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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…
Oracle to patch Java vulnerability on short notice
Oracle may release a patch for Java 7 as early as Tuesday to close serious security vulnerabilities. Oracle is reportedly working on a Java 7 patch that would be part of a major security update on Tuesday fixing a total of 86 vulnerabilities. …
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…
iPhone 5 Sales Peak at 46.5 Million Units
Apple will sell around 46.5 million iPhones by the turn of the year. That is a huge increase compared to the previous quarter, when it sold 'only' 26.9 million units. According to an analyst at investment bank Stern Agee, cited by Apple Inside…
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 …
Google Music launch on November 16
According to rumors, search giant Google will launch its own online music store next Wednesday. The company has sent out an invitation for an event on November 16 in Los Angeles titled ‘These go to eleven’, reports the website The Verge. The p…
Apple disables iPhone jailbreak detection
Apple has quietly disabled the detection API for iPhone jailbreaks. iOS 4 now appears to tolerate jailbreaking. Apple introduced the jailbreak detection API (application programming interface) last summer in iOS 4.0. The reasons for its remova…