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Mike Isaac in Social on November 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm PT
Facebook updated its iOS application on Monday afternoon, bringing the most popular features of companion apps Messenger and Camera to the main Facebook app. Among the updates are the ability to swipe left within the app to find chat contacts, the ability to upload multiple photos at once and the opportunity for U.S. users to give Facebook Gifts to friends directly from the phone.
Mike Isaac in Social on July 13, 2012 at 2:49 pm PT
In the wake of losing its deal with Twitter, LinkedIn needs to double down on in-stream content. Its new social functions may aid the cause.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 29, 2011 at 8:55 am PT
Nokia’s obsession with Apple has officially crossed over into the Ahabian. Aghast at the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ruling on its first complaint against Apple, Nokia has filed a second, accusing Apple of infringing its patents “in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, tablets, and computers.”
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT
Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 16, 2011 at 11:40 am PT
Aiming to capture the flavor of Barcelona, Mobilized’s Ina Fried reports back on some of the more massive booths at Mobile World Congress, including a two-story booth devoted to Android and an entire hall of wares from Sweden’s Ericsson.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 8:08 am PT
Although they may not be the Salsa and Cha Cha models shown off on stage in Barcelona, AT&T said it will exclusively have HTC Android-based phones with a similar one-button access to Facebook.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 12:55 am PT
HTC became the latest company to “friend” Facebook, showing off a pair of Android phones that have a button for connecting directly to the social network. It also used Mobile World Congress to show off its first tablet and other Android devices.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
In an interview, Microsoft phone unit President Andy Lees walks through the changes that Redmond plans to make to bolster Windows Phone 7.
Improvements coming later this year include Twitter integration, a better browser and the ability to do more things at once.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 14, 2011 at 2:00 am PT
Cooliris, which makes tools to help people consume media on the Web and various devices, is changing focus with a new flagship product that’s about sharing photos rather than browsing.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 13, 2011 at 11:00 pm PT
Qualcomm is announcing a new series of chips including dual-core processors this year, with plans for a quad-core chip that will begin sampling next year. Although the company was a little late with dual-core chips, it sees an opening with the new processors, as well as by recent moves by Nokia and Microsoft.