The landgrab for music streaming customers is on, and Rdio — the U.S.-based startup from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis — is joining that race in earnest. The company today announced that it is now live in Spain and Portugal, just one month after it launched in its first European service, in Germany.
Hot On The Heels Of Spotify, Rdio Expands Music Streaming To Spain, Portugal
February 22, 2012 Updated at 10:57 am
NEC shows off three interesting Android devices
February 22, 2012 Updated at 10:49 am
We don’t hear much from NEC here in the US on the tablet/smartphone front, but in Asia the company has several products that fall under those categories. Most of what we get from NEC in the US are projectors.
Your iPad (Still) Comes From The Hands Of Teenagers Living A Factory Life (AAPL)
February 22, 2012 Updated at 7:09 am
It was true in January and a month later it’s still true: your iPad was built in part by teenagers working 12-hour days for under $2 an hour. So was your iPhone, and in all likelihood, your Xbox, your Windows phone and other devices from likes of Dell, Motorola, and Hewlett-Packard.
Social messaging apps cost mobile companies $14 billion
February 22, 2012 Updated at 3:17 am
If you used Google Talk, Facebook Chat, imo, or any other data-based social messaging platform on your phone, congratulations. You helps reduce the pockets of mobile providers by nearly $14 billion.
Qualcomm fifth generation Gobi chip revealed and detailed
February 21, 2012 Updated at 11:53 pm
The chipmakers at Qualcomm have today let loose information on their fifth generation of Gobi reference platforms, complete with support for high-speed networks like LTE. Compatibility with HSPA+ and EV-DO are included along with future-leaning TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE, LTE on FDD and TDD networks along with GPS capabilities.
Ubuntu coming soon to multi-core Android devices
February 21, 2012 Updated at 9:30 pm
From the Land of Angry Birds, Nokia and Linus Torvalds
February 21, 2012 Updated at 9:14 pm
Once again, AllThingsD is taking a roundabout path to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year, we made a stop in London to hear Nokia announce its big tie-up with Microsoft .
Full Ubuntu desktop coming to multi-core Android devices
February 21, 2012 Updated at 9:05 pm
Your Android phone is about to get a lot more powerful thanks to Canonical. Today it was announced that the company will be bringing the full Ubuntu desktop to Android devices with the muscle to run it.
Nokia Pure View camera device tipped for MWC 2012
February 21, 2012 Updated at 9:01 pm
Today Nokia has silently released a video showing off a teaser of what’s to come at Mobile World Congress 2012 , in it several panning shots on fabulously high definition photos. This teaser shows off what they’re saying is “Pure View” for a future smartphone we must assume, as Nokia’s big drive this season has been and will continue to be Windows Phone hero devices.
Office for iPad denied by Microsoft
February 21, 2012 Updated at 8:44 pm
This morning’s report that an image of Office on the iPad was a precursor to a full app release has been denied in kind by Microsoft. The company has said that not only was the report that the app would be coming in just weeks untrue, but the idea that they are actually in the process of creating Office for iOS may well be untrue entirely.