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 Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology Updated : Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:47:37 GMT New app promises wireless sync for iPhone — if Apple approves it (Ben Patterson) Ben Patterson - Zune users have been able to sync their music and videos over Wi-Fi for years now — not so for patrons of the iPhone or iPod Touch, which can only sync up files via USB tethering. That said, an enterprising developer is looking to change the game when it comes to wireless iPhone and/or iPod Touch syncing ... if Apple will let him, that is. Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:34:11 GMT BlackBerry's new Pearl 3G goes old-school with 14-button keypad (Ben Patterson) Ben Patterson - What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it's Research In Motion's iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified "SureType" keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it's a little jarring to get a load of RIM's new, pumped-up Pearl 3G — the first BlackBerry ever with a standard alphanumeric keypad, same as on many garden-variety cell phones. Publ.Date : Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:36:03 GMT Add RSS Feeds To My Web Pages Increased Website Traffic

 Yahoo! News: Apple News Updated : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:58:14 GMT The Kindle and Nook -- Good for More Than Just E-Books (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - They've got the brand names of popular black and white e-readers. But the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are, as the latter's name implies, basically miniature tablets like the iPad. (The Nook Color is also; it's a cheaper version of the Nook Tablet.) Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:56:48 GMT Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters) Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices. Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:58:14 GMT What If Tech Companies Were Countries? (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Tech companies across the United States have been releasing their Q1 2012 financial reports, or their summaries of how well they did in the last few months. Apple, with its mountains of cash and nearly-vertical iPad sales growth (as illustrated in this graph by Horace Dediu), continues to dominate most of the hardware markets that it participates in ... and to have outsized profits per smartphone sold, as illustrated in this graph by Benedict Evans. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:58:30 GMT Chinese youth clamor to join Foxconn’s iPhone 5 assembly line (Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News - The working conditions at Chinese manufacturer Foxconn are notorious here in the U.S., but do Chinese youth have a different opinion of the embattled electronics giant? Possibly: Foxconn is hiring, and Chinese youth are literally lining up around the block to … Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:55:10 GMT Add RSS Feeds To My Web Pages Increase Online Traffic

 Yahoo! News: Cellular Phones Updated : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:31 GMT Siemens on look-out for new CEO for NSN: union rep (Reuters) Reuters - Siemens AG is on the look out for a new chief executive for its mobile phone network equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Siemens supervisory board member Sibylle Wankel told reporters on Friday. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:19 GMT Just Show Me: How to use the notification system in Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News) Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to use the new notification features of your Android 4.0 phone. … Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:55:14 GMT Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:28:31 GMT Televisa says Mexico rejects Iusacell purchase (AP) AP - The world's largest Spanish-language media company said Wednesday that its planned move into Mexico's mobile-phone market has been rejected by the country's anti-monopoly regulator. Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:58:27 GMT RSS Parser Increase Web Traffic

 BBC News - Technology Updated : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:39:31 GMT Micron's Appleton dies in crash Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:54 GMT BT cuts costs to increase profits Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users. Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:29:21 GMT Facebook unveils plans to float The world's largest social networking site, Facebook, confirms plans to raise $5bn (£3.16bn) in a share sale and reveals it made $1bn profits. Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:54:15 GMT Microsoft launches Kinect for PCs A more costly version of Microsoft's record-breaking Kinect motion and voice sensor is now available for use on Windows. Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:49:26 GMT RSS to HTML Increase Web Traffic