http://www.candeias.me Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is downloadable for ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/03/03/skype-now-available-for-nokia-smartphones/ Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone. Even though the suit did not name Google Inc as a defendant, Apple's move was viewed by many analysts as proxy for an attack on ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/03/03/apple-sues-htc-over-phones-with-google-software/ A new report published yesterday by the UN indicates that 67% of the world’s population, or two-thirds total, are mobile subscribers- far outweighing Online access. 67% of the world’s population represents around 4.6B people, up from only 1B in 2002, indicating staggering continued growth. In developing nations, however, the uptake ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/03/02/67-of-the-world%e2%80%99s-population-are-mobile-subscribers/ Twitter is preparing a new advertising model that will serve adverts in peoples' feeds and try to supplant third-party services such as Tweetdeck, according to reports. A story at the Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD says that "Ads will be tied to Twitter searches, in the same way that Google's original ads ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/03/01/twitter-planning-new-advertising-model/ A new Europe-wide rule to prevent mobile phone users from building up large bills for surfing the internet via their handset has come into force. Customers can now require their phone firm to cut them off when their bill reaches a certain level after accessing the internet in other European nations. If ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/03/01/eu-mobile-internet/ The internet is notorious for its digital dens of deception. But on Facebook, what you see tends to be what you get — at least in one study of tailless, two-legged young adults. College-age users of Facebook in the United States and a similar social networking site in Germany typically present ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/02/28/facebook-profile/ According to a survey conducted by Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project, 56% of Americans think it’s “irresponsible” to friend your boss on Facebook, while 62% of bosses agree it’s wrong to friend an employee. Reuters reports on other interesting results from the survey, including that 73% think it’s not OK to check ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/02/26/it%e2%80%99s-wrong-to-friend-your-boss-on-facebook/ Google has just announced via tweet that it’s integrating Facebook Page updates into its real-time search results. Google first revealed that this was coming back in December, when it first started including real-time data in its search results. Other data sources for Google’s real-time results include MySpace and Twitter. The only ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/02/25/google-search-facebook/ Mobile application analytics firm Distimo has published some numbers on U.S. app stores that might surprise those who have had to wade through the mountains of free software on iTunes. As it turns out, it’s the Android Market that actually has the highest proportion of free applications available. [hana-code-insert name='HUGO' /] Android’s ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/02/24/free-vs-paid-apps/ Are Google search results purely algorithmic, or does the “do no evil” empire occasionally inject editorial oversight in the name of stifling competition? According to three European companies — one of which is owned by Microsoft — the latter is true, and according to The Telegraph, their allegations have led the ... http://www.candeias.me/2010/02/24/google-europe/