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A woman shows the new Nokia XL at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. The global wireless show that wraps up on Thursday has seen a push to get mobile devices cheap enough to reach emerging markets without sacrificing so much performance.

Right now, these Android-based Nokia phones are aimed at the developing world, but it wouldn't surprise me if they become part of Microsoft's mainstream strategy as the 39-year-old company adapts itself to the new world of devices and services.

The tech world is littered with ideas that have failed to make the grade, and it is their quirkiness that has put paid to their chances of success.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Workforce Management System Market 2014-20

Germany's Mannheim Regional Court has dismissed two lawsuits against Apple and one against HTC, all of which were brought by IP holding firm IPCom, reports say. The cases revolved around a set of standards-essential 3G patents IPCom bought from Bosch after the latter exited the carphone industry. One of the suits, had it been successful, would have have demanded almost $2.2 billion in damages ...

Gadget Watch: Fastlane in Nokia X shows promise

The Mannheim Regional Court has dismissed a lawsuit in which German patent licensing firm IPCom demanded €1.57 billion (US$2.1 billion) in damages from Apple for infringing a 3G patent, a court spokesman said Friday.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — By design, Nokia's new Android smartphones will underwhelm users of high-end phones. The Nokia X line was created with emerging markets in mind, so the company emphasized keeping prices low, meaning the user interface is relatively simple.

In late-October 2012 Microsoft released Windows Phone 8. Today, it is still the latest available iteration, more than a year after its arrival. Some would say its feature set was outdated when it launched, more so now as both rivals, Android and iOS, have been improved multiple times since, pushing them further ahead of Microsoft's own competitor. Windows Phone 8.1 is Microsoft's chance to ...

BARCELONA, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- There is a need for the world's application developers and providers to be more transparent in collecting personal information from users.

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BARCELONA, Spain — When it comes to smartphones, consumers have an array of choices from Apple to... well, Android. The impression you get stepping into most phone carriers’ showrooms is that the programmers behind Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are driving most of the innovation in smartphones.

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Handset makers have had their eye on developing markets for quite a while now. This year at the Mobile World Congress, they got really serious in getting their devices in the hands of first-time smartphone users.

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Lower Merion police are investigating a theft of a phone and a back pack from two unlocked cars parked on the 400 block of Sycamore Avenue in Merion that occurred sometime between Feb. 22 at 10:30 p.m. and Feb. 23 at 9 a.m.

The Mannheim Regional Court has dismissed a lawsuit in which German patent licensing firm IPCom demanded €1.57 billion (US$2.1 billion) in damages from Apple for infringing a 3G patent, a court spokesman said Friday. IPCom sued Apple over a patent that relates to the way handsets are allowed to access networks of various mobile telecommunications providers. The firm has declared the European ...

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Companies to demonstrate nViso's powerful facial analysis software running on CEVA-MM3101 imaging & vision platform at Mobile World Congress 2014 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and LAUSANNE, Switzerland - CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, and nViso (www.nviso.ch), a leading provider of 3D facial imaging technology ...

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) has just wrapped up for 2014, and the future is looking decidedly different from today. The saturation of smartphones in to the marketplace is forcing the top IT companies ...

A German court threw out on Friday two copyright violation lawsuits against US tech giant Apple by German firm IPCom.

Sometimes we wonder if we had too much cheese before bedtime and we're dreaming of mad stuff such as Nokias running Android or Samsung making a smartwatch that isn't hideous and rubbish. But no! These aren't fromage-fuelled flights of fancy: they're real! This week was all about Mobile World Congress, or MWC to its friends. It's where the great and the good of the mobile world come to strut ...

A regional court in Mannheim, Germany, dismissed a $2 billion claim against Apple made by IPCom, a Germany-based patent-owning company. The dismissal was made without comments.

Lower Merion police are investigating a theft of a phone and a back pack from two unlocked cars parked on the 400 block of Sycamore Avenue in Merion that occurred sometime between Feb. 22 at 10:30 p.m. and Feb. 23 at 9 a.m.

IDG News Service - The Mannheim Regional Court has dismissed a lawsuit in which German patent licensing firm IPCom demanded $2.1 billion in damages from Apple for infringing a 3G patent, a court spokesman said Friday.

There are a number of patent trolls out there that hold patents they do nothing with and only want to use them to squeeze money out of licensees. IPCom is … Continue reading

Google vice-president rubbishes rumours on successor to Nexus 5.

February 28 (DZH AAFN) -- Nokia introduced on Feb. 27 three types of Android smart phones for the fi...

Attention, bargain hunters. Vodafone has cut the prices on three pay as you go mobiles for this weekend only.

February 28 (DZH AAFN) -- Nokia introduced on Feb. 27 three types of Android smart phones for the fi...

When it comes to smartphones, consumers have an array of choices from Apple to... well, Android.

Our intrepid team of reporters spent the week in Barcelona at the world's biggest mobile trade show, looking at a slew of mobile devices and services. But what topics were on everyone's mind at Mobile World Congress 2014?

Hollywood's cutest couple Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are engaged, according to reports. E! claims to have confirmation of their marriage plans after the 'Black Swan' actress was spotted out and about wearing a huge diamond ring on her finger. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis The pair have been dating since 2012 but first met when they played a couple back in 2000 in 'That '70s Show', as ...

An estimated 48 per cent of users take no basic security measures, according to anti-virus software seller Norton

The CNET UK podcast is live (sort of) from Barcelona, where we bring you the best, the worst and the weirdest phones, tablets and gadgets from Mobile World Congress 2014. Originally posted at Mobile World Congress

How fast do you read? Probably not as fast as you can if (a) smug self-described 'speed' readers and (b) a new app called Spritz are to be believed. Spritz is a new way of displaying text via smartphones and watches which - its developers claim - can boost your reading speed up to around 1000 words per minute, with no learning time required. Instead of blocks of text, Spritz breaks paragraphs ...

Kim Kardashian may be engaged to Kanye West but that doesn't mean she can't be paid to go on dates with billionaires, does it? The reality star glammed up for a ball in Vienna after reportedly being paid $500,000 to hang out with 81-year-old Austrian businessman Richard Lugner. Kim Kardashian and Richard Lugner However, all did not go to plan after he reportedly called her "boring" and "annoying ...

The Mannheim Regional Court has dismissed a lawsuit in which German patent licensing firm IPCom demanded €1.57 billion (US$2.1 billion) in damages from Apple for infringing a 3G patent, a court spokesman said Friday.

If the PC and Intel are joined at the hip, then Intel is hobbled, with 2013's 10 percent drop in PC sales marking "the worst decline in PC market history," according to Gartner.

The Mannheim Regional Court has dismissed a lawsuit in which German patent licensing firm IPCom demanded €1.57 billion (US$2.1 billion) in damages from Apple for infringing a 3G patent, a court spokesman said Friday.

Japan's finance minister said the country might take action following the apparent collapse of a Tokyo-based exchange for the virtual currency, while Vietnam has banned its banks from handling Bitcoins.

THIEVES stole a black, moon-shaped, mock leather handbag in a burglary in Main Avenue, Heworth, overnight on Wednesday.

Australian mobile network operator, Optus has demonstrated a mobile download speed of 1.7Gbps from a single base station on its live network.

BARCELONA, Spain — The "1 percent" is often used to disparage the American elites at the very top of the wealth scale. When it comes to smartphones, however, the "1 percent" is the bottom of the heap.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) won the dismissal of a 1.57 billion-euro ($2.2 billion) lawsuit in Germany over technology used to decide priority for calls in mobile networks.

Spirent Communications Plc (Other OTC: SPMYY - news) forecast a return to revenue growth this year as the rollout of 4G mobile phone networks in China and Europe replaces dwindling U.S. demand for its telecom testing services. Spirent's shares rose as much as 7 percent on Thursday to rank the stock among the top percentage gainers on the FTSE-250 Midcap Index. Spirent, which tests ethernet and ...

DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF-Akron) hosted its annual American Advertising Awards (also known as ADDY® Awards) ceremony Feb. 21 at the Akron Civic Theatre.

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2014 file photo, Samsung CEO J.K. Shin presents the new Samsung Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain.

SEOUL, South Korea — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year. Samsung Electronics Co. has beefed up the camera in its Galaxy S5 smartphone due for April release and added smarter camera software, following Sony and Nokia in their upgrades of handset cameras.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The "1 percent" is often used to disparage the American elites at the very top of the wealth scale. When it comes to smartphones, however, the "1 percent" is the bottom of the heap.

TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Thursday that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it. Murayama said that Japan should also keep another apology over forced prostitution before and during World War II, and urged Prime Minister ...

After top smartphone makers announced new products at Mobile World Congress this week, Apple's iPhone 5s remains the only 64-bit handset available. But with new chips announced at the show and 64-bit Android now ready, competitive handsets are only a few months away.

Next-generation 5G networks could be a reality by 2020. Get ready to be wowed.

Residential property prices have risen by 6.3% in the year to January.

Smartphone photos, ubiquitous nowadays because of social media, will be closer in quality to images captured by digital single-lens reflex cameras, aka DSLR.

The head of UPC Ireland is defending the company's second price hike in 12 months.

One Direction, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez will face off at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards.The boyband leads the nominations along with Perry and...

From the release of connected bracelets, watches and even a smart toothbrush to a future of one-second high-definition movie downloads, the mobile world is developing rapidly.

Samsung Electronics Co. has beefed up the camera in its Galaxy S5 smartphone due for April release and added smarter camera software, following Sony and Nokia in their upgrades of handset cameras. The tweaks mean smartphone photos, ubiquitous nowadays because of social media such as Facebook and Twitter, will be closer in quality to images captured by digital single-lens reflex cameras, also ...

With Nokia’s ambitious launch of its first Android-powered smartphone, there’s another company vying to piggyback on the rollout of the new low-cost phone that will target developing markets: Japan’s popular messaging app, Line.

TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Thursday that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it. Murayama said that Japan should also keep another apology over forced prostitution before and during World War II, and urged Prime Minister ...

From the release of connected bracelets, watches and even a smart toothbrush to a future of one-second high-definition movie downloads, the mobile world is developing rapidly.

BARCELONA - Once the mobile world's pioneers, Nokia, Motorola and BlackBerry are now the industry's sorry laggards, searching for lost glory.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The office of Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh's dimly lit office are memories of his country's greatest tragedy. Probing the painful past started as a coping mechanism for Panh and evolved into a career. For the past two and a half decades ...

A visitor takes a picture of the new Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 during the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 25, 2014

BARCELONA (Feb 27): From the release of connected bracelets, watches and even a smart toothbrush to a future of one-second...

SEOUL : Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.

From the release of connected bracelets, watches and even a smart toothbrush to a future of one-second high-definition movie downloads, the mobile world is developing rapidly.

Barcelona (AFP) - Once the mobile world's pioneers, Nokia, Motorola and BlackBerry are now the industry's sorry laggards, searching for lost glory.

Employment increased by 3.3% in the year to the end of 2013, according to the latest figures from the CSO.

Once the mobile world's pioneers, Nokia, Motorola and BlackBerry are now the industry's sorry laggards, searching for lost glory. Analysts hold out little hope for them as they struggle to get back in a game now lorded over by Samsung and Apple. "All those historic handset makers like Nokia, Motorola and BlackBerry completely missed the boat when the smartphone arrived," said Bengt Nordstrom ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The office of Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh's dimly lit office are memories of his country's greatest tragedy. Probing the painful past started as a coping mechanism for Panh and evolved into a career. For the past two and a half decades ...

Just as everywhere else, location matters at the Mobile World Congress. The biggest trade show for mobile electronics takes the shape of a sprawling temporary city erected every February in a cavernous convention center in Barcelona, Spain.

Spotify and streaming The Top 40 will soon be going through the biggest change in its history when streaming is counted towards a song's chart position. Every chart change before now has been predominantly about sales: from vinyl to tape to CD and then download, each of these constituted a purchase. Streaming is, for obvious reasons, a whole different story. The purchase is the subscription and ...

The chipmaker has teamed with tech giants such as Apple and Qualcomm to help fend off rival Intel

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles International Airport police dispatcher who received a call seconds after a gunman opened fire last year didn't know where to send officers because no one was on the line and the airport communications system didn't identify that the call was coming from a security checkpoint emergency phone, two officials told The Associated Press.

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) - Dozens of heavily armed gunmen seized control of local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea region early Thursday and raised the Russian flag, mirroring the three-month protest movement that drove Ukraine's pro-Russian president into hiding last week.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.

TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Thursday that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it. Murayama said that Japan should also keep another apology over forced prostitution before and during World War II, and urged Prime Minister ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.

Sources say once Microsoft takes control of Nokia's hardware division, a licensing fee cut is imminent, as the company aims to compete with Android devices.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's former prime minister says the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change. Tomiichi Murayama said Tuesday that Japan should also keep another apology for forced prostitution before and during World War II, urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stand by both statements amid speculation that he and other conservative ...

It may seem that there's only bad news for Windows Phone these days, but a new report from a respected research firm says that Windows is the "fastest growing OS in the world," and sees good times ahead for it. Is this just hype, or is there some truth behind it?

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's former prime minister says the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change. Tomiichi Murayama said Tuesday that Japan should also keep another apology for forced prostitution before and during World War II, urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stand by both statements amid speculation that he and other conservative ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.

SEOUL, South Korea - Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.

With Nokia’s ambitious launch of its first Android-powered smartphone, there’s another company vying to piggyback on the rollout of the new low-cost phone that will target developing markets: Japan’s popular messaging app, Line.

Bigger than a telephone yet smaller than a personal computer, tablets were supposed to usher in a new world of mobility; yet they have hardly budged off the couch.

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has developed a smartphone geared mainly toward people working in defense and homeland security, the company said on its website.

BARCELONA - The mobile phone industry is now looking to the fast-growing demand for smartphones priced at US$100 (S$127) or below as the market for fancier high-end devices has become saturated, but not all handset makers are able or willing to trade down. Much of the talk this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the industry's biggest annual trade fair, has turned from the latest ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year. Samsung Electronics Co. has beefed up the camera in its Galaxy S5 smartphone due for April release and added smarter camera software, following Sony and Nokia in their upgrades of handset cameras.

British telecoms testing company Spirent Communications Plc said it expected high single-digit percentage growth in organic revenue in 2014, helped by a recovery in China, growth in the Americas and stability ...

Christof Hellmis, head of map platforms at Nokia HERE is looking into the future as the company turns its hardware over to Microsoft and finds its new path. C|net interviewed him at Mobile World Congress. "First we had paper maps with lots of colourful lines but now the world is moving... Continue reading

Competition for the biggest honours at MWC 2014 has been fierce, but our dauntless team of phone experts have scoured the show floor for the biggest and best tech of the year. What will be crowned best tablet? At a phone show, which handset could possibly take best phone? And what's the tech that's got tongues wagging both at MWC and on the internet? Meet the winners of TechRadar's MWC 2014 ...

At Mobile World Congress, a preview of a central way to manage washing machines, parking meters, and glucose sensors. According to booth-manning reps at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, IBM later today will announce an “Internet of Things Cloud” with free enrollment of the first ten connected gadgets–whether washing machines or parking meters. It’s the kind of teaser more closely associated ...

In its January 2014 issue, Wired magazine's cover story was all about wearable smart devices and the inevitability of their ubiquity. Somehow, I am not yet a believer that is what lies ahead anytime soon. Before Steve Jobs conjured up the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, nobody knew such simple and elegant devices could disrupt our world in the way they have in the last decade. Jobs was convinced ...

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Galaxy S5 new software and camera features BARCELONA, Spain -- Artificial spot lighting at trade show booths doesn't make for the optimal conditions to test out what a camera can do. However, it does at least give you a fairly good idea of how the Samsung Galaxy S5's 16-megapixel shooter works in this kind of indoor setting. (And yes, we did ask, beg, and plead to take the phone outside into the ...

The year 2013 was all about smartphone adoption in India

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Since its inception, Windows Phone has been a closed platform. Just like with iOS, you have to buy the hardware if you want the software. Starting with Windows 8.1, Microsoft will be making its mobile OS a bit more open. …

On Monday night, Julie Larson-Green was promoted to one of the most important roles within Microsoft.