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Strategies for Application Development; Part I

Yesterday, I met a rookie mobile developer who asked me which strategies I’ve been employing to develop applications for clients. First of all, in most cases, pre-installed applications differs drastically from companies applications that support the work... Read >

Microsoft loses Word tool $290m patent case.

By Contador Harrison Wanarua The US Supreme Court said Microsoft must pay following rulings by lower courts that it had infringed a patent on a technology linked to the Microsoft Word, a widely used word-processing program. A Toronto-based company cal... Read >

Will Microsoft's Win 8 make large inroads versus IOS, Android, and other touch-centric mobile OSs?”

By Contador Wanarua Generally speaking, this looks good. Pity there is so much negativity about Windows and Microsoft. I use both Apple and PCs and know that Windows has always plodded along behind Apple. Here it looks as though, in some ways, Redmon... Read >

Samsung Galaxy Mini Review

After three weeks first hand experience, I can confirm that Samsung Galaxy mini is one of the best budget smart phone which has a 600MHz processor that I have across. The mini is a pocket-stretching smart phone measuring 60 by 110 by 12mm and it was no su... Read >

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Review

Sony Ericsson Xperia is the latest model to join the Xperia family and is a stylish, ultra-lightweight smartphone powered by Android and is 8.7mm slim with 117gm lightweight. The phone is sleek, super-slim Arc is so light. The phone has a 4.2in reality di... Read >

Microsoft boss says future computers will recognize you

Microsoft’s Kinect accessory for the Xbox gaming console sold eight million units in 60 days – in a radical new approach to gaming, it uses a camera simply to “read" a user’s movements and insert them into a video game. “You are the controller" is the slo... Read >

Android maintains the lead over Apple and Windows

Latest indicates that Android’s applications store has grown to 150,000; from 50,000 just a year ago but Apple, however, has 350,000 applications. This is an indication that balance of power could be shifting from Apple to Google’s Android platform. Accor... Read >

The end of Personal Computers part Two

Robert Osbourne, a futurist friend and whom i sought views while writing this article told me that the future my computer will be whatever screen my phone is connected to and not connected physically either. This is well demonstrated by Apple showing with... Read >

The end of Personal Computers part One

Earlier this week, we had a long conversation with Luggya Jude, a media and PR guru who wanted to know if Tablets can be of any benefit to his work. My reply was crystal clear that tablet like iPad takes computing into places it could not previously go. F... Read >

Is BlackBerry Messenger Coming to Android, iPhone?

After reports this week indicated that BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion is about to announce that its device will begin to support applications made for Google’s Android platform, other reports have emerged that it’s getting ready to release a version ... Read >

MWC 2011 Review: End of the road for DVDs and Netbooks

Posted:20th February 2011-02-21 This was the first Mobile World Congress that i failed to attend because of company commitments but my friend Ville Makinnen kept me abreast on what was happening in Barcelona. From his notes, pictures and videos, the even... Read >

Nokia Windows 7 phone to be launched after summer

When Windows 7 launched less than six months ago it got positive reviews, was praised for not being an iOS rip-off and is bringing a fresh approach to mobile operating system. I have used WP7 personally and have a stunning UI but on business terms it’s a ... Read >

Nokia big gamble

When Nokia’s chief executive Stephen Elop announced that Microsoft would be Nokia’s new partner for smartphones, the announcement was aimed squarely at the share which plunged by 13 per cent. This confirmed that Nokia’s current phones are outdated and the... Read >

Elop says Nokia is in crisis

A brutally frank leaked memo from Nokia’s new chief executive Stephen Elop is genuine, sources have now verified. Mr Elop’s describes Nokia as a company in crisis, and says that the firm has even failed to yet provide a product that matches the first iPho... Read >

HP OS prospects faulted by Analysts

HP is expected to launch its webOS Touchpad tablet computer later today. Although the company has kept details officially secret, leaks suggest it could be a 9.7-inch tablet powered by a 1.2GHz processor, which would initially be available wifi only. Anal... Read >