Wilcox has a solution for you.
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