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Shipments of Google's Android mobile smartphones have soared in the past year, according to figures from the research firm Canalys. Statistics from Canalys suggest that shipments of the Android mobile operating system have increased 886 percent from the second quarter of 2009, while Apple showed the second largest growth in the smartphone sector with 61 percent growth in the same time period. Overall, the smartphone sector grew by 64 percent from the second quarter of 2009, the research says....

LONDON, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- As the number of Facebook users continue to grow past the half billion mark, developers need to ensure applications are globally suited and games like the Emusicon free online pinball are naturally fitting for an international audience, according to Sony Ericsson. A recent post from the developers at Facebook calls for the builders of applications to expand user bases, with a particular focus on the more rapidly growing countries like Japan, Korea, Russia,...

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Melanie Oudin, America's tennis sweetheart, will play in the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open Presented by Tri-City Medical Center, tournament officials announced today. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event is scheduled for July 31 - Aug. 8 at the La Costa Resort and Spa. The 18-year-old Oudin, who was born and raised in Marietta, Ga., burst upon the tennis scene last summer when she defeated 29th seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria, 6th seeded Jelena Jankovic...

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Tournament officials announced today that Victoria Azarenka, (a-zuh-REN-Kuh) currently ranked No. 11 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, has committed to play in the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open Presented by Tri-City Medical Center. The women's professional tennis event is scheduled for July 31-Aug. 8 at the La Costa Resort and Spa. Azarenka reached the singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open earlier this year. The native of Minsk, Belarus, achieved...

CARLSBAD, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Tournament officials announced that Jelena Jankovic, (YELL-e-nuh YAN-ko-vich) currently ranked number three on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, has officially entered the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open Presented by Tri-City Medical Center. The women's professional tennis event is scheduled for July 31-Aug. 8 at the La Costa Resort and Spa. A semifinalist at the 2010 French Open, Jankovic captured the number one singles ranking in the world in Aug. 2008,...

YORK, England, June 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Google Android is the mobile phone operating system produced by Google which aims to compete with the likes of Windows Phone 7, iPhone OS 4 (iOS 4) and Symbian3, amongst others. The latest iteration, 'Android 2.2 Froyo', follows on from a line of dessert-based OS names: Cupcake, Donut and Eclair to name a few. Being open-source, Google Android OS is open to third-party development, meaning that third-party applications can be downloaded...

LONDON, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Unified Testing Initiative (UTI), home to the Java Verified program, announced that UTI has become an independent organization. Oracle and the UTI management board, which consists of representatives from AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Orange, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Vodafone, have been collaborating for the past year to ensure the new self-governing and self-funded organization meets the evolving quality assurance requirements of mobile...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- COMPUTEX -- RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), the digital entertainment services company, today announced that RealVideo has been shipped on more than 600 million mobile and consumer electronic devices worldwide. RealVideo (RMVB) delivers higher quality videos to consumer devices by compressing the file size, which is essential for connected devices. Strong consumer demand makes RealVideo a requirement for consumer electronic products...

YORK, England, May 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- 2010 is proving to be the year to usher in the smartphone as the leading device within the mobile phone industry. Allowing users to not only call and text but enjoy entertainment on the go, run multiple applications at a time, customise their phone according to their own interests, and download 3rd party applications from dedicated platforms, the smartphone also offers advanced PC like capabilities such as editing office documents, and run on...

ATLANTA, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Ericsson today announced that it has officially signed the new lease for its new Americas headquarters in Atlanta. The office, located in the Terminus 200 Building in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, will be the hub for the company's regional operations in North America and Latin America as it delivers an exciting new portfolio of phones to the marketplace. Approximately 180 employees will be based in the facility, including executive teams, sales and...