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BEIJING, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Acer Group, official worldwide Olympics sponsor and IT giant, announced its latest mobile terminal strategy and smartphone lineup at the "Acer Mobile Terminal Strategy and Mobile Phone Release Ceremony," held on July 18 in Beijing. Dave Chan, General Manager of Acer's China Smartphone Business Group, presided at the ceremony and outlined the group's plan for the months ahead. The AT390, a key new product introduced at the event, has been...

Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com With the transfer of $12.5 million dollars towards the acquisition of a struggling company, Google has become one step closer to being a direct Apple competitor as it becomes more than a software company. Google can now sell hardware as well. “I’m excited to announce today that our Motorola Mobility deal has closed,” said Larry Page, announcing the acquisition on Google’s official blog. “And as a company who made a big, early bet on Android,...

CUPERTINO, Calif., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Borqs International Holding Corp (Borqs), a leading global end-to-end Android+ and Cloud software solutions provider, recently announced its expanded global market development strategy. According to the new strategy, the company will be committed to providing customizable, integrated Android+ software platform solutions and end-to-end service platform solutions for worldwide mobile operators, terminal manufacturers and chip...

High profile disputes over elements of the software on mobile devices show no signs of slowing down. Billions of dollars in damages are being claimed by British Telecom (BT) over a number of key patents infringed upon by Google’s Android mobile operating system, Steven Musil of CNET is reporting. Specifically, BT claims six patents are infringed by Google Maps, Google Music, location-based advertising and Android Market on Android. If successful, the suit could mean that either Google...

Google Inc.’s chief executive officer, Eric Schmidt, said on Tuesday that the company will continue to offer its Android mobile operating system for free to partner handset makers. Schmidt was also quick to point out that the search giant’s pending purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. will not impact relations with its other manufacturing partners that rely on the Android software. “We will run (Motorola) sufficiently independently so it will not violate the openness of...

ZURICH, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), a global leader in mobile technology having shipped over 3.8 billion software apps on more than 2.2 billion phones, today unveils Myriad Alien Dalvik 2.0. Building on the successful launch of Myriad Alien Dalvik, Myriad's latest Alien release will not only enable Android apps to run across non-Android smartphone platforms, but will now enable the Android ecosystem to be extended across multiple devices and screens such as...

Samsung has given up its patent battle against Microsoft and has agreed to pay license fees on every Android device it sells and to also work with the software giant on reviving the Windows Phone. The US software company said the agreement, reached on Wednesday, will provide “broad coverage for each company’s products.” It said it will receive royalties for Samsung’s mobile phones and tablets running on Google’s popular Android OS. Microsoft has accused Android of violating...

DUBENDORF-ZURICH, Switzerland, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), a global leader in mobile technology having shipped over 3.8 billion software applications on more than 2.2 billion phones, today announces it is in discussions with leading companies in the automotive industry to extend Android to the connected car. Recently launched at Mobile World Congress 2011, Alien Dalvik is the latest in Myriad's recent Android innovations. Alien Dalvik enables the majority of...

Japanese technology manufacturer, Onkyo, has announced that it will preload its Android-based TA117 Tablet computer with Yellowfin's Business Intelligence (BI) Android application. Melbourne, Victoria (Vocus/PRWEB) March 02, 2011 Japanese technology manufacturer, Onkyo, has announced that it will preload its Android-based TA117 Tablet computer with Yellowfin's Business Intelligence (BI) Android application. Yellowfin, a Melbourne-based international BI software vendor and market leader...

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, February 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NXP Software has launched its LifeVibes MusicFX control panel for the Android platform. This new app opens up exciting possibilities for consumers, device makers and application developers, allowing all of them to benefit instantly from the audio effects incorporated in the latest Android release (version 2.3.3, known as Gingerbread). The latest version of the Android platform (Gingerbread) features a new audio effects...