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Twitter to be available on mobile phones without Internet

We're spoiled here in the US. When we want to browse what's trending on Twitter, we just break out our smartphones, launch an app and we're perusing the latest tweets...

Spotify expected to offer mobile music for free

Spotify is reportedly set to offer an ad-supported, free version of its streaming-music service for mobiles devices. At the moment, using Spotify on a tablet or smartphone requires a subscription at $10 a...

Instagram event invite: Printed photos, private messaging coming?

Instagram has sent out media invitations for an event next week in New York City. The Facebook-owned social network sent the invitations via FedEx, rather than through email as is customary with tech...

Samsung reportedly developing 8 and 10-inch AMOLED screens for future tablets

In the early days of the Galaxy Tab line, Samsung released a couple of Android tablets with AMOLED screens, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and 8.9, but since then the company's tablet lineup has...

Twitter has new targeted advertising which learns from your browsing history

“You are what you browse” might just be Twitter’s new mantra, as the micro blogging and social media platform is looking for a new way to deliver ads which are...

Governments planning to control security tech exports

An international arms control regime is planning to create export controls for some software security tools on the grounds that they might be used for nefarious purposes. An international arms...

Former Pearson CEO first woman appointed to Twitter board

Ever since Twitter first announced its intent to go public and subsequently filed an S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, one sticking point has been increasingly controversial. That is the...

Bluetooth 4.1 to offer improved connections, will be available on existing iOS devices

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the ratification of Bluetooth 4.1, which will enable current devices -- like the iPhone, iPad and latest Macs -- to have a more seamless...

Google may lose major patent case with big ramifications for Android

In an Oracle vs. Google appeal case, the judges appear to be siding with Oracle although there isn’t a ruling in the case yet. In the spring of 2012, Google won the trial against Oracle, which...

House of Representative passes Google-backed anti-patent troll bill

The Innovation Act, an anti-patent troll bill which is backed by both Google and the White House, has been passed by the House of Representatives. The most unproductive Congress in history...

Microsoft Research and University of Melbourne open center to study social natural interfaces

According to Microsoft this will be "the world's first joint research center dedicated to studying and perfecting the social applications of NUI." That's about as incredibly specific as these sorts...

Kickstarter projects let you charge your iPhone with fire, snap pics in the dark with better flash

A pair of interesting new Kickstarter projects may allow for more versatile uses of Apple's iPhone, with a product for campers that provides electricity-generating campsite cookery, and a strap-on iPhone...