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<title><![CDATA[Apple unveils iPad 2 (roundup)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CEO Steve Jobs returns from medical leave to show off the latest version of Apple's hittablet.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)The iPad 2 makes its debutApple unveils the latest version of its popular tablet: theiPad 2. Thinner, lighter, and faster than the original, it goes on sale March 11. (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon) March 2, 2011 10:25 a.m. PTJobs makes surprise showing at iPad 2 unveilingApple's co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs surprised most by emceeing today's iPad 2 unveiling in San Francisco. Jobs had announced his third medical absence from Apple in early January. (Posted in Apple by Josh Lowensohn)March 2, 2011 1:55 p.m. PTWhat you need to know about the iPad 2faq CNET has put together this FAQ on the iPad 2 to serve a quick guide on the new features and capabilities of the new tablet.(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon) March 2, 2011 4:18 p.m. PT<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What should Nokia do]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>resirman52</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Nokia N8 is a good start, but Nokia needs to do more in the smartphone space.(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)It's hard to know what to make of Nokia these days. Though it still holds a huge worldwide market share and sells more phones than its competitors, it doesn't quite capture the buzz it once had, and its presence in the United States has dwindled. Sure, the Finns maintain a healthy business selling low-end handsets in emerging markets, but over the last three years, smartphones are where the action is. And though Nokia still succeeds in that space occasionally--we quite liked the Nokia N8, for example--its strategy has been rather unclear.To its credit, Nokia is aware of the problem. At last September's Nokia World, company execs vowed to &quot;shift into high gear&quot; and &quot;fight back in smartphone leadership.&quot; How exactly that fight will unfold remains a popular point of debate in the wireless industry--many analysts have urged Nokia to join the Android family--but up until now, Nokia has kept its cards close.Come next Friday, however, Nokia will fully outline its new strategy at an investor meeting in London. CEO Stephen Elop announced the February 11 meeting during the company's quarterly earnings call last week. Elop didn't get specific, but he set off a wave of speculation when he said the company needs to &quot;build or join a competitive ecosystem.&quot;&quot;The game has changed from a battle of devices to a war of ecosystems,&quot; Elop said during the call. &quot;And competitive ecosystems are gaining momentum and share.&quot; Immediately, some Nokia watchers theorized that the company would announce that it was developing a handset based on Windows Phone 7 or Android.Such a move would be surprising, considering that as of late the company has been mildly dismissive of Android while continuing to promote Symbian and the developing MeeGo platform. But with the market throttling forward at rapid speed, Nokia may have decided the radical change is necessary. So what could its options beStay with MeeGoFrom what I've seen, most of my tech journalist colleagues are advocating this path. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, for instance, doesn't see an OS switch to Microsoft happening. Similarly, PCMag's Sacha Segan and Eric Zeman at Information Week also urged Nokia to develop MeeGo as a worthy competitor to Google and Microsoft.Though I agree that this is the most likely scenario, I can't say that it excites me. Experienced Symbian users may love Symbian, but the OS can be maddening for everyone else. Sure, Nokia did give Symbian 3 a nice upgrade on the N8, but it needs to do more. And though I'm always a fan of customer choice, MeeGo just doesn't spark my interest at this point. It could be really cool, and I'm hoping that it is, but Nokia needs to deliver real MeeGo handsets soon.AndroidThe most unlikely of the three, I'd say, but still not impossible. Indeed, jumping into Android would entail risks. The OS is growing fast and it's attracted the attention of major players like Motorola, HTC, and Samsung. Nokia would be arriving late to the party and its rivals will fight to keep the leadership positions they've assumed. On the other hand, Nokia could play an &quot;always late, but worth the wait&quot; role.Windows Phone 7Honestly, I wouldn't mind if Nokia went this route while also developing MeeGo.Windows Phone 7 is new and it has its growing pains, but the OS has a lot of promise. Nokia could benefit by getting involve with an OS from the ground up, and Microsoft--which is Elop's previous employer, by the way--could use the exposure from an industry giant.Whatever happens, we'll know for sure next week after Elop breaks the news in London. CNET also will be at Mobile World Congress a few days after that in Barcelona, Spain, where Nokia will kick off its presence at the show by holding a press conference February 13.What do you think Nokia will do Take our poll and leave a comment below.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[StackMob duct tapes typical add-ons onto mobile apps until Apple and Google do it]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>resirman52</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[[Updated to reflect co-founder Ty Amell's wording to indicate he was speaking with a number of large enterprise companies but had not signed any yet.] StackMob has a pretty novel idea: make a launchpad for developers looking to add all the usual bell and whistles to their mobile applications. Its foundersjust have to make sure they beat Apple and Google to the punch a4&quot; which they hope to do by launching an open beta later next month.The idea is to take away all the technical elements of developing add-ons for an application to let each developer focus on &amp;''what they are good at,&amp;'' said co-founder Ty Amell. Those add-ons range from ways to track analytics, adding a social layer for sharing on Facebook and Twitter and others. That way, developers can focus on making their games look a little better or make the applications run just a little slicker.StackMob is the next in a long line of startups that have pegged themselves as a &amp;''Heroku for X&amp;'' (where you can stuff whatever you want within reason in place of X.)The StackMob set includes application programming interfaces (APIs) for adding social integration and other back-end services. You can add ways to sync up to cloud storage services, push notifications, analytics services and a few other typically used add-ons for mobile applications.&amp;''If you build your back-end on StackMob, you only have to do it once,&amp;'' said co-founder Pouyan Salehi. &amp;''It&amp;'s easier than having to re-build the back-end on every platform.&amp;''But adding services like these for developers seems like a natural extension to the current development ecosystem run by Apple and Google. Amell said he expects those features to pop up eventually in each development tool set. They&amp;'ll just be mutually exclusive a4&quot; meaning developers will have to use different development tool sets for each mobile operating system a4&quot; as Apple and Google have always been.That&amp;'s what StackMob is trying to focus on a4&quot; being a one-stop shop for mobile APIs a4&quot; to survive when Google and Apple inevitably start including those tools for developers. The current development set is optimized for iOS, but developers can also retrofit it for use with Android applications a4&quot; they just won&amp;'t be able to use the push API. Developers can even take the tools and build a stripped-down website complete with those APIs.The next major focus is optimizing the service for Android, which Amell said he is convinced is the next big thing. He said that most mobile developers in China are actually developing applications on Android, and that StackMob wasn&amp;'t interested in building a platform for devices that weren&amp;'t going to take off (perhaps a nod to Palm&amp;'s late WebOS, despite its recent resurgence.) Adding BlackBerry to the development tool set is next on the list for StackMob once it&amp;'s available for Android.The team is led by Amell, a member of the formerly popular online music service imeem that was bought out by MySpace in a fire sale, and former Apple employee Salehi a4&quot; who Amell has nudged to join the team from practically day one, he said. Salehi was an adviser since the company launched but finally joined the team in August.StackMob has already raised money through a seed funding round. Harrison Metal and Baseline Ventures, both investors in Heroku, participated in StackMob&amp;'s seed funding round. The service is currently in a closed alpha and is speaking with a number of large enterprise clients a4&quot; though Amell wouldn&amp;'t disclose which ones. StackMob will go live in beta form for everyone late next month.Previous Story: Shopkick: Our users are checking into dealsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: APIs, application programming interfaces, Back-end servicesCompanies: Heroku, StackMobPeople: Ty Amell          Tags: APIs, application programming interfaces, Back-end servicesCompanies: Heroku, StackMobPeople: Ty AmellMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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