Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have unveiled “Everything Everywhere” (E2), the new name for their combined UK mobile operators, Orange and T-mobile. The new company, which received regulatory approval in March, has some 30 million subscribers, making it the biggest mobile network operator in the UK, pushing O2 into second spot with Vodafone third and 3UK fourth. read more …
Amazon.com has reported first-quarter income of $299m, an increase of 68% compared with the same period a year ago. Net sales increased 46% to $7.13bn topping analysts’ estimates of sales of $6.87bn and operating income was up 62% to $394m, compared with the first quarter of 2009. read more …
UK- and New Zealand-based developer EuroSmartz has announced the release of version 1.2 of its popular PrintCentral app, which, as the name implies, brings printing capabilities to iPhone OS devices. Although PrintCentral is a Universal app that can be installed on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, all the major changes that have made their way into this version were developed specifically for the last of those devices. read more …
Twitter introduced on Friday its first official applications for smartphones, on the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. The apps are part of Twitter’s bid to extend the Twitter experience on all major mobile platfotwitter blackberryrms the company says. No word on official Android or Palm WebOS apps yet. read more …
Microsoft Corp and PrimeSense™, the leader in 3D sensing and recognition technologies, announced on the 31st of March that PrimeSense will be providing its leading-edge 3D-sensing technology for use in “Project Natal” for Xbox 360. read more …
Google partners in China have begun severing ties with the internet firm since it announced it was redirecting Chinese language searches through Hong Kong to bypass mainland censorship rules.The move comes less than a week after a group of partners in China called on the internet firm to provide some clarity around its plans, saying the uncertainty was hurting their businesses. read more …
According to computerworld.com, for the first time Facebook replaced Google as the most visited Web site in the U.S. for a full week. Facebook was the most-visited Web site in the country for the week ending March 13, Hitwise said, an online traffic monitor, in a report today. While Google has returned to the top spot, Matt Tatham, a Hitwise spokesman, said grabbing that position for a whole week was a major milestone for Facebook. read more …
OCZ Technology Group Inc. today unveiled the OCZ Onyx SATA II 2.5-in. solid state drive series, calling it “an ultra-affordable” product and the first that it will sell for under $100. The company did not specify a suggested retail price. read more …
Cisco acquired Navini Networks, which made WiMax RAN (radio access network) equipment, in 2007. The dominant IP networking company said at the time that it saw a powerful opportunity to bring broadband Internet access to developing countries through WiMax. read more …
Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video. The deal closed after gaining approval from On2 shareholders and was valued at US$124.6 million, Google said in a brief statement late Friday. The figure was about $18 million more than the value stated when the companies announced the acquisition last year. read more …
