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<title><![CDATA[Apple, Android surge in 2010' Nokia, RIM slip]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jegmeylvoxe3</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:IDC)In 2010, the smartphone arena continued its shift with Apple and Android vendors grabbing a greater slice of the global market and Nokia and Research In Motion watching their shares drop, according to research firm IDC.The year as a whole still found Nokia and BlackBerry maker RIM in first and second places, respectively, with the highest market shares and units shipped across the globe, according to IDC's latest &quot;Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker,&quot; which was released today. But Nokia saw its annual market share fall to 33.1 percent, from 39 percent in 2009, while RIM's share dropped to 16.1 percent from almost 20 percent.Those numbers contrasted with third-place Apple, whose share rose to 15.7 percent from 14.5 percent and shipped 47.5 million phones, up from the 25.1 million shipped in 2009.TheiPhone captured a great chunk of global smartphone customers last year, with solid growth coming from Asia/Pacific and Japan. Apple's flagship phone also found its way further entrenched in the enterprise market, IDC noted, as more businesses have added the iPhone to their list of approved smartphones. For the final quarter, Apple actually surged past RIM as the world's second leading smartphone vendor.The biggest waves, though, were created by Google's Android as vendors Samsung and HTC rounded out the top five list of global mobile smartphone vendors. Shipping 23 million smartphones last year compared with 5.5 million in 2009, Samsung's market share climbed to 7.6 percent from 3.2 percent. And with 21.5 million units shipped last year versus only 8.1 million the prior year, HTC saw its share jump to 7.1 percent from 4.7 percent.&quot;Android continues to gain by leaps and bounds, helping to drive the smartphone market,&quot; Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team, said in a statement. &quot;It has become the cornerstone of multiple vendors' smartphone strategies, and has quickly become a challenger to market leader Symbian. Although Symbian has the backing of market leader Nokia, Android has multiple vendors, including HTC, LG Electronics, Motorola, Samsung and a growing list of companies deploying Android on their devices.&quot;Despite the ups and downs of individual smartphone vendors, the overall industry boomed during 2010 and the quarter that ended it.The year as a whole saw 302.6 million smartphones shipped, a gain of 74 percent from the 173.5 million shipped in 2009. The fourth quarter alone accounted for 100.9 million smartphones shipped, up 87.2 percent from the 53.9 million shipped in the prior year's final quarter.Looking at 2011, IDC is eyeing further gains for the smartphone industry as vendors continue to expand their product lineups. Though the high-end smartphone market has helped drive growth over the past few years, more mid-range and low-end models are expected to hit the market. That will make smartphones in general more affordable by pushing down prices on higher-end units and ramping up overall competition in the industry.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows Phone 7 home-brew hole to be plugged]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jegmeylvoxe3</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The team behind ChevronWP7, an application that was released last November as a way for users to install applications without going through Microsoft's Marketplace application or signing up for a paid developer account, says that Microsoft has fixed the &quot;error&quot; that had allowed the hack, and will be rolling out that fix as part of the upcomingWindows Phone 7 software update. ChevronWP7 was available for user download for just a few days before being taken down by its three-man development team. Brandon Watson, director of developer Eexperience for Windows Phone 7, had gotten in touch with the development group about &quot;officially facilitating home-brew development on WP7,&quot; in exchange for the tool being pulled. Even so, users who had downloaded the application could continue to use it, even with the phone re-locking itself every two weeks as part of a protective measure.Microsoft's first Windows Phone 7 update is scheduled for release in the next month or so, though atCES, the phone team would not nail down an exact time frame. Along with the long-awaited copy/paste feature, the first update will bring considerable performance enhancements to the launch of graphics-intensive games and applications, as well as a more organized Marketplace search tool.(via Winrumors)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unity Technologies brings browser-based 3D graphics to Android devices]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jegmeylvoxe3</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Desktop computers moved to 3D graphics a long time ago. But mobile technology is moving fast toward adopting a better 3D experience. One sign of that is the announcement today that Unity Technologies will now be able to support cool 3D graphics on Android mobile devices.The Unity plugin is already available to create cool 3D graphics on Apple devices. But now it is casting a wider net and the net result is that mobile computing devices will get closer to matching the PC when it comes to visualization. It also means that 3D graphics will likely run equally well on a lot of different smartphones and tablet computers, regardless of who makes them, because they all tap the underlying Unity 3D browser plugins. The company made the announcement at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today.Games with cool 3D graphics must often be loaded onto a computer via a   DVD. Or they can be downloaded over the web in a very long transfer of   gigabytes and gigabytes of data. That means anyone with a weak   computer or a slow broadband connection cana4a4t play those games on their   desktops. And forget about playing on a laptop or netbook.But  Unity makes a plug-in for web browsers that allows them to  display  high-end graphics without the disk loads or time-consuming  downloads.  If developers fashion their games using Unitya4a4s development  kit, their  games will be able to run in web browsers. Today&amp;'s announcement means it will be much easier to create 3D games and get them to run on Android devices, not to mention other devices running Unity software.Unitya4a4s  technology will likely always lag the performance capabilities  of games  that are stored on computers, but if it becomes good enough  for most  games, it could have enormous implications. One of them is the  removal  of friction from online games. Many online games with  sophisticated 3D  graphics cana4a4t reach broader audiences because of the  limitations of  usersa4a4 computers and broadband connections. If those  barriers are  overcome through Unitya4a4s plug-in technology, (which could  eventually be  built into browsers), then a lot more people would be  able to play  online games. That&amp;'s why Unity has 400,000 developers using its development kit.Upcoming Android devices that will be supported by Unity include Nvidia  Tegra 2-based tablets and the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Smartphone.Another sign of improving 3D support was an announcement on Sunday by Adobe that its Flash player will soon be able to support hardware-based 3D acceleration. Code-named Molehill, the Adobe technology will let devices that it is running on use available 3D graphics hardware to accelerate the Adobe software so that it runs much faster on the particular device.If developers can build games with 3D graphics in Flash, then it might seem like there is no need for developers to use the Unity 3D engine anymore. But the Adobe solution doesn&amp;'t come with many of the developer support tools that Unity provides. And Unity has argued that its plugin will be better suited for some tasks than the Flash player.The same goes for Epic Games&amp;' Unreal Engine, which is moving from high-end desktop PCs to mobile devices as well. That means that the whole space is becoming more competitive and that there could be multiple ways to do 3D on the web and mobile devices in the future. The end result will be that consumers will soon be able to enjoy eye-popping 3D without a lot of the bad side effects such as requiring a more expensive device or waiting for long downloads.Another potential rival is Web GL, an emerging standard supported by Google Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. That technology will enable web browsers to display 3D graphics without a plugin.Unity has 100 employees. It has raised $5.5 million from Sequoia Capital and angels Diane Greene and David Gardner. Unity was started in Denmark and moved to San Francisco. The  companya4a4s  platform is compatible with a wide number of systems,  including the  iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac, Android, Wii, Xbox 360 and the  PlayStation 3. Game publishers using the platform include Electronic  Arts, Disney, Cartoon Network, Bigpoint and Nexon. So far, users have  downloaded the plug-in to play games based on Unity tens of millions of  times.The company was founded in 2003 by Helgason (pictured, right),  user experience chief Nicholas Francis (middle), and chief  technology officer Joachim Ante (left). Their goal was to democratize game development by making tools that anyone could use to create a cool 3D game.&amp;''Since its introduction in 2005, Unity has gone from bedroom geekery to truly mainstream and won dozens of prestigious awards and accolades,&amp;'' said Helgason.Next Story: Web training site Grovo gets a facelift and revenue model Previous Story: Microsofta4a4s Bing overtakes Yahoo globally (again)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Flash, Unity 3DCompanies: Adobe, Google, Unity TechnologiesPeople: David Helgason          Tags: Android, Flash, Unity 3DCompanies: Adobe, Google, Unity TechnologiesPeople: David HelgasonDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. 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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<title><![CDATA[How popular are you online PeekScores knows]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how popular you are on the Web &amp;8212' and how you stack up to othersPeople search company PeekYou has developed a program that lets you track how your online persona ranks relative to others&amp;' on the Internet.It released data this week that showed that using its PeekScores data, the top five college dropouts with the highest web presence were Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell and Richard Branson.The company&amp;'s PeekScores service, launched this summer, now indexes people with their public web URLs, then takes into account a user&amp;'s known presence and activity on the Internet.This includes, but is not limited to, someone&amp;'s blogging, their participation in social networks, the number of friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content someone creates, and their prominence in the news.The program usesalgorithms for analyzing and filtering public Web content, and matching it to the person who created that information or is mentioned in it.This involves methods for cross-checking key data points identified from different sources, such as recognizing which John Smiths on the Internet are one and the same and which of them are different people.PeekYou&amp;'s competitors include similar people finders Spock.com (now owned by Intelius),Wink.com (now owned by MyLife),Pipl.com and123people.com.The space is particularly crowded now due to how much more often businesses and people are using these sorts of sites to make major decisions, said the company&amp;'s founder.&amp;''Not having a copious and well-defined presence on the Internet will soon be a serious detriment to anyone on the job market, if it is not so already,&amp;'' CEO Michael Hussey told me. &amp;''Employers are placing increasing weight on a candidatea4a4s reputation on the Internet, and onea4a4s online persona will be weighed alongside onea4a4s resume for any given hiring decision.&amp;''&amp;''The same goes for prospective dates,&amp;'' he added. &amp;''Chances are youa4a4ll get &amp;8216'Googled,&amp;' and pretty much everyone knows by now that the results of that search can have practical consequences for you, both good and bad.&amp;''Prior to founding PeekYou in 2006, Hussey started the RateMy series of websites, which include sites such as RateMyTeachers, RateMyProfessors and RateMyFace.PeekYou served five million people in February, up 300 percent in the past year, and Hussey said the company believes it will grow 10 times larger in the coming years, as its index continues to grow and improve.Thus far, the company has raised $1.7 million total from investor Baldev Duggal of Duggal Dimensions.PeekYou isnow profitable but said it is considering options for a larger investment this year to keep up with demand.Previous Story: No Twitter IPO this year, says co-founder Biz StonePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: 123people.com, Duggal Dimensions, Intelius, MyLife, Peekyou, Pipl.com, RateMyFace, RateMyProfessors, RateMyTeachers, Spock.com, Wink.comPeople: baldev duggal, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, michael hussey, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs          Companies: 123people.com, Duggal Dimensions, Intelius, MyLife, Peekyou, Pipl.com, RateMyFace, RateMyProfessors, RateMyTeachers, Spock.com, Wink.comPeople: baldev duggal, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, michael hussey, Richard Branson, Steve JobsRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. 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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