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BitTorrent builds cloud-free chat service
Peer-to-peer service BitTorrent is responding to the demand for encrypted chatting and is building a cloud-free chat service. The alpha can now be tested. BitTorrent is experimenting with a new encrypted chat service. The company that became f…
Microsoft acquires Nokia’s mobile division
For a total amount of 5.44 billion euros, the mobile division of Finnish phone maker Nokia will come into Microsoft’s hands. The total acquisition price of just over 5 billion euros consists largely (3.79 billion euros) of a payment for the ph…
Smartphone market grows by 47 percent
In the third quarter, 169.2 million smartphones were sold worldwide. An increase of 46.9 percent compared with the same period a year earlier. The entire mobile phone market accounted for 428 million units, a decline of 3.1 percent. The figure…
Android at 75 Percent Market Share
Three-quarters of all smartphones in the world run on Google’s Android operating system. This is evident from figures published by research firm IDC. Apple, with the iPhone, holds a 14.9 percent market share. IDC’s figures relate to the third …
Mozilla Debuts Firefox OS
A designer of Mozilla’s Firefox OS has unveiled several screenshots of the new mobile operating system. Early next year, the OS is set to debut on mobile devices. Mozilla designer Robert Nyman has shared screenshots of the design of the forthc…
Majority of iPhone apps leak personal data
Two-thirds of the most widely used iPhone applications transmit personal data to external servers. App developers and advertisers can monitor users. About 68 percent of the most popular iPhone apps send personal data such as device IDs, as wel…