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Has Facebook Asked To Put Facebook Home On The iPhone? (All Things Digital)
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Now We Know Why Facebook Went With Android (readwrite mobile)
Facebook released an update to its iOS app today that brings one of Home's strongest features — Chat Heads — to the iPhone and iPad. While it may be a drag for iPhone and iPad users to have a subpar version of the Chat Heads experience, it's a start. The big unknown is what's coming in iOS 7, which is expected this summer. Will Apple allow not just Facebook but other developers to layer apps on top of each other, the way
Google Now At 1.5 Million Android Activations Per Day (Engadget)
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed that the company is now seeing 1.5 million Android activations per day, which is up from 1.3 million per day last fall and 1.4 million as of last month. Schmidt also says that the company remains on track for one billion total devices by the end of the year, which would be a sizeable increase from the 750 million that CEO Larry Page confirmed in his most recent statement last month. Schmidt further notes that the key to that future growth will be the $100 price point, something he suggests they'll quickly get to. Read >
Apple's Budget iPhone Could Nab 11% Of Low-End Market (Mashable)
Apple's so-called “iPhone mini” could grab 11% of the low-end smartphone market within its first year on the shelves. According to Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster, Apple’s low-cost iPhone is likely to launch in September with a price tag of around $300. This phone would carry a gross margin of 30% for Apple, compared to 55% for existing models. The budget iPhone’s rumored release is being billed as a way to satisfy customers in developing nations who wish to spend less on smartphones. We've heard quite a bit about this phone over the past few months, including various concept designs. Read >
Time Warner Cable To Offer Live Mobile TV For Apple Devices (Bloomberg)
Did Yahoo Deliver On Their Mobile Promise? (VentureBeat)
Passing On A Surface Phone Is A Mistake For Microsoft (PC World)
Microsoft may be whipping up a smartwatch, but according to the company's Windows Phone honcho, a self-made Surface smartphone isn't in the cards. Vice president Terry Myerson said flat-out that he doesn't see a reason for Microsoft to muddy the Windows Phone waters. "It would have to be something where Nokia or HTC was not providing the consumer experience we think is possible with our platform," he said when asked about a possible Surface smartphone. Read >
Netflix Ditching Silverlight For HTML5 (WebMonkey)
Mobile To Generate Traffic Equivalent To 42 Quadrillion Tweets By 2017 (Juniper Research)
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that the amount of mobile data traffic generated by smartphones, feature phones and tablets will exceed 90,000 petabytes by 2017, equivalent to almost 42 quadrillion tweets or approximately 7 billion Blu-ray movies. However, the report finds that only 40% of the data generated by these devices will reach the cellular network by 2017, as majority of the data traffic will be via a Wi-Fi network. Read >
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