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Thursday, 31st March 2011

Google Ditches Barcodes for NFC

Google is moving away from barcodes and towards NFC (near field communication) if a pair of stories about the search company are tied together. Yesterday, news broke out about Google's decision to officially end support for the use of QR codes, the 2D barcodes readable by camera-equipped mobile phones, in its business listings service Google…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

Microsoft Needs to Open-Source Something Big. But What?

Microsoft is trying hard to become an open source friendly company, and it's made some strides since the days in which Steve Ballmer was calling Linux a cancer. But today, everyone pays lip service to open source. It's harder to walk the walk than to talk the talk, as we explored in our article on how to spot open-washing. Microsoft has…

Enterprise Klint Finley comments

Text Your Friends From Facebook With HeyWire's New App

Another company in the very crowded but very popular messaging space, HeyWire is launching a Facebook app today that will allow users to send both texts and tweets from within Facebook. Like other text-messaging services, HeyWire gives you a real phone number to use in order to send and receive text messages. Messages that are sent also sync…

Social Audrey Watters comments

Samsung and Visa Team up to Bring NFC to London 2012 Olympics

NFC-enabled mobile payments are coming to the London 2012 Olympics, thanks to a new partnership between Samsung and Visa, both sponsors of the upcoming Games. In addition, Samsung will launch a specially branded "Samsung Olympic and Paralympic Games" mobile handset in conjunction with the sponsorship, which will include the technology necessary for…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

Google Tightens Its Grip on Android

Google is exercising more control over what partners and carriers can do to the Android mobile operating system, reports Bloomberg Businessweek after speaking with a dozen or so executives of key companies in the Android ecosystem. Going forward, all licensees will have to submit their plans for Google's approval, including those for new…

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