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Friday, 26th November 2010

How to Jailbreak Windows Phone 7

As a special Thanksgiving treat, members of the Windows Phone 7 homebrew community, Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh and Long Zheng, released a tool for unlocking Windows Phone 7 devices to allow for the installation of unapproved applications. Similar to jailbreaking the iPhone, the new tool disables the controls which prevent "sideloading" apps…

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Redefining What It Means To Be A Mobile Marketer

If you work in the digital marketing field chances are you've met someone with "mobile marketing" in their title. Not long ago there were no such roles, but today mobile plays such an important part in the marketing and fulfillment mixes for many businesses that one or more dedicated resources are necessary. It goes without saying that the same…

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Thursday, 25th November 2010

Nokia's New "Situations" App Makes Phones Self-Aware

Handset maker Nokia today announced the creation of an experimental app called "Nokia Situations" that can automatically adjust the phone's behavior for various situations and contexts. For example, the app could shut off the ringer whenever you go into a meeting, without you having to explicitly change settings on the device. According to the…

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Windows Phone 7 Apps are Cheapest of All

According to analytics firm Distimo's latest report, prices for Windows Phone 7 applications are much lower than those for Microsoft's previous mobile operating system, Windows Mobile - in fact, WP7 apps are the cheapest of all the major application stores, with an average price of $1.95. T?hat's more in line with the other app stores' prices, says…

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U.N. Takes Stand Against Freedom of Speech, Religion: This Week in Online Tyranny

In a move that will give states and other parties who are offended by free speech precedent to further restrict it, the United Nations has again passed the resolution forbidding "defamation of religion." This is its third time through the Byzantine U.N. voting process. Allegedly put forward to protect religion from, well, people saying mean…

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