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Mozilla invests in German privacy browser Cliqz
Mozilla is investing an as-yet undisclosed amount in Cliqz, the developer of the privacy browser of the same name. The companies want to bring the browser, currently focused on Germany, to other countries as well. Cliqz is currently available …
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…
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 …
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…
Five ways Windows vindicates Steve Jobs
The influence of the recently stepped-down Steve Jobs remains palpable—not only for Apple products and fanboys. Jobs’ vision is now also being affirmed by PC giant Microsoft. Five times Windows proves Jobs right. Flash ban Apple’s archrival M…
Google is working on MySQL support in App Engine
Google’s cloud computing service App Engine will give developers the ability to set up a relational database. The database software is based on, and compatible with, the widely used MySQL database. At the moment, a small number of developers c…