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Wednesday 06 April 2011

Google Maps Gets Yet Another Update [ 06-04-2011 20:37 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Google Translation by: Paul Smith

Google Maps might just very well hold the record for the most updated Android app (or maybe even any app) with the almost constant stream of updates that seem to flow from Mountain View. No sooner had version 5.2 been released than version 5.3 was rearing its head.

So what does this new update bring? Well Latitude users can now bring some of the visual data capabilities that have previously existed on the Latitude website to their handset. Essentially it lets users present someone's location history in an eye pleasing fashion. Anyone worried about privacy concerns should be allayed by the fact that Location History is an opt-in service and the information can be deleted.

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Android On A Third Of U.S. Smartphones [ 06-04-2011 20:33 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Comscore Translation by: Paul Smith

The latest Comscore figures for the U.S. smartphone amrket are out and they show Android, as ever, doing extremely well. Some 30,000 smartphone users were surveyed and of those a very respectable 33% owned an Android device of some description.

The date is for the November 2010 - February 2011 period and it shows Android on top with RIM coming in second with 28.9% of the smartphone market. Apple isn't too far behind RIM in third with 25.2% (remember they do have a much more limited range of products so not too shabby at all) and Microsoft's Windows Phone platform takes the 4th spot with 7.7%.

Now on that last figure there is a point of interest in that Windows Phone has actually dropped in terms of marketshare since November when it commanded 9%. Even so it does still place Windows Phone comfortable in 4th position ahead of webOS, which has also seen a drop since November and which now stands at 2.8%.

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Nokia Says Negotiations Progressing On Microsoft Deal [ 06-04-2011 20:14 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Reuters Translation by: Paul Smith

You could be forgiven for thinking that the Microsoft-Nokia partnership was a done deal, after all the noises being made by both sides certainly sound like that. However, it is not a done deal with the partnership still not finalised. For those wondering (perhaps even hoping) that the deal might fall through and that Nokia might opt for another platform or even it's own it's not looking good as Kai Oistamo, head of corporate development at Nokia explained:

Negotiations have progressed very well. They will be concluded well on schedule.

CEO Stepehen Elop has previously talked about Nokia already having started work on Windows Phone devices, but with no deal yet fully inked there are still questions to be asked as to just how quickly this deal can start producing results, not just for Nokia, but for Microsoft. A lot of the focus has been on what Nokia can gain from the deal, but of course Microsoft stands to benefit enormously from having the world's largest handset manufacturer supporting its nascent platform.

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