Apple names Kindle Fire in revised 'App Store' lawsuit against Amazon
Apple modified its lawsuit against Amazon this week, accusing the giant e-tailer of infringing its "App Store" trademark in new advertising for the Kindle Fire tablet.
Apple modified its lawsuit against Amazon this week, accusing the giant e-tailer of infringing its "App Store" trademark in new advertising for the Kindle Fire tablet.
Malware targeting Google's Android mobile operating system exploded in the last several months, its volume quintupling since July, Juniper Networks said today.
Within the next year, almost half of all doctors will be using tablets and other mobile devices to perform everyday tasks, such as accessing patient information in electronic medical records (EMRs), according to the <a href="http://www.comptia.org/news/pressreleases/11-11-16/Healthcare_Practices_Embrace_Mobile_Technologies_New_CompTIA_Research_Reveals.aspx">survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association</a> (CompTIA), a nonprofit group.
Google today relaunched its Gmail app for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, two weeks after it yanked a buggy version.
AT&T plans to add six more cities to its 4G LTE network on Nov. 20, bringing the total to 15 cities in the U.S.
Although developer enthusiasm for Apple's iOS remains strong, app programmers are extremely interested in Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet as it hits the racks, a new survey said.
Adobe has promised to support the soon-to-be-orphaned Flash Player plug-in for mobile browsers, but has not said how long it will continue to patch security bugs in the software.
Research in Motion will continue to use Adobe Flash Player, at least for the BlackBerry Playbook tablet, even after Adobe announced it will discontinue Flash for the mobile Web.
Adobe's decision to stop Flash Player development for mobile browsers will likely be repeated for browsers on the desktop, just not anytime soon, analysts said today.
The <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221572/Nook_Tablet_vs._Kindle_Fire_Which_will_win_">low-cost computer tablets</a> coming next week from Amazon and Barnes & Noble connect only over Wi-Fi networks, which reduces costs and also cuts the nation's 3G/4G cellular carriers out of the equation.
As predicted, Barnes & Noble introduced a $US249 Nook Tablet that has about double the memory and internal storage</a> of the upcoming $US199 Amazon Kindle Fire.
Wi-Fi on college campuses is nothing new, but the University of Massachusetts at Amherst recently completed one of the largest 802.11n deployments ever, providing wireless access to some 12,000 dormitory residents.
Barnes & Noble plans to announce a $249 Nook Tablet on Monday with double the memory and storage of the coming $199 Kindle Fire from Amazon.com, according to documents obtained by <a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/bandn-nook-tablet-leak/#4582450">Engadget</a> .
Workers are planning to do more online holiday shopping this year while on the job, with many using their own personal smartphones and tablets, a new survey shows.
Just minutes after launching its first native Gmail app for Apple's iPhone and iPad, Google pulled the program, saying it had "messed up" by issuing a flawed version.