WWWorld.ru · Темы дня · Разделы дня · Интересы дня · 2012 · Свежие новости

Malicious cyber-attacks increased 81 percent during 2011 in comparison with the prior year, and criminals devoted less attention to spam and other well-known methods of exploiting security holes in preference for specifically targeted attacks, according to a new report from Symantec. The number of targeted attacks using social engineering and customized malware to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information grew from 77 per day to 82 per day by the end of 2011, Symantec said. Furthermore, hackers began targeting companies and government organizations of all sizes. Cyber-criminals also adopted new strategies for targeting the security vulnerabilities of smartphones, media tablets and other mobile devices. Mobile vulnerabilities increased by a whopping 93 percent last year -- and with the number of threats targeting Google's Android mobile platform rising significantly. "One of the most popular ways for phone malware authors to make money is by sending premium SMS messages from infected phones," the new report's authors wrote. "This technique was used by 18 percent of the mobile threats identified in 2011." Unfortunately, there is no single preventive measure that will guarantee safety from all attacks, said Kevin Haley, the director of product management at Symantec Security Response. "There are so many kinds of attacks that it's difficult for users to know what threats are the most dangerous, and how to stay on top of them, Haley wrote in a blog post Monday."But each can be dealt with individually." SMB Security Threats When huge corporations or government organizations get hacked the events generate a flurry of newspaper headlines. However, more than half of last year's targeted attacks were actually directed at enterprises with fewer than 2,500 employees -- and over 18 percent targeted organizations with fewer than 250 employees. "They're not just targeting executives with deep access to confidential information either," Haley warned. "Fifty-eight percent of people... newsfactor.com »

Cisco has completed the acquisition of ClearAccess, a company that offers telco management software that competes with legacy systems in an age of mobile video. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ClearAccess provides software to service providers for the provisioning and management of residential and mobile devices. Cisco picked up the software and the talent, which is being integrated into the Cisco Network Management Technology Group. As Cisco sees it, service providers are faced with growing network complexity, exploding video and data traffic, and an increasing number of devices connected to their networks. With the proliferation of these devices, Cisco has noticed a clear trend: Service providers are looking for ways to immediately lower operating expense while delivering and enabling new services. Beefing Up Cisco Prime Jamie Lerner, vice president and general manager of Cisco Network Management Technology Group's Service Provider Applications division, said the ClearAccess acquisition will accelerate Cisco's software architectural advancements in mobility, cloud and managed devices, and video. "ClearAccess provides a critical technology that will advance Cisco's mission to offer service providers a complete set of tools to manage their networks, within the home and across any connected device, amid the ongoing proliferation in network traffic," he explained. Cisco believes ClearAccess' management and software capabilities will augment Cisco Prime -- Cisco's network management software portfolio -- by offering service providers a set of tools for managing the connected home, including monitoring and managing bandwidth usage, parental controls, diagnostics and analytics. Driving Network Visibility We caught up with Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research, to get his take on how important Cisco's latest acquisition is in the grand networking scheme. He told us that with the impending mobile traffic tsunami, it's vital for operators to have a clear understanding of what is going on in their network. "The first step... newsfactor.com »

Starting this week, Verizon Wireless will expand its long-term evolution high-speed data network from mobile users to home-based accounts, and customers can purchase the service from the carrier's stores. HomeFusion Broadband, available in six markets since March, rolls out nationwide on Thursday and will allow customers to replace a designated server line for Internet access with a device that looks a bit like a kitchen appliance. One Gadget Connects 24 Devices The cylinder-shaped antenna, which must be professionally installed, taps into the 4G LTE signal and transmits it to up to 20 wireless devices and up to four wired devices in the home. Verizon's LTE network is now available in 230 markets covering more than two-thirds of the population in the United States, the carrier boasts. "With HomeFusion Broadband, customers across the United States, in towns large and small, will have the chance to link devices to the Internet and take advantage of the speed, coverage and connectivity offered by our 4G LTE network." said Tami Erwin, Verizon Wireless vice president and chief marketing officer said in announcing the service. The carrier is promising customers the same average data speeds that mobile users with 4G devices expect: 5 to 12 megabits per second for downloads and 2 to 5 Mbps for uploads. Internet addicts may pay a steep price, though. Like mobile, the service does not include an unlimited option. The cost is $60 a month for 10 gigabytes of data, $90 for 20 GB and $120 for 30 GB, with $10 per GB overage. The HomeFusion device costs $199.99, with free installation, and the data allowance is doubled for the first two billing cycles as a promotion. "HomeFusion is a bit on the pricey side, especially when you compare its data limits to 'all you can eat' cable and DSL services," analyst Charles King of... newsfactor.com »

Хабы: Информационная безопасность, Android Начитавшись постов про MiTM атаку с айфона и боевые приложения для андроида, я решил реализовать снифер паролей на android устройтве. Читать дальше → habrahabr.ru »

В ассортименте немецкой компании Wortmann AG пополнение в виде ультрабука Terra Mobile 1450. Новинка уже предлагается в интернет-магазинах, причем в максимальной конфигурации ее цена с учетом налогов составляет не так уж и много для ультрабука - 775 евро с учетом налогов. За эти деньги потребитель получает лэптоп, оснащенный процессором Intel Core i5-2467M (1,6-2,3 ГГц), 4 ГБ оперативной памяти, SSD объемом 64 ГБ и HDD объемом 500 ГБ, а также аккумуляторной батареей емкостью 3900 мАч, обеспечивающей до 7 часов автономности. Модификация подешевле (678 евро) предполагает наличие процессора i3-2367M (1,4 ГГц), 4 ГБ ОЗУ и SSD объемом 128 ГБ, однако емкость аккумулятора и время автономной работы больше - 7800 мАч и 9 часов соответственно. В оснащение лэптопа, вне зависимости от модификации, входит 14-дюймовый дисплей разрешением 1366 х 768 точек, адаптеры Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth и Wi-Fi 802.11n, камера разрешением 1,3 Мп. Среди интерфейсных разъемов - три порта USB 2.0 и видеовыходы HDMI и D-Sub. Габариты Wortmann Terra Mobile 1450 - 333 x 229,5 x 19 мм, масса - 1,6 кг. Источники: Ultrabooknews , Cursorsystems #vk ixbt.com »

Хабы: Windows Phone, Mobile Development, Блог компании «Apps4All» Вот он — настоящий конец эпохи. До закрытия Windows Mobile Marketplace осталось меньше двух недель, и компания Microsoft еще раз уведомила пользователей рассылкой, в которой рекомендует «установить все возможные обновления… перед закрытием магазина». После этого они в централизованном режиме перестанут распространяться, однако в любом случае программы и обновления можно будет скачать с сайтов производителей — если они все еще будут работать к тому времени. Читать дальше → habrahabr.ru »

Вот и подходит к концу эра некогда популярной мобильной операционной системы Windows Mobile.
Интересно, что изначально "последней датой" было названо 9 мая, но Microsoft решила перенести срок еще на 8 дней. Как сообщается, владельцы WM-смартфонов должны обновить все имеющиеся приложения до 17 числа. После этой даты it.siteua.org »

В минувшем марте мы писали о планах Microsoft по закрытию своего онлайн-магазина Windows Mobile 6.x Marketplace
Первоначально прекращение работы данного сервиса было намечено на 9 мая, однако, как гласит официальное сообщение на сайте редмондской корпорации, теперь повод сказать “RIP, Windows Mobile Marketplace” появится лишь 17 мая. Таким образом, у еще остающихся приверженцев мобильной операцион it.siteua.org »

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Like many musicians looking for that big break, 24-year-old Angeleno Felice Lazae turned to YouTube for years to promote her songs -- with modest success, at one point getting more than 100,000 views on her cover of an Alicia Keys hit. Reuters: Internet News »

Южнокорейские правоохранительные органы сообщили, что в отношении LG Display ведется расследование. Предполагается, что компания нечестным путем завладела технологическими секретами своего конкурента Samsung Mobile Display. Мы допрашиваем десять сотрудников LG Display в связи с предполагаемой кражей технологии OLED у Samsung Mobile Display, - приводит источник слова представителя закона. Как стало известно, расследование началось в конце апреля. Представитель LG Display заявил, что компания будет всемерно сотрудничать со следствием. Все подозреваемые перешли на работу в LG Display из Samsung Mobile Display. Мы будем полностью сотрудничать, если потребуется, - так отреагировали на сообщение о расследовании в Samsung Mobile Display. Источник: MarketWatch #vk ixbt.com »

WatchESPN, the online and mobile version of Disney's popular sports TV network, was activated Tuesday for most of Comcast's 22 million video subscribers. It's one of the perks being offered to cable subscribers to convince them to keep paying for TV. Getting online or mobile access to shows you already pay for is known in the industry as "TV Everywhere." The new offering results from a 10-year deal between Comcast Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. that was announced in January. It doubles the number of customers able to access WatchESPN to about 40 million. "We think that's a fantastic start for only being at this a year and a half," said Matt Murphy, ESPN's senior vice president of digital video distribution. WatchESPN offers live feeds of four pay TV networks: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPNU. It also offers on-the-go access to feeds of ESPN Goal Line when college football is underway or ESPN Buzzer Beater during college basketball season. Its predecessor, ESPN Broadband, later renamed ESPN 360 and then ESPN3, was a separate channel started up in 2001. ESPN3 was only available online and offered streams of games that were a bit off the beaten path. WatchESPN gives users access to the regular ESPN channel, including shows like Monday Night Football, and its spinoffs. Customers of Time Warner Cable Inc., Bright House Networks, and Verizon FiOS also have access to WatchESPN. Its app, available on iPads and iPhones, has been downloaded about 8 million times. For now, the online and mobile versions come with few or no ads as the Disney subsidiary experiments with interactive advertising. During TV commercials, the online version often puts up a message that says "Commercial break. We'll be right back." "It's not a television platform, it's an (Internet protocol) based platform," said Murphy. "There are different and engaging things and we wanted... newsfactor.com »

T-Mobile USA on Tuesday said that Nokia Siemens Networks and LM Ericsson AB will supply the network equipment for its new wireless broadband network, a project worth $4 billion. T-Mobile is commissioning a "4G LTE" network, the same technology used by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. for their high-speed networks. It will use, in part, radio frequencies handed over by AT&T after the bigger company backed off its deal to buy T-Mobile due to opposition from federal regulators. In addition to handing over spectrum licenses, AT&T gave T-Mobile $3 billion in cash, which will help finance the upgrade. T-Mobile plans to have the network live next year, covering 75 percent of the 25 largest cities. Sweden's Ericsson is one of the main suppliers for the LTE networks of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel Corp., along with Alcatel-Lucent SA of France. For Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture of Finland's Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG of Germany, the T-Mobile order represents a new chance to get into the U.S. market for network equipment. It got a $7 billion order from Harbinger Capital, a hedge fund, to build a network for its startup, LightSquared, but that project appears moribund because regulators concluded it would have interfered with GPS navigation. T-Mobile USA is making the announcement on the first day of CTIA Wireless, the U.S. cellphone industry trade show, in New Orleans. The company is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., with 33.2 million devices on its network. It's a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG of Germany. newsfactor.com »

As it moves to better define its mobile strategy, Facebook is launching an app store. Dubbed the App Center, the idea is to give developers more ways to grow their app momentum while making it more convenient for consumers to find their favorite apps and discover new ones. Within weeks, Facebook users will be able to access the App Center on the Web and on iOS and Android Facebook apps. All listed apps come with a detail page so consumers can see what makes it worth downloading. "Success through the App Center is tied to the quality of an app," wrote Facebook developer Aaron Brady in the company's Developer Blog. "We use a variety of signals, such as user ratings and engagement, to determine if an app is listed in the App Center. To help you monitor user feedback, we are also introducing a new app ratings metric in Insights to report how users rate your app over time." Facebook's Strategic Timing We caught up with Jake Wengroff, global director of Social Media Strategy and Research at Frost & Sullivan, to get his take on Facebook's latest move. He told us the App Center launch couldn't come at a better time: the social networking giant has been struggling to present a story to investors for its coming initial public offering that it 'gets' mobile, or that it has a mobile monetization strategy. "In Facebook's S-1 documents, the company listed mobile as a major risk factor, as Ads and Sponsored Stories currently do not render in the mobile versions of the social network," Wengroff said. "Facebook estimates that about half of its 900-million member audience currently access the platform on a mobile device, and the company cannot continue its growth trajectory without a clear mobile revenue strategy." Of course, Wengroff noted, Facebook's new App Center is not... newsfactor.com »

Change is in the air for the fourth-largest mobile carrier in the U.S. After T-Mobile USA's merger deal with AT&T went down in flames last year, its parent organization, Deutsche Telekom AG, seems still hungry to unload the money-losing business, lagging behind Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel. So the German conglomerate may be looking to another carrier for a merger. Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that Deutsche Telekom has discussed options with MetroPCS Communications, which is shopping for partners. Otherwise, the Germans may decide to launch an initial public offering of T-Mobile stock or sell off the company lock, stock and barrel, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter. As of January, Richardson, Texas-based MetroPCS had 9.5 million subscribers, compared with T-Mobile's more than 33 million. Humm Is Mum In a call with reporters Thursday, T-Mobile CEO and president Philipp Humm declined to confirm or deny the merger reports. "You will understand that we don't comment on speculations," he told reporters. T-Mobile walked away with a $3 billion "breakup fee" paid by AT&T after federal regulators put the brakes on AT&T's attempt to acquire the smaller carrier, which would have enabled the No. 2 carrier to acquire much needed spectrum. First-quarter earnings show that T-Mobile gained 187,000 net customers, compared with 99,000 net customer losses in the first quarter of 2011. The company did, however, lose 510,000 branded contract customers, but that is less than it did in the previous quarter and in the first quarter of 2011. "In the first quarter, T-Mobile USA delivered strong performance across several key metrics -- adding customers, increasing branded [average revenue per users] year-on-year and effectively managing costs to deliver a solid adjusted [operating income before depreciation and amortization] margin," Humm said in a statement. "While branded contract churn remains a focus, in the first quarter of 2012 we... newsfactor.com »

Google Wallet hopes to make a comeback -- or at least turn some heads -- when it debuts on its second device. After a poor reception on Sprint in September, Google Wallet is about to show up on the LG Optimus Elite through Virgin Mobile. Google Wallet is a free Android app that lets customers turn their smartphones into wallets and make purchases with the tap of the phone. The app stores virtual versions of your credit cards, offers and loyalty cards on the smartphone. Google Wallet currently supports Citi MasterCard credit cards and the Google Prepaid MasterCard, powered by First Data. Google plans to support additional cards. Some of the hundreds of thousands of participating retailers include American Eagle Outfitters, The Container Store, Macy's, Foot Locker and Subway. Google Wallet's Slow Take-Off The Optimus Elite debuted on Sprint's network on Sept. 20. Now, Virgin Mobile is getting into the Google Wallet game by offering the device, which features Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In order to run Google Wallet, smartphones need NFC, or near-field communication, capability. NFC is a short-range communication protocol that's similar to Bluetooth. The Optimus Elite also offers a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, 800 MHz processor, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and camcorder with flash, virtual QWERTY keyboard and mobile hotspot capability. Consumers can also download Box on LG Optimus Elite and get 50 GB of free cloud storage and sharing directly from LG. We asked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, how Google Wallet is performing in the marketplace. His answer: Adoption is still slow. "Because Google owns Android, we thought Google Wallet was going to be a bigger thing sooner," Enderle told us. "But the fact that this phone is coming out from LG might indicate that we are on the front edge of what could be a Google Wallet movement. On... newsfactor.com »

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose limited role in promoting the No. 1 social network's market debut has drawn criticism, laid out its growth strategy to investors on Friday, saying that transforming its mobile and advertising experience are top priorities in 2012. Reuters: Internet News »

Начиная от версии Firefox 13, в платформенно-зависимой части заголовка «User-Agent» HTTP-запроса есть указание на то, запущен ли Firefox на устройстве размером с телефон или на планшете. Когда Firefox действует на устройстве с форм-фактором мобильника, там указывается подстрока «Mobile;»; когда Firefox действует на планшетном устройстве, там указывается подстрока «Tablet;». Вот примеры: Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Mobile; rv:13.0) Gecko/13.0 Firefox/13.0 Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Tablet; rv:13.0) Gecko/13.0 Firefox/13.0 Для выяснения форм-фактора устройства более удобен механизм CSS Media Queries. Однако же, если вы вместо него используете «обнюхивание» заголовка «User-Agent», то тогда, пожалуйста, ищите «Mobile» для мобильников и «Tablet» для планшетов, не подразумевая никакой взаимосвязи между строкою «Android» и форм-фактором устройства. В этом случае ваш код будет работать даже тогда, когда (если) Firefox будет действовать на других мобильных и (или) планшетных операционных системах или когда Android станет употребляться на ноутбуках, а не только на мобильниках и на планшетах. Читать дальше → habrahabr.ru »

Компания SMK-Link Electronics, владеющая маркой Gyration, представила на европейском рынке (точнее говоря, в Соединенном Королевстве) манипулятор Gyration Air Mouse Mobile. В устройстве, внешне похожем на обычную мышь, объединены функции мыши, контроллера презентаций и пульта дистанционного управления для домашнего компьютера. Ключевая особенность, унаследованная у других манипуляторов Gyration , заключается в наличии гироскопов, дающих возможность распознавать команды, подаваемые с помощью жестов. Иначе говоря, мышью можно дирижировать компьютером, выполняя ею легкие движения в воздухе. От своих предшественниц модель Gyration Air Mouse Mobile отличается уменьшенными размерами и усиленным исполнением - это сделано в расчете на ее использование совместно с ноутбуком. В комплект поставки входит стыковочная станция, выполняющая роль приемника беспроводной связи (используется диапазон 2,4 ГГц), и ПО MotionTools, обеспечивающее управление жестами в PowerPoint, Keynote, Netflix, Youtube и других популярных приложениях. Дальность связи - 30 м. Симметричная форма мыши одинаково подходит для работы левой или правой рукой. Устройство совместимо с Windows и Mac OS X. Цена новинки - 60 фунтов стерлингов. Источник: SMK-Link Electronics #vk ixbt.com »

Все пользователи системы онлайн-банкинга от Пиреус Банка Winbank могут загрузить мобильную версию интернет-банкинга Winbank Mobile.
С мая 2012 года все пользователи системы онлайн-банкинга от Пиреус Банка Winbank могут загрузить на свои смартфоны или планшеты, работающие на платформах Android и iOS, мобильную версию интернет-банкинга Winbank Mobile. Подключиться к Winbank Mobile очень легко: для этого нужно зайти на Android Mar it.siteua.org »

Google bought IBM patents. Microsoft bought AOL patents, then sold many of them to Facebook. Now, Nvidia is buying IPWireless patents as the industry continues playing patent musical chairs in an increasingly litigious environment. Nvidia and Intellectual Ventures on Monday announced a partnership to acquire a set of patents IPWireless developed and owns. The portfolio spans about 500 patents granted and pending in the wireless communication realm. Patents cover essential concepts in LTE, LTE-Advanced and 3G and 4G technologies. "This acquisition complements our ownership of extensive fundamental patents in graphics, visual and mobile computing," said David Shannon, executive vice president and general counsel at Nvidia. "These patents, acquired in collaboration with Intellectual Ventures, will help support our rapidly expanding efforts in the mobile business." Nvidia's LTE Processor Play Nvidia announced in February that it joined GCT Semiconductor and Renesas Mobile, two suppliers of cellular silicon solutions, to support and jointly develop LTE modems and Tegra 3 mobile processors. At the time, Phil Carmack, head of Nvidia's mobile business, said OEM partners could now create next-gen LTE products with a fast time to market, and that Nvidia was equipped to help "push the envelope" on the overall mobile experience. We asked Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, his thoughts on the patent grab. He agreed that many technology companies are taking a more proactive stance on the intellectual property front and that could be partially motivating Nvidia's buy. But Nvidia is likely also looking to bolster its capabilities on the mobile chip front amid a growing opportunity with smartphones and tablets. "Nvidia has promised to deliver a Tegra chip that will be LTE compatible. The company's plan is to pursue more opportunities in the mobile and smartphone space, and these patents could play a role in that," King said. "Pursuing this type of IP purchase probably makes... newsfactor.com »

Nokia is struggling on many fronts, but the company is performing well in emerging markets -- and it's looking to boost its chances with two new mobile phones that play on its strategy to connect the next billion consumers. The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 aim to attract young, urban consumers who want to experience a fast, affordable online experience. Both devices incorporate social-media aspects, like Facebook and Twitter integration. And a Nokia browser promises to consume up to 90 percent less data by compressing Web sites in the cloud. "Today's mobile phone users want a quick Internet experience that allows them to discover great content and share it with their friends -- but without being held back by high data costs," said Mary T. McDowell, executive vice president of Mobile Phones at Nokia. She's betting consumers will look to the Nokia 110 and 112, which combine browsing, social media, apps, entertainment and long battery life. Casual Gaming Savvy The devices have a 1.8-inch display that Nokia characterizes as "optimized for gaming." In the months ahead, the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 will bring free EA Games, including favorites like Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed The Run, Monopoly Here & Now, and SimCity Deluxe. The Nokia 112 features a preloaded eBuddy instant messaging service so users can tap into popular chat services from the mobile device. And both phones offer an upgraded camera that lets users customize contacts with photos, or share images via social networks and Bluetooth. The VGA camera promises sharper, clearer pictures with support for up to 32GB of external memory, enough for more than 6,000 songs or 90,000 pictures. Consumers can tune into radio stations and share songs with friends over Bluetooth. And all this with a promised 10 hours of talk time and nearly a month of standby. The Lumia... newsfactor.com »

Выпущена новая версия популярного браузера Maxthon Mobile для Android. Мобильная версия программы отличается наличием менеджера загрузки с поддержкой возобновления закачек, возможностью быстрого доступа к любимым и последним посещенным сайтам, а также встроенным модулем для чтения RSS-новостей и наличием средства для синхронизации данных. Браузер дает возможность работать с несколькими вкладками, переключаясь между ними при помощи жестов. В версии 2.6.4 добавлена поддержка ландшафтного режима в менеджере Account & Favorites, улучшен менеджер загрузки, улучшена адресная строка. Программа предназначена для устройств, работающих под управлением Android 1.6 и выше. Скачать ее можно отсюда . #vk ixbt.com »

With more than 50 percent of U.S. mobile phone users now equipped with smartphones, demand for mobile apps continues to soar. The average number of mobile apps per smartphone jumped from 32 apps to 41 apps during 2011 -- a 28 percent rise in comparison with 2010, according to a new report from Nielsen. However, U.S. smartphone owners spent about the same amount of time using mobile apps each day in 2011 as they had during the previous year -- 39 minutes per day versus 37 minutes per day, Nielsen said. Nielsen researchers said 70 percent of the survey's respondents expressed "concern over personal data collection" and 55 percent were "wary of sharing information about their location via smartphone apps." So we asked Al Hilwa, director of applications software development at IDC, what developers need to do to address privacy concerns as well as prod U.S. smartphone users to spend more time using their apps. Hilwa said he expected to see the development of new app types as well as the further expansion of apps into other areas of life. "And developers will continue to chase ever narrower opportunities" while hoping to "hit areas that have not transitioned fully from Web to mobile, or aspects of life not digitized fully yet," Hilwa said Wednesday. "But at some point this pace of growth will slow down." Claiming More Minutes Privacy and security considerations definitely stop some people from using apps. "And that may be another area where the industry can move to claim more minutes of app usage by increasing the confidence in apps," Hilwa said. Clearly, users ramp up the most toward app usage in their first few months of smartphone usage. "After that, a steady state ensues, and it is a challenge for the app ecosystem to keep existing users engaged," Hilwa said. "There... newsfactor.com »

Samsung is king of mobile phones, while Apple owns a not-too shabby 7.9 percent of the global phone market. And Android remains the top operating system, with more than half the market. Those are some of the findings of a report on the global mobile market in the first quarter of the year by Gartner. Nokia Is Slipping South Korea-based Samsung's sales to end users amounted to 20.7 percent of the worldwide total in the quarter, up from 16.1 percent in the same quarter last year, Gartner said. That growth comes at the expense of Nokia, the Finnish company that saw its share shrink from 25.1 percent to 19.8 percent. California-based Apple received its accustomed dose of good news with a share that doubled from 3.9 percent to 7.8 quarter over quarter. Considering that Apple makes only a single smartphone (in varying generations and storage capacity), the news is impressive. Research In Motion dropped from 3.0 percent to 2.4 percent. The Canadian BlackBerry maker lags behind China's ZTE, South Korea's LG and China's Huawei to take up seventh place. Gartner's report follows one by Strategy Analytics based on vendor surveys that put Samsung at the top of the market with a 31 percent share, toppling Nokia's 14-year reign at the top spot. Google's Android OS saw substantial growth year over year, from 36.4 percent to 56.1 percent, while Apple's iOS also grew from 16.9 percent to 22.9 percent, according to Gartner. Nokia's fading Symbian platform dropped significantly as the company switches to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, dropping from 27.7 percent to just 8.6 percent. Research In Motion's platforms fell from 13.0 percent to 6.9 percent. Windows Phone also dropped, from 2.6 percent to 1.9 percent. Overall, mobile phone sales reached 419.1 million units in the quarter, a decline of 2 percent, Gartner said, marking the first decline in sales... newsfactor.com »

South Korean handset maker LG Electronics Inc. has upgraded its flagship smartphone model with a faster chip and a longer battery life, hoping to regain ground lost to more nimble rivals. The Optimus LTE II smartphone, which costs 935,000 won ($804) without subsidies, will be released by all three mobile carriers in South Korea this week. Park Jong-seok, president of LG's mobile business, said Thursday the new model is for South Korean users only but similar iterations would be released overseas. LG, which is recuperating from massive losses in its mobile business since 2010, is betting on the introduction of a faster mobile network called LTE around the world to boost smartphone sales. Mobile carriers in South Korea, Japan, North America and Europe have begun services on the latest wireless network, aiming to lure consumers seeking quicker downloads of videos and smooth web surfing on a phone. With a 2-gigabyte memory capacity, the new Optimus phone can run multiple applications simultaneously at a faster rate, LG said. Most other high-end smartphones have a 1- or 1.5-gigabyte memory. LG claimed the new phone's battery life is about 40 percent longer than its predecessor, the Optimus LTE. Once the world's third-largest mobile phone maker, LG was overtaken by Apple Inc. last year. Sales of LG's low-end phones were hit by Chinese competitors while its top-end lineup could not compete with the Galaxy series of smartphones by Samsung Electronics Co. or Apple's iPhones. IDC Group ranked LG as the world's fifth-largest phone maker in the first quarter of this year as China's ZTE Corp. climbed to No. 4 and Apple went up to the third place. "We reduced the shipments of lowest end feature phones last year," Park told reporters at a press conference. "We are not so focused on the unit shipments as much as the quality and sales of... newsfactor.com »

Выпущена новая версия SketchBook Mobile - программы для создания набросков и рисунков. Программа содержит множество кистей, карандашей и прочих инструментов для рисования. Ее интерфейс полностью ориентирован на управление при помощи жестов. В зависимости от возможностей устройства, проекты могут содержать до шести слоев. Версия 2.3.1 исправляет ошибки. Программа предназначена для устройств, работающих под управлением iOS 4.0 и выше. Скачать ее можно отсюда . Стоимость лицензии - $1,99. #vk ixbt.com »

Google's recent decision to take a more active role in how its Android mobile operating system is used is seen as an attempt to address the single most vexing problem in the Android world -- the fragmentation of the one, "pure" Android into hundreds of slightly different versions through its modification by smartphone and tablet makers. Google also hopes to better compete with Apple, which keeps a tight rein on its operating system and knows that every iPhone, iPad and iPod is running the exact same version of the software. Google's problem with Android is that it was released as open-source software, available for anyone to use and also -- and here is where the trouble comes in -- to modify in any way they see fit. Smartphone manufacturers, almost without exception, have modified Android to create their own custom versions, with modified user interfaces and features not found in the "pure" release version to differentiate their phone offerings from those of the competition. So Sprint phones run on "Sprint Android" and T-Mobile phones come with "T-Mobile Android" and so on. Tablet manufacturers have followed suit. The problems arose when new versions of the stock Android were released. The upgrades could only make their way into the Android device universe painfully slowly, as each manufacturer had to go back to square one to modify the new version so it could successfully begin to update all the phones or tablets of its existing customers. This often took months or even longer, leading to customer frustration. Compare that with Apple. When it was ready to release iOS 5, it knew that every Apple device out there running iOS 4 was running a single version -- Apple's version -- and was therefore ready to be upgraded without problems or delays. Google made one attempt to offer consumers its own branded phone... newsfactor.com »

Apple led the global media tablet market during the first quarter with a 62.8 percent share by shipping 13.6 million iPads and posting 162 percent year-over-year growth, according to NPD DisplaySearch. Samsung was a distant second (7.5 percent), followed by Amazon (4 percent), Research In Motion (2.3 percent) and Asus (2.3 percent). Unlike research firms IDC and Gartner, which consider PCs and media tablets to be separate product categories, DisplaySearch regards media tablets as a product subcategory within the mobile PC market overall. Under the firm's distinct methodology, Apple also led the global mobile PC market with a 22.5 percent share. During the first quarter, Apple shipped 17.2 million mobile PC units overall -- equivalent to 118 percent year-over-year growth. Nearly 80 percent of Apple's mobile PC shipments during the quarter were iPads. Apple's mobile PC shipments were nearly double those of its nearest competitor. During the first quarter, No. 2 mobile PC vendor Hewlett-Packard shipped 8.9 million units and achieved an 11.6 percent market share, DisplaySearch noted Tuesday. Excluding Tablets, HP Retains Lead When subtracting media tablet unit shipments from the mix, however, HP stayed atop the global mobile PC market with a 16.2 percent share. Acer was second at 11.9 percent, followed by Lenovo (10.6 percent), Dell (10.2 percent) and Asus (8.1 percent). Though Acer enjoyed robust sales in China during the first quarter, DisplaySearch noted that Lenovo was the chief beneficiary of the China region's strong shipment growth. What's more, Lenovo's notebook and mini-note sales succeeded in gaining more traction in North America at the expense of Dell, which has been shifting its focus to the commercial market segment in the region. Asus succeeded in gaining market share across all regions after a weak fourth quarter in 2011. According to DisplaySearch, the Taiwan-based PC maker was the most aggressive of the top... newsfactor.com »

Вышли обновления Opera Mobile 12.0.3 и Opera Mini 7.0.3 для платформы Android, а также Opera Mini 7.0.2 для iOS с поддержкой HD-экрана нового iPad. Список изменений для Android: Opera Mini 7.0.3 Исправлена проблема подключения к сети при наличии системных настроек прокси Opera Mobile 12.0.3 Исправлены основные ошибки, приводившие к вылетам программы, улучшена стабильность Список изменений для iOS: Opera Mini 7.0.2 Адаптирован для работы на iPad3 В главное меню добавлена функция «Потребление трафика» Исправлен редирект для ссылок в iTunes Улучшена стабильность работы habrahabr.ru »