Sinan Eren, vice president of Czech anti-virus software maker Avast, called on
mobile software makers Apple and Google to supply security firms with privileged access to their devices to offer immediate fixes to known bugs.
Microsoft and Blackberry are desperate to cement themselves as the No. 3
mobile software maker.
Not exact matches
Pao is on the board of three Kleiner - backed startups, including Flipboard, a hot
maker of
software for reading content on smartphones and tablets — one of Kleiner's highest - profile bets on
mobile and social apps.
Lookout, the security
software maker for
mobile devices, has raised $ 150 million in Series F funding, Fortune has learned.
Apple Inc., the
maker of iPhones and iPads, will introduce
software improvements for its computer and
mobile devices as well as reveal new updates, including the introduction of a revamped streaming music service.
The
software maker will try to catch rivals with Windows
Mobile 7, but first it may need to mend fences with handset
makers.
A stake in Foursquare would give Microsoft, the world's largest
software maker, a bigger role in social media and
mobile, areas where it has lagged behind competitors such as Apple Inc..
Intuit, the
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This «full package» of autonomous technologies could then be sold to car
makers that want to create and then alter their own offerings, in a manner not unlike how Google launched its Android efforts with both
mobile software and hardware.
Companies licensing the Reader
Mobile SDK include Sony Corp., whose Sony Reader is widely considered to be the second most popular model on the market today, and Lexcycle Inc.,
maker of Stanza, which is free
software that's designed to turn Apple Inc.'s iPhone into an e-book reader.
CyberLink,
makers of the popular PowerDVD multimedia playback
software, this week launched PowerDVD
Mobile, media playback
software for your Android that lets you view view photos, videos and listen to music.
a pale version of the original Cupertino based computer and
software maker Apple has released its white version of the iPhone 4, where
mobile phone networks O2, Vodafone and Three are now all selling the device.
CyberLink,
makers of the popular PowerDVD multimedia playback
software, this week launched PowerDVD
Mobile, media playback
software that lets you view photos, videos and listen to music on your Android Honeycomb tablet.
WP7, a cut above the rest, if not a little pasty Seattle
software makers Microsoft has deployed the first major update to their
mobile phone Windows Phone 7 OS, which brings with it the much awaited Cut and Paste feature.
Its Android
mobile software has attracted a lawsuit from Oracle, while handset
makers using the
software have also been sued by both Apple and Microsoft, which claims an existing, perpetual license to Nortel patents.
Microsoft is betting that these devices... «will eventually become indispensable and ubiquitous as
mobile phones are today,» according to officials with the Redmond
software maker.
Other new features include HomeKit
software authentication to make it easier for accessory
makers to add HomeKit support into existing devices, support for Advanced
Mobile Location (AML) to automatically send a user's current location when making a call to emergency services in supported countries, an update to the App Store updates to show the version number and download size of all updates, and an option to sort App Store reviews by date and rating.
T -
Mobile partnered with Chinese hardware
maker ZTE and auto tech
software company Mojio to provide an in - car Wi - Fi experience called SyncUp Drive that leverages an OBD - II port dongle device that you plug into your car (most cars built since 1996).
Both smartphones change the game for Google: They transform the company from a
software - only Android owner that once struck deals with phone -
makers to create Nexus devices into a company unafraid to branch out on its own and place its own logo on its
mobile devices.
The idea was to partner with third - party manufacturers to bring low - cost handsets with the latest version of the
mobile OS to the market, along with guaranteed on - time Android updates — something most smartphone
makers can't promise because their custom
software layers and feature support take more time to revise.
While for minor patches we can in fact blame device
maker or either
mobile carrier, but when it comes to major
software upgrades, there are lots of criteria that needs to be meet before major upgrades being prepared for a device.
While mainstream
mobile manufacturers appear to have cooled on the idea of Android Wear, traditional watch
makers aren't letting the platform die and the Casio WSD - F20 is the latest timepiece to utilize Google's wearable
software.
Now, the world's largest
software maker hopes Cortana can do the same for PCs and even possibly convert
mobile users to its service — Cortana will come to Apple's iOS and Google's Android later this year.
The Nest deal follows the acquisition of
mobile mapping
software maker Waze Inc. for around $ 1 billion in cash.
And now, at
Mobile World Congress, the company has granted yet another hardware
maker access to its
software.
Phone
makers have been working on the «next big thing» in
mobile for years, but so far we've seen only minor
software improvements and cosmetic design changes.
Mobile hardware and
software maker BlackBerry has officially brought suit against Facebook and its subsidiaries, including Instagram and Whatsapp, on the grounds that they have violated the company's intellectual property in regards to the design and function of messaging apps.
Companies «borrow» from each other all the time of course, and it looks like another major
mobile platform
maker liked Android's notification interface so much that it decided to «borrow» it in an upcoming
software release.
Criterion Corp., a
maker of
mobile hardware and
software, has taken an early lead in targeting the Tablet PC to the real estate industry.